Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899 : A Narrative of the Voyage of the Belgica among Newly Discovered Lands and over an Unknown Sea about the (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. In and about Rio de Janeiro; 2. From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo; 3. Organisation of the expedition; 4. The Belgica, her equipment, her comforts and discomforts; 5. Montevideo to Punta Arenas; 6. Punta Arenas, the southernmost town; 7. From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, through the Fuegian Channels; 8. A race of Fuegian giants; 9. Discoveries in a new world of ice; 10. Discoveries in a new world of ice (continued); 11. From Dancoland to Alexander Islands; 12. Across the Antarctic Circle - first efforts to penetrate the pack; 13. Along the edge of the pack-ice; 14. Over unknown waters into the frozen sea; 15. Helpless in a hopeless sea of ice; 16. Bird's-eye view of the pack - autumnal tempests; 17. The fading days of the autumn; 18. The autumn (continued). Work and pastime; 19. The fading days of the autumn (continued); 20. The days of twilight preceding the long night; 21. The South Polar night - departure of the sun; 22. The South Polar night (continued). Days of discontentment; 23. The South Polar night (continued). The death of Danco; 24. The South Polar night (continued). Midnight to dawn; 25. Spring - sunrise - twilight of dawn; 26. The spring (continued). Return of light - a sledge journey; 27. Summer; 28. Summer (continued); 29. Freed from the ice-embraces - return to civilisation; Appendix.