A Polar Affair

CONTENTS

PART ONE · THE LURE OF ANTARCTICA

ONE · VICTORIAN VALUES

TWO · TERRA AUSTRALIS

THREE · THE THREE NORWEGIANS

PART TWO · ALL ROADS LEAD TO CAPE ADARE

FOUR · FIRST OBSERVATIONS

FIVE · BOYHOOD DREAMS

SIX · LOST OPPORTUNITIES

SEVEN · COURTSHIP

EIGHT · DECEPTION

NINE · THE EASTERN PARTY

PART THREE · CAPE ADARE

TEN · THE NORTHERN PARTY

ELEVEN · THE WORST JOURNEY

TWELVE · THE RELUCTANT PENGUIN BIOLOGIST

THIRTEEN · THE RACE BEGINS

FOURTEEN · COMPETITION

FIFTEEN · TIMING

PART FOUR · AFTER CAPE ADARE

SIXTEEN · HOOLIGANS

SEVENTEEN · WEATHER

EIGHTEEN · DOGS

NINETEEN · WINTER

TWENTY · RETURN JOURNEY

PART FIVE · AFTER ANTARCTICA

TWENTY-ONE · THE DEPRAVITIES OF MEN

TWENTY-TWO · AFTER THE WAR

TWENTY-THREE · THE POLE AT LAST

FURTHER READING · KEY REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS