An Iceberg held by the Ensnaring Influence of the Pack-Ice, forming the so-called “barrier” „ 356 The Midsummer Christmas Dinner „ 359 Portraits of Cook, Amundsen and Racovitza “before and after” „ 360 Snow-Goggles 365 An Old Wind-Swept Hummock _facing_ 369 The Sand-like Drift Snow „ 369 The Tabular Iceberg, the Largest Berg within the Horizon of the _Belgica’s_ Drift „ 370 On January 1st, 1899, the _Belgica_ was still hopelessly held in a Field of Ice „ 375 Old Hummocks „ 376 A Tonite Explosion Used in Efforts to Free the _Belgica_ „ 376 Removing the Upper Sheet Preparatory to Sawing the Hard Undersheets „ 385 Cutting a Canal through the Ice to Release the _Belgica_ from her Year’s Imprisonment „ 385 Floating Mountains of Ice „ 386 View from the Top of a Tabular Iceberg „ 386 A Penguin’s Friend „ 389 Curious Weather-worn Icebergs, 300 Feet High „ 391 Star-Fish and Sea-Urchins from the Bottom of the Antarctic Sea „ 392 A New Shrimp of the Genera of Euphausia, Discovered by Racovitza „ 392 A Group of Penguins,--Visitors to the _Belgica_ „ 401 The Sailors at the End of the Long Night „ 402 Figure 1 428 Figure 2 429 Figure 3 430 Map of the _Belgica’s_ Trip 437 Soundings in the Pack 438 Method of Sounding 441 Sledge-sailing 453 THROUGH THE FIRST ANTARCTIC NIGHT CHAPTER I IN AND ABOUT RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO, October 30, 1897. [Illustration: THE CROWS’S NEST]