Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Through the Portal: Discoveries along Coastal Victoria Land -- 2 From the Sea to the Ice Plateau: The Crossing of Victoria Land -- 3 Fire, Ice, and the Magnetic Pole: Further Discoveries in Victoria Land -- 4 Penetrating the Interior: Discoveries in the Central Transantarctic Mountains -- 5 Beyond the Horizon: Discoveries in the Queen Maud Mountains -- 6 Earth's Land's End: The Exploration of Scott Glacier -- 7 To the IGY and Beyond: Filling in the Spaces -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: The Rock Cycle -- Appendix 2: Geologic Time -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.