Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the World : Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Voyage of HMS Erebus and Terror to the Antaractic Seas: 1. Departure from England; 2. Visit to the convents; 3. Trinidad; 4. A deep sounding; 5. At Kerguelen's Island; 6. Second boat-expedition; 7. New Bay discovered; 8. Geological resume of Kerguelen's Island; 9. Our boatswain drowned; 10. A drive across the island to Launceston; 11. Excursion to Port Arthur; 12. First voyage towards the South Pole; 13. Campbell Island; 14. Discovery of a southern continent; 15. The volcanic mountains; 16. Remarkable rock, like a Roman gateway; 17. Summary of our attempt to reach the South Pole; 18. Quail-shooting at Risdon; 19. Leave for Sydney; 20. Trip to Waimate; 21. Up the Kava-Kava river; 22. Trip inland; 23. Second attempt to reach the South Pole; 24. Closely beset in the pack; 25. A heavy gale; 26. Collision with the Terror off the icebergs; 27. The Falkland Islands; 28. Trip to Swan Bay; 29. Hermite Island, Cape Horn; 30. Excursion up to the summit of Cape Spencer; 31. Summary of Hermite Island; 32. Second visit to the Falkland Islands; 33. Third attempt to reach the South Pole; 34. Our highest latitude; 35. Summary of the last voyage south; 36. Simon's bay; 37. Ascension Island; Part II. Attempt to Reach the North Pole in the Year 1827: 1. Departure from the Nore; 2. Hecla secured in Treurenberg Bay; 3. Return of the polar boats; 4. Resume of the geological and botanical features of the island; Appendix; Plans for reaching the North and South Poles.