item: #1 of 13 id: 11579 author: Scott, Robert Falcon title: Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott date: None words: 180552 flesch: 81 summary: AT CAPE EVANS Clissold's Accident--Various Invalids--Christopher's Capers--A Motor Mishap--Dog Sickness--Some Personal Sketches--A Pony Accident--A Football Knee--Value of the Motors--The Balance of Heat and Cold--The First Motor on the Barrier--Last Days at Cape Evans. Discovery_ days, and Wilson thinks it meets the cliff in the same place. keywords: afternoon; air; animals; atkinson; barrier; blizzard; bowers; calm; camp; camped; cape; cold; conditions; course; day; days; deal; december; depot; difficulty; dogs; doubt; drift; end; evans; fact; feet; find; floes; food; foot; friday; getting; glacier; going; good; half; heavy; help; high; hope; hours; hut; hut point; ice; island; journey; land; left; like; little; loads; long; lunch; man; march; meares; men; miles; morning; morrow; new; night; north; oates; open; pack; party; point; ponies; ponting; pony; poor; return; rock; round; saw; sea; sea ice; ship; ski; sky; sledge; snow; south; start; sun; sunday; surface; temperature; tent; things; thought; time; water; way; weather; wilson; wind; winter; work; yesterday cache: 11579.txt plain text: 11579.txt item: #2 of 13 id: 14363 author: Cherry-Garrard, Apsley title: The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 date: None words: 250188 flesch: 80 summary: There is a general getting squared up with gear, for we know that those going on will not have many more days of warm temperatures. I dream sometimes now of bad days we had on the Beardmore and elsewhere, when men were dropping through to be caught up and hang at the full length of the harnesses and toggles many times in an hour. keywords: antarctic; atkinson; bags; barrier; bay; bill; bit; blizzard; bowers; camp; campbell; camped; cape; cape evans; case; cold; course; crean; crevasses; day; days; depôt; diary; discovery; dogs; drift; end; evans; expedition; february; feet; find; food; foot; gear; getting; glacier; going; good; half; home; hours; hut; hut point; ice; island; january; journey; land; left; life; little; lunch; man; march; men; miles; morning; new; night; north; oates; open; pack; party; place; point; polar; pole; ponies; pony; pressure; return; round; scott; sea; seal; second; ship; ski; sledge; sledging; snow; south; sun; surface; temperature; tent; thick; things; thought; time; vol; warm; water; way; weather; wilson; wind; winter; work; world; year cache: 14363.txt plain text: 14363.txt item: #3 of 13 id: 15777 author: Cook, James title: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 date: None words: 127905 flesch: 72 summary: On the 5th, the king and several other great men, paid us a visit, and brought with them, as usual, some hogs and fruit. He left the Texel on the 21st of August, and arriving in that ocean, by going round Cape Horn, discovered Easter Island, probably seen before, though not visited, by Davis;* then between 14° 41' and 15° 47' S. latitude, and between the longitude of 142° and 150° W., fell in with several other islands, which I take to be some of those seen by the late English navigators. keywords: account; adventure; bay; board; boat; cape; captain; chief; day; east; evening; gale; good; having; ice; island; isles; latitude; leagues; left; little; longitude; man; manner; men; morning; n.w; natives; new; night; noon; north; o'clock; people; place; point; sail; saw; sea; ship; shore; south; thing; time; water; weather; west; wind cache: 15777.txt plain text: 15777.txt item: #4 of 13 id: 15869 author: Cook, James title: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 date: None words: 110883 flesch: 78 summary: To drink Ayn_oo_' A_ee_n_oo_, 'A_ee_n_oo_, No'a_ee_, N_ooee_, 'Oo_d_oo_, s. _Oo_nd_oo_. I,myself, W_ou_, s. _ou_, 'W_ou_, _ keywords: account; bay; board; boat; bore; breeze; canoes; cape; clear; coast; country; day; direction; distant; east; end; etc; evening; fathoms; fine; fish; fresh; gale; good; half; head; ice; island; isle; kind; land; latitude; leagues; longitude; man; men; miles; morning; n.e; n.w; natives; new; night; noon; north; o'clock; order; people; place; point; rocks; round; s.e; s.w; sail; saw; sea; ship; shore; south; thing; time; water; weather; west; wind cache: 15869.txt plain text: 15869.txt item: #5 of 13 id: 18129 author: Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron title: South with Scott date: None words: 85991 flesch: 73 summary: When they had advanced some way towards Hut Point over good strong sea ice, cracks became apparent and a slight swell showed Bowers that the sea ice was actually on the move. The charge of the transport over the one and a half miles of sea ice which lay between the ship and shore was given to Campbell, whilst I took charge of the Base Station, erection of huts, and so forth, Captain Scott himself supervising, planning and improving. keywords: atkinson; away; bags; barrier; bowers; camp; campbell; cape; cape evans; captain; captain scott; cherry; day; days; degrees; depot; dogs; end; evans; expedition; feet; fine; food; glacier; good; hours; hut; hut point; ice; ice barrier; january; journey; land; lashly; left; man; march; meares; men; miles; new; night; nova; oates; p.m.; party; point; polar; ponies; pony; round; scott; sea; sea ice; ship; sledge; small; snow; south; stores; sun; surface; tent; terra; time; water; way; weather; wilson; wind; winter; work cache: 18129.txt plain text: 18129.txt item: #6 of 13 id: 19731 author: Rockwood, Roy title: Under the Ocean to the South Pole; Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder date: None words: 51017 flesch: 89 summary: It's a bad state of affairs, replied professor Henderson. Porpoise_ was fastened to a small dock with strong ropes the two young men had carried out to her in rowboats. keywords: air; andy; boys; come; conning; craft; deck; engine; feet; henderson; ice; inventor; jack; man; mark; night; ocean; pole; porpoise; professor; professor henderson; sea; ship; south; submarine; surface; tanks; time; tower; washington; water; way cache: 19731.txt plain text: 19731.txt item: #7 of 13 id: 35426 author: Stilson, Charles B. (Charles Billings) title: Polaris of the Snows date: None words: 9239 flesch: 91 summary: Scarred and rent by the grinding of its prison-ice, and weather-beaten by the rasping of wind-driven snow in a land where the snow never melts, still on the square stern of the vessel could be read the dimming letters which spelled Yedda. Polaris unharnessed the pack, and man and dogs crept on board the hulk. To the north, Polaris. keywords: camp; dogs; eyes; face; girl; ice; man; polaris; ship; sledge; snow; white cache: 35426.txt plain text: 35426.txt item: #8 of 13 id: 36802 author: Scott, G. Firth title: The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "“Discovery”" date: None words: 86870 flesch: 68 summary: As the gale increased in intensity, the huge field of heavy ice in which the vessel was imprisoned began to heave and grind in an alarming manner. By the date their trip had ended they had crossed the island four times, had made thirteen mountain ascents, had made a rough survey of six hundred square miles of country, had steamed a thousand miles among heavy ice along coasts, through straits, and up bays, for the most part never before visited, and had located innumerable streams, hills, and glaciers. keywords: arctic; bay; board; boat; camp; cape; captain; coast; cold; days; discovery; dogs; eskimo; expedition; explorers; feet; food; fram; franklin; frozen; ice; island; journey; land; lieutenant; long; man; mass; members; men; miles; nansen; north; open; party; place; point; pole; return; round; sea; set; ship; shore; sledge; snow; south; stores; time; vessel; water; way; winter; work; years cache: 36802.txt plain text: 36802.txt item: #9 of 13 id: 4229 author: Amundsen, Roald title: The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 date: None words: 226266 flesch: 78 summary: Although we began this work in good time, it looked as if we should never have finished. In good time -- soon after 11 p.m. -- we were out again, and ready to catch the sun; the weather was of the best, and the opportunity excellent. keywords: -the; air; antarctic; barrier; bay; bjaaland; board; case; cold; come; conditions; course; day; days; deck; depot; direction; distance; dogs; east; end; evening; expedition; feet; fine; fram; framheim; glacier; going; good; half; hand; hanssen; hassel; home; hours; house; ice; journey; land; lay; left; lindström; look; man; march; men; miles; morning; new; north; number; observations; open; order; party; place; point; pole; ready; right; room; round; saw; sea; set; ship; ski; sledge; snow; south; station; sun; surface; temperature; tent; thick; thing; thought; time; trip; use; voyage; water; way; weather; west; wind; winter; wisting; work