Sledging in Adelie Land [Volume II] Islets fringing the mainland: view looking west from Stillwell Island Rafts of floe-ice Before sunrise: camped near the Hippo Nunatak Avalanche rocks Delay Point The great "Bergschrund" of the Denman Glacier Tussock slopes and misty highlands The shack and its vicinity A Victoria penguin on the nest A growth of lichen on red sandstone Antarctic marine life Brought up in the deep-sea trawl PLATES Professor T. W. Edgeworth David Professor Orme Masson Captain John King Davis The wall of the Antarctic Continent Finner whales of the South The 'Aurora' crossing the equator, August 1911 Frank Wild Ginger and her family on the voyage from London Queen's Wharf, Hobart, an hour before sailing, December 2, 1911 The last view of Hobart nestling below Mt. Wellington A big, following sea McLean walking aft in rough weather Cruising along the west coast of Macquarie Island A Giant Petrel on the nest A Young Giant Petrel on the nest. Caroline Cove The wreck of the "Clyde" The boat harbour--Hassleborough Bay The North End of Macquarie Island showing Wireless Hill. The living hut is at the north end of the isthmus, with North-East Bay on the right and Hassleborough Bay on the left side The 'Aurora' anchored in Hassleborough Bay. In the foreground giant seaweed is swinging in the wash of the surge A Wanderer Albatross at rest on the water Hunter tickles a sleeping baby Sea Elephant A typical Table-Topped neve berg originating from floating Shelf Ice An Antarctic iceberg with a reticulation of crevasses on its tilted surface. This berg had no doubt taken its origin from the ice of the coastal cliffs of Adelie Land In Pack-Ice A cavern in the wall (120 feet) of the shelf ice of the Mertz Glacier-Tongue A glimpse from within the cavern (shown in the preceding illustration) The 'Aurora' in Commonwealth Bay; the rising plateau of Adelie Land in the distance The invaluable motor-launch; left to right, Hamilton, Bickerton, and Blake The whale-boat with passengers for the shore; Wild at the steering oar First steps in the formation of the Main Base Station; landing of stores and equipment at the head of the Boat Harbour, Cape Denison. In the distance men are to be seen sledging the materials to the site selected for the erection of the hut A view of a rocky stretch of the Adelie Land Coast west of Commonwealth Bay A panorama looking west from winter quarters. On the left and in the distance are the rising slopes of the inland ice. The moraine is in the foreground A panorama of the sea front looking eastward from winter quarters. The plateau slopes are visible to a height of l500 feet In open pack-ice The face of the Shackleton Ice-Shelf 100 miles north of the mainland. Each strongly-marked horizontal band on the sheer wall represents a year's snowfall