Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest — John Shaqi
Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the QuestWild, Frank
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Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest
Wild, Frank
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British; Quest (Ship); Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922
Grounded Icebergs 90
34. Sentinel of the Antarctic 91
35. A Typical Scene at the Pack Edge 94
36. Killers Rising to “Blow”—The _Quest_ Pushing Through
Thin Ice 95
37. Loose Open Pack—Loose Pack Ice, with the Sea Rapidly
Freezing Over 96
38. The Midnight Sun 97
39. The Loneliness of the Pack 100
40. An Unpleasant but Necessary Duty—Taking Crab-eater
Seals for Food 101
41. Commander Wild at the Masthead 108
42. Pushing South Through Heavy Pack—The _Quest_ Ploughing
Through Heavy Ice Pack 109
43. The _Quest_ at her Farthest South—Jeffrey and Douglas
taking Observations for Magnetic Dip 112
44. Heavy Pressed-up Pack Ice, the _Quest_ in the Distance
—Commander Wild and Worsley Examining a Newly
Formed “Lead” in the Pack Ice 113
45. The _Quest_ Pushing North Through Rapidly Freezing Ice 114
46. “Watering” Ship with Floe Ice 115
47. Emperor Penguins on the Floe: A Still Evening in the
Pack 118
48. Frozen Spray 119
49. Commander Wild’s Watch: McIlroy, Carr, Wild, Macklin—The
“Black” Watch: Ross, Argles, Young, Kerr, Smith 122
50. Worsley’s Watch: Douglas, Wilkins, Watts, Worsley—
Jeffrey’s Watch: McLeod, Marr, Jeffrey, Dell 123
51. Chipping Frozen Spray from the Gunwales 126
52. The _Quest_ Beset near Ross’s Appearance of Land 127
53. Rowett Island, off Cape Lookout, Elephant Island 150
54. The Kent “Clear-View” Screen—Approaching Cape
Lookout 151
55. Loading Sea-elephants’ Blubber, Elephant Island 154
56. Somnolent Content: a Sea-elephant on Elephant Island—
Ringed Penguins and a Paddy Bird (_Chionis alba_) 155
57. Shackleton’s Last Anchorage—McLeod and Marr clearing
up After a Blizzard 160
58. Sugar Top Mountain, Part of the Allardyce Range, South
Georgia 161
59. A Glacier Face in South Georgia 176
60. A Rocky Outcrop in South Georgia 177
61. Distended Whale Carcasses in Prince Olaf Harbour 178
62. Cape Pigeons (_Daption capensis_) at South Georgia 179
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