cache: 4229.txt plain text: 4229.txt item: #10 of 13 id: 5199 author: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir title: South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917; Includes both text and audio files date: None words: 150090 flesch: 79 summary: Found ice had cracked from port gangway to north-west, and parted from ship from gangway along to stern. A man was stationed there to watch the propeller and prevent it striking heavy ice, and the arrangement proved very valuable. keywords: a.m.; antarctic; bay; berg; boat; caird; camp; cape; clear; conditions; day; days; depot; dogs; drift; east; endurance; evans; expedition; feet; floe; food; gale; good; half; hands; heavy; hours; hut; ice; island; james; journey; joyce; left; long; mackintosh; man; march; men; miles; months; morning; new; night; north; open; order; p.m.; pack; party; place; point; position; pressure; round; sea; seal; set; ship; sledge; snow; south; stores; sun; surface; temperature; tent; time; water; way; weather; west; whales; wild; wind; winter; work; worsley cache: 5199.txt plain text: 5199.txt item: #11 of 13 id: 6137 author: Mawson, Douglas, Sir title: The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 date: None words: 231749 flesch: 72 summary: Water of good drinking quality can be obtained by allowing sea water ice to thaw partially. We pushed into the pack to ice ship, as the water-supply was running low. keywords: a.m.; account; adelie; adelie land; afternoon; air; antarctic; aurora; bags; base; bay; birds; blake; blizzard; boat; calm; camp; cape; captain; case; cave; close; coast; conditions; course; crevasses; day; days; december; deep; degrees; depot; direction; distance; dogs; drift; east; eastern; end; evening; expedition; fact; far; fathoms; feet; fell; fine; floe; following; food; foot; gale; glacier; good; great; half miles; hamilton; head; hobart; hour; hut; ice; island; january; journey; land; left; life; line; little; macquarie; madigan; magnetic; making; man; march; mclean; men; mertz; mile wind; miles; morning; near; new; night; ninnis; north; observations; outside; p.m.; pack; party; penguins; petrels; place; point; position; return; rock; round; sea; set; shelf; ship; sky; sledge; sledging; small; snow; south; southern; strong; summer; sun; surface; temperature; tent; time; view; water; way; weather; west; western; wild; wind; winter; wireless; work; yards; year cache: 6137.txt plain text: 6137.txt item: #12 of 13 id: 6721 author: Turley, Charles title: The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition date: None words: 115458 flesch: 73 summary: The only [Page 174] possible course, therefore, was for Scott and Evans to climb out unaided, and, after a word with Evans Scott decided to try first; though he confessed afterwards that he never expected to reach the top. But in some way or other Scott discovered good points in all the officers he mentioned, and if they were not satisfactory in every way his object seemed to be rather to excuse than to blame them. keywords: antarctic; barrier; blizzard; bowers; camp; cape; cold; conditions; course; day; days; depôt; discovery; dogs; end; evans; expedition; fact; feet; find; food; foot; glacier; going; good; half; hope; hours; hut; ice; journey; land; left; man; march; men; miles; morning; new; night; north; oates; page; party; point; ponies; pony; return; scott; sea; ship; short; ski; sledge; snow; south; start; surface; tent; thought; time; time scott; way; weather; wilson; wind; winter; work cache: 6721.txt plain text: 6721.txt item: #13 of 13 id: 6973 author: Goldfrap, John Henry title: The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic date: None words: 56966 flesch: 82 summary: The stevedores have knocked off for a rest spell and a smoke and the lighters are emptied, he announced, so I might as well show you boys round a bit. Well, boys, exciting as our experiences were down there, I think that we are on the verge of adventures and perils that will make them look insignificant, exclaimed Frank. Don't, groaned Billy. keywords: aeroplane; air; barrington; ben; billy; boat; boys; cabin; camp; captain; captain hazzard; cross; day; deck; expedition; feet; find; frank; good; harry; hazzard; ice; little; look; man; men; night; polar; pole; professor; reply; saw; sea; set; ship; snow; southern; thought; time; viking; water; way; work cache: 6973.txt plain text: 6973.txt