Chapter

The First Account

Introduction, by Fridtjof Nansen

I. The History of the South Pole

II. Plan and Preparations

III. On the Way to the South

IV. From Madeira to the Barrier

V. On the Barrier

VI. Depot Journeys

VII. Preparing for Winter

VIII. A Day at Framheim

IX. The End of the Winter

X. The Start for the Pole

XI. Through the Mountains

XII. At the Pole

XIII. The Return to Framheim

XIV. Northward

XV. The Eastern Sledge Journey By Lieutenant K. Prestrud

XVI. The Voyage of the "Fram" By First-Lieutenant Thorvald Nilsen I. From Norway to the Barrier II. Off the Barrier III. From the Bay of Whales to Buenos Aires IV. The Oceanographical Cruise V. At Buenos Aires VI. From Buenos Aires to the Ross Barrier VII. From the Barrier to Buenos Aires, Via Hobart

Appendix I : The "Fram" By Commodore Christian Blom

Appendix II. : Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim By B. J. Birkeland

Appendix III: Geology By J. Schetelig

Appendix IV.: The Astronomical Observations at the Pole By A. Alexander, with Note by Professor H. Geelmuyden

Appendix V.: Oceanography By Professors Bjorn Helland-Hansen and Fridtjof Nansen