Volume 1: Introduction to the modern edition / Lieutenant Ernest Coleman -- Preface -- Historical -- Preparation -- Voyage to New Zealand -- Southward ho! -- Along the Great Barrier -- Finding winter quarters: a fatal accident -- Preparing for winter -- The polar winter -- Winter passing away -- History and development of sledge travelling -- Typical sledging experiences -- The spring journeys of 1902 -- volume 2: Introduction to the modern edition / Lieutenant Ernest Coleman -- Journey to the farthest south -- Return from the far south -- What had happened during our absence in the south -- Our second winter -- Commencemnet of our second sledging season -- Return from the west -- Escape from the ice -- Homeward bound -- General survey of our observations -- Appendix I -- Appendix II