Journals : Captain Scott's last expedition / Robert Falcon Scott ; edited with an introduction and notes by Max Jones.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.

Contributor:

• Jones, Max, Dr.
• Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912--Diaries.
• Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
• Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British.
• Antarctica.
• Discoveries in geography.
• British.
• British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913).
• South Pole--Discovery and exploration--British.
• Terra Nova (Ship).

Genre:

• Diaries.
• Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

lx, 529 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

• Captain Scott's harrowing account of his expedition to the South Pole in 1910-12 was first published in 1913. In his journals Scott records his party's optimistic departure from New Zealand, the hazardous voyage of the Terra Nova to Antarctica, and the trek with ponies and dogs across the ice to the Pole. On the way the explorers conduct scientific experiments, collect specimens, and get to know each other's characters. Their discovery that Amundsen has beaten them to their goal, and the endurance with which they face an 850-mile march to safety, have become the stuff of legend.
• This new edition publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. In his Introduction Max Jones illuminates the Journals' writing and publication, Scott's changing reputation, and the continued attraction of heroes in our cynical age. Introduction, Textual Note, Bibliography, Chronology, Appendices, Explanatory Notes, Glossary of Names, Index.

Contents:

• Composition and Publication History xlii
• A Chronology of Robert Falcon Scott and Scott's Last Expedition liv
• British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 5
• Chapter I Through Stormy Seas 9
• General Stowage
• A Last Scene in New Zealand
• Departure
• On Deck with the Dogs
• The Storm
• The Engine-room Flooded
• Clearing the Pumps
• Cape Crozier as a Station
• Birds of the South
• A Pony's Memory
• Tabular Bergs
• An Incomparable Scene
• Formation of the Pack
• Movements of the Floes
• Chapter II In the Pack 28
• A Reported Island
• Incessant Changes
• The Imprisoning Ice
• Ski-ing and Sledging on the Floes
• Movement of Bergs
• Opening of the Pack
• A Damaged Rudder
• To Stop or not to Stop
• Nicknames
• Ski Exercise
• Penguins and Music
• Composite Floes
• Banked Fires
• Christmas in the Ice
• The Penguins and the Skua
• Ice Movements
• State of the Ice-house
• Still in the Ice
• Life in the Pack
• Escape from the Pack
• A Calm
• The Pack far to the North
• Science in the Ice
• Chapter III Land 61
• Land at Last
• Reach Cape Crozier
• Cliffs of Cape Crozier
• Landing Impossible
• Penguins and Killers
• Cape Evans as Winter Station
• The Ponies Landed
• Penguins' Fatuous Conduct
• Adventure with Killer Whales
• Habits of the Killer Whale
• Landing Stores
• The Skuas Nesting
• Ponies and their Ways
• Dangers of the Rotting Ice
• Chapter IV Settling In 81
• Loss of a Motor
• A Dog Dies
• Result of Six Days' Work
• Restive Ponies
• An Ice Cave
• Loading Ballast
• Pony Prospects
• First Trip to Hut Point
• Return: Prospects of Sea Ice
• A Secure Berth
• The Hut
• Home Fittings and Autumn Plans
• The Pianola
• Seal Rissoles
• The Ship Stranded
• Ice begins to go
• Chapter V Depot Laying to One Ton Camp 103
• Dogs and Ponies at Work
• Stores for Depots
• Old Stores at Discovery Hut
• To Encourage the Pony
• Depot Plans
• Pony Snow-shoes
• Impressions on the March
• Further Impressions
• Sledging Necessities and Luxuries
• A Better Surface
• Chaos Without; Comfort Within
• After the Blizzard
• Marching Routine
• The Weakest Ponies Return
• Bowers and Cherry-Garrard
• Snow Crusts and Blizzards
• A Resented Frost-bite
• One Ton Camp
• Chapter VI Adventure and Peril 128
• Dogs' and Ponies' Ways
• The Dogs in a Crevasse
• Rescue Work
• Chances of a Snow Bridge
• The Dog Rations
• A Startling Mail
• Cross the Other Party
• The End of 'Weary Willy'
• The Ice Breaks
• The Ponies on the Floe
• Safely Back
• Chapter VII At Discovery Hut 143
• Fitting up the Old Hut
• A Possible Land Route
• The Geological Party Arrives
• Clothing
• Exceptional Gales
• Geology at Hut Point
• An Ice Foot Exposed
• Stabling at Hut Point
• Waiting for the Ice
• A Clear Day
• Pancake Ice
• Life at Hut Point
• From Hut Point to Cape Evans
• A Blizzard on the Sea Ice
• Dates of the Sea Freezing
• Chapter VIII Home Impressions and an Excursion 164
• Baseless Fears about the Hut
• The Death of 'Hackenschmidt'
• The Dark Room
• The Biologists' Cubicle
• An Artificer Cook
• A Satisfactory Organisation
• Up an Ice Face
• An Icy Run
• On Getting Hot
• Chapter IX The Work and the Workers 176
• Balloons
