The Voyage of the Discovery, Volume 2

About this book

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

At the outset of the twentieth century, Antarctica was scarcely explored or understood. Penetrating the pack ice in the purpose-built Discovery, the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-4) established a base in McMurdo Sound, enabling scientists and sledging parties to significantly push back the boundaries of the unknown. Published in 1905, this acclaimed two-volume work by the naval officer and expedition leader Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) recounts the trials, errors and achievements of an undertaking which laid the foundations for future research and Scott's later journey to the South Pole. The work is greatly enhanced by many photographs as well as illustrations by the doctor, zoologist and artist Edward A. Wilson (1872-1912). Volume 2 opens with the sledging journey made by Scott, Wilson and Ernest Shackleton which reached an unprecedented southern latitude. A second polar winter and further sledging exploits are also described. The appendices contain geological and zoological findings.

Contents

13. Journey to the farthest south
14. Return from the far south
15. What had happened during our absence in the south
16. Our second winter
17. Commencement of our second sledging season
18. Return from the west
19. Escape from the ice
20. Homeward bound

General survey of our observations
Appendix

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