Saved by floe-bergs, 125; precarious winter quarters, 126; a reconnaissance in dog-sledges, 128; habits of Eskimo dogs, 130; Dumb-bell Bay, 131; eider-ducks, 132; two boats advanced northwards, 133; a severe march, 134; danger of the ship, 134; unable to move, 135; autumn sledging commenced, 136. CHAPTER XII. AUTUMN TRAVELLING. Autumn travelling, 138; discomforts, 139; liability to frost-bites, 142; difficulties, 145; cheerfulness of the men, 146; highest position reached in the autumn, 147; frost-bites, 147; return of travellers, 149; results, 150. CHAPTER XIII. WINTER QUARTERS. Preparations for winter, 152; observatories, 153; snow houses, 154; the ship "housed" in, 154; interior arrangements, 156; winter clothing, 159; precautions against fire, 161; observations for temperature, 162. CHAPTER XIV. THE ROYAL ARCTIC THEATRE. Printing-office, 164; school, 166; amusements, 167; Thursday pops, 168; lectures, 169; the Royal Arctic Theatre, 170; the prologue, 172; conjuring entertainment, 175; magic-lantern exhibition, 176. CHAPTER XV. WINTER OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. Departure of the sun, 178; Guy Fawkes' Day, 179; scientific observations, 180; the moon, 181; open-air exercise, 181; inconvenience from drip, 182; fluctuations of temperature, 183; movement of the ice, 184; celebration of birthdays, 185; bill of fare, 185; fresh meat, 186; Divine service, 187; medical inspections, 187; tabogganing, 187; Nellie, 189; a lost dog, 190. CHAPTER XVI. AN ARCTIC CHRISTMAS. Preparations for Christmas Day, 193; Christmas presents, 194; Christmas Day, 195; retrospect, 197; frost-bite patients, 198; precautions against frost-bite, 199; the Palæocrystic Sea, 200; a brilliant meteor, 200. CHAPTER XVII. A HAPPY NEW YEAR. New Year's Day, 202; mustard and cress, 205; heavy snow-drifts, 206; returning light, 207; severe cold, 208; an alarm in the observatory, 209; condition of the Eskimo dogs, 210; Nellie and the lemmings, 212; Rawson's snow hut, 212; the last school meeting, 213; the last dramatic performance, 214; the last "pop," 215; grand palæocrystic sledging chorus, 216. CHAPTER XVIII. RETURN OF THE SUN. Cairn Hill, 220; the sun's return, 221; intense cold, 223; experiments on various substances during extreme cold, 223; daylight, 225; alarm of fire, 226; dismantling the observatories, 227; the sledge-crews exercised, 228; a wolf, 229. CHAPTER XIX. DETAILS OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING. Preparations for sledging, 231; weights, 232; auxiliary sledges and depôts, 234; tents, 235; cooking apparatus, 236; scale of provisions, 237; lime-juice, 238; medical instructions, 238; sledging costume, 239; precautions against snow-blindness, 240; programme of sledging work, 241; boats to be carried by northern division, 244; names of sledges, 245. CHAPTER XX. THE JOURNEY OF EGERTON AND RAWSON.