• Occupations
• Many Talents
• The Young Ice goes out
• Football: Inverted Temperatures
• Of Rainbows
• Football: New Ice
• Individual Scientific Work
• Individuals at Work
• Thermometers on the Floe
• Floe Temperatures
• A Bacterium in the Snow
• Return of the Hut Point Party
• Personal Harmony
• Chapter X In Winter Quarters: Modern Style 194
• On Penguins
• The Electrical Instruments
• On Horse Management
• On Ice Problems
• The Aurora
• The Nimrod Hut
• Continued Winds
• Modern Interests
• The Sense of Cold
• On the Floes
• A Tribute to Wilson
• Chapter XI To Midwinter Day 21
• Ventilation
• On the Meteorological Instruments
• Magnesium Flashlight
• On the Beardmore Glacier
• Lively Discussions
• Action of Sea Water on Ice
• A Theory of Blizzards
• On Arctic Surveying
• Ice Structure
• Ocean Life
• On Volcanoes
• Daily Routine
• On Motor Sledging
• Crozier Party's Experiments
• Midwinter Day Dinner
• A Christmas Tree
• An Ethereal Glory
• Chapter XII Awaiting the Crozier Party 234
• Threats of a Blizzard
• Start of the Crozier Party
• Strange Winds
• A Current Vane
• Pendulum Observations
• Lost on the Floe
• The Wanderer Returns
• Pony Parasites
• A Great Gale
• The Ways of Storekeepers
• A Sick Pony
• A Sudden Recovery
• Effects of Lack of Light
• Winds of Hurricane Force
• Unexpected Ice Conditions
• Telephones at Work
• The Cold on the Winter Journey
• Shelterless in a Blizzard
• A Most Gallant Story
• Winter Clothing Nearly Perfect
• Chapter XIII The Return of the Sun 261
• The Indomitable Bowers
• Ponies' Tricks
• The Two Esquimaux Dogs
• Balloon Records
• On Scurvy
• From Tent Island
• On India
• Storms and Acclimatisation
• On Physiography
• Another Lost Dog Returns
• The Debris Cones
• On Chinese Adventures
• Inverted Temperature
• Chapter XIV Preparations: The Spring Journey 282
• On Polar Clothing
• Prospects of the Motor Sledges
• South Polar Times, II
• The Spring Western Journey
• The Broken Glacier Tongue
• Marching Against a Blizzard
• The Value of Experience
• General Activity
• Final Instructions
• Chapter XV The Last Weeks at Cape Evans 295
• Clissold's Accident
• Various Invalids
• Christopher's Capers
• A Motor Mishap
• Dog Sickness
• Some Personal Sketches
• A Pony Accident
• A Football Knee
• Value of the Motors
• The Balance of Heat and Cold
• The First Motor on the Barrier
• Last Days at Cape Evans
• Chapter XVI Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage 312
• Midnight Lunches
• A Motor Breaks Down
• The Second Motor Fails
• Curious Features of the Blizzard
• Ponies Suffer in a Blizzard
• Ponies Go Well
• A Head Wind
• Bad Conditions Continue
• At One Ton Camp
• Winter Minimum Temperature
• Daily Rest in the Sun Steady Plodding
• The First Pony Shot
• A Trying March
• The Second Pony Shot
• Dogs, Ponies, and Driving
• The Southern Mountains Appear
• The Third Blizzard
• A Fourth Blizzard
• The Fifth and Long Blizzard
• Patience and Resolution
• Still Held Up
• The End of the Barrier Journey
• Chapter XVII On the Beardmore Glacier 343
• Difficulties with Deep Snow
• With Full Loads
• After-effects of the Great Storm
• A Fearful Struggle
• Less Snow and Better Going
• The Valley of the Beardmore
• Wilson Snow-blind
• The Upper Glacier Basin
• Return of the First Party
• Upper Glacier Depot
• Chapter XVIII The Summit Journey to the Pole 356
• Pressures Under Mount Darwin
• A Change for the Better
• Lashly in a Crevasse
• Fifteen Miles Not Enough!
• Bad Running of a Sledge
• Lost Time Made Up
• Comfort of Double Tent
• Last Supporting Party Returns
• Hard Work on the Summit
• Accident to Evans
• The Members of the Party
• Mishap to a Watch
• A Chill in the Air
• A Critical Time
• Forestalled
• At the Pole
• Chapter XIX The Return from the Pole 380
• A Hard Time on the Summit
• First Signs of Weakening
• Difficulty in Following Tracks
• Getting Hungrier
• Accidents Multiply
• Accident to Scott
• The Ice-fall
• End of the Summit Journey
• Happy Moments on Firm Land
• In a Maze of Crevasses
• Mid-Glacier Depot Reached
• A Sick Comrade
• Death of P.O. Evans
• Chapter XX The Last March 399
• Snow Like Desert Sand
• A Gloomy Prospect
• No Help from the Wind
• The Grip of Cold
• Three Blows of Misfortune
• From Bad to Worse
• Oates' Case Hopeless
• The Death of Oates
• Scott Frostbitten
• The Last Camp
• Farewell Letters
• The Last Message
• Editor's Appendix I 'Biographical Introduction' / J. M. Barrie 446
• Editor's Appendix II 'The Finding of the Dead' / E. L. Atkinson 453
• Editor's Appendix III Significant Changes to Scott's Original Base and Sledging Journals 457.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [xlix]-liii) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0192803336

OCLC:

61130666

Publisher Number:

9780192803337

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