A. H. Macklin

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I INCEPTION

CHAPTER II LONDON TO RIO DE JANEIRO

CHAPTER III RIO TO SOUTH GEORGIA

CHAPTER IV DEATH OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON

CHAPTER V PREPARATIONS IN SOUTH GEORGIA

CHAPTER VI INTO THE SOUTH

CHAPTER VII THE ICE

CHAPTER VIII ELEPHANT ISLAND

CHAPTER IX SOUTH GEORGIA (SECOND VISIT)

CHAPTER X THE TRISTAN DA CUNHA GROUP

CHAPTER XI TRISTAN DA CUNHA [13]

CHAPTER XII TRISTAN DA CUNHA ( continued ) [14]

CHAPTER XIII DIEGO ALVAREZ OR GOUGH ISLAND

CHAPTER XIV CAPE TOWN

CHAPTER XV ST. HELENA ASCENSION ISLAND ST. VINCENT

CHAPTER XVI HOME

APPENDIX 1 GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, by G. Vibert Douglas , M.C., M.Sc., Geologist to the Expedition.

APPENDIX II NATURAL HISTORY

APPENDIX III METEOROLOGY

APPENDIX IV HYDROGRAPHIC WORK

APPENDIX V MEDICAL

PERSONNEL

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber’s Note:

Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

There is a possible missing word on page 135 in the sentence: “One has to be economical these hard times.”

On page 291, “Groote Schur” should possibly be “Groote Schuur”.

Photo: Wilkins

THE CAIRN

SHACKLETON’S
LAST VOYAGE.
The Story of the Quest. By
Commander FRANK WILD, c.b.e.
From the Official Journal and Private
Diary kept by Dr. A. H. MACKLIN

With Frontispiece in Colour, numerous Maps
and over 100 Illustrations from Photographs

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1923

First Published May 1923.
Second Edition June 1923.
Reprinted November 1923

Printed in Great Britain

To
THE BOSS

“Yonder the far horizon lies,

And there by night and day

The old ships draw to port again,

The young ships sail away.

And go I must and come I may,

And if men ask you why,

You may lay the blame on the stars and the sun

And the white road and the sky.”

Gerald Gould