Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) _To_ My Parents. [Illustration: “The South Pole for us all!”—Frontispiece, Page 58. ] _The_ Great White Way A Record of an Unusual Voyage of Discovery, and some Romantic Love Affairs amid Strange Surroundings. The Whole Recounted by one Nicholas Chase, Promoter of the Expedition, whose Reports have been Arranged for Publication by ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE _Author of “The Van Dwellers,” “The Bread Line,” etc._ WITH DRAWINGS BY BERNARD J. ROSENMEYER, SKETCHES BY CHAUNCEY GALE, AND MAPS, ETC. FROM MR. CHASE’S NOTE BOOK [Illustration] New York J. F. TAYLOR & COMPANY 1901 COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY J. F. TAYLOR & CO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. Answer to an Old Summons 5 II. I Renew an Old Dream 7 III. Even Seeking to Realize It 11 IV. Turning to the Sea, at Last, for Solace 15 V. I Overhaul the Steam Yacht, Billowcrest 20 VI. Where All Things Become Possible 49 VII. I Learn the Way of the Sea, and Enter More Fully Into My Heritage 59 VIII. The Halcyon Way to the South 70 IX. Admonition and Counsel 76 X. Captain Biffer is Assisted by the Pampeiro 86 XI. In Gloomy Seas 95 XII. Where Captain Biffer Revises Some Opinions 99 XIII. In the “Fighting-Top” 106 XIV. An Excursion and an Experiment 115 XV. As Reported by My Note-Book 121 XVI. Following the Pacemaker 134 XVII. Investigation and Discovery 146 XVIII. A “Borning” and a Mystery 150 XIX. A Long Farewell 154