Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899
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- a narrative of the voyage of the "Belgica" among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the south pole
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1. Front matter2. THROUGH THE FIRST ANTARCTIC NIGHT 1898–18993. INTRODUCTION.4. CHAPTER I IN AND ABOUT RIO DE JANEIRO5. CHAPTER II FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO MONTEVIDEO6. CHAPTER III ORGANISATION OF THE EXPEDITION7. CHAPTER IV THE “BELGICA,” HER EQUIPMENT, HER COMFORTS AND DISCOMFORTS8. CHAPTER V MONTEVIDEO TO PUNTA ARENAS9. CHAPTER VI PUNTA ARENAS, THE SOUTHERNMOST TOWN10. CHAPTER VII FROM PUNTA ARENAS TO USHUAIA, THROUGH THE FUEGIAN CHANNELS11. CHAPTER VIII A RACE OF FUEGIAN GIANTS12. CHAPTER IX DISCOVERIES IN A NEW WORLD OF ICE13. CHAPTER X DISCOVERIES IN A NEW WORLD OF ICE (CONTINUED)14. CHAPTER XI FROM DANCOLAND TO ALEXANDER ISLANDS15. CHAPTER XII ACROSS THE ANTARCTIC CIRCLE—FIRST EFFORTS TO PENETRATE THE PACK16. CHAPTER XIII ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PACK-ICE17. CHAPTER XIV OVER UNKNOWN WATERS INTO THE FROZEN SEA18. CHAPTER XV HELPLESS IN A HOPELESS SEA OF ICE19. CHAPTER XVI BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE PACK—AUTUMNAL TEMPESTS20. CHAPTER XVII THE FADING DAYS OF THE AUTUMN21. CHAPTER XVIII THE AUTUMN (CONTINUED). WORK AND PASTIME22. CHAPTER XIX THE FADING DAYS OF THE AUTUMN (CONTINUED)23. CHAPTER XX THE DAYS OF TWILIGHT PRECEDING THE LONG NIGHT24. CHAPTER XXI THE SOUTH POLAR NIGHT—DEPARTURE OF THE SUN.25. CHAPTER XXII THE SOUTH POLAR NIGHT (CONTINUED)—DAYS OF DISCONTENTMENT.26. CHAPTER XXIII THE SOUTH POLAR NIGHT (CONTINUED)—THE DEATH OF DANCO27. CHAPTER XXIV THE SOUTH POLAR NIGHT (CONTINUED). MIDNIGHT TO DAWN28. CHAPTER XXV SPRING—SUNRISE—TWILIGHT OF DAWN29. CHAPTER XXVI THE SPRING (CONTINUED)—RETURN OF LIGHT—A SLEDGE JOURNEY30. CHAPTER XXVII SUMMER31. CHAPTER XXVIII SUMMER (CONTINUED).32. CHAPTER XXIX FREED FROM THE ICE-EMBRACES—RETURN TO CIVILISATION33. APPENDICES34. APPENDICES (continued 2)35. INDEX