Includes bibliographical referenes (pages 462-463).
from The three voyages of Edmund Halley in the Paramore / Edmund Halley -- The journals of the second voyage 1772-1775 / Captain James Cook -- A voyage towards the South Pole performed in the years 1822-24 / James Weddell -- Recent discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean from the Log book of the Brig Tula, 1833 / Mr. John Briscoe, R.N. -- Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean in February, 1839, including remarks by Charles Darwin / Mr. John Balleny -- The United States Exploring Expedition / Charles Wilkes -- A voyage of discovery and research in the Southern and Antarctic regions, 1839-43 / James Ross -- The voyage of the Discovery / Robert Falcon Scott -- The journal of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition / Otto Nordjenskjöld -- The heart of the Antarctic / Ernest Shackleton -- The worst journey in the world / Apsley Cherry-Garrard -- The South Pole : an account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram / Roald Amundsen -- The diaries of the Terra Nova Expedition / The home of the blizzard / Douglas Mawson -- South / "April 1 : God of 2.5" Alone / Admiral Richard Byrd -- "My flight across Antarctica" National geographic magazine, June 1936 / Lincoln Ellsworth -- "South ice to the South Pole" The crossing of Antarctica / Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary