Preface. Canine Explorers in the Antarctic.- Acknowledgements.- Maps.- List of Characters and Countries.- Notes on Norwegian and English Names.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Dogs, the Arctic, and Amundsen's Clandestine Switch to the Antarctic.- Part I. The Strategic Plan, The Secret Ingredient.- Chapter 2. The Vital Importance of Sledge Dogs.- Chapter 3. Two Eskimos to Care for Good Greenland Dogs.- Chapter 4. A Perfect Ship, a Professional Crew, and a Home for Pet Dogs.- Part II. From Greenland to Norway.- Chapter 5. The Voyage of the Hans Egede.- Chapter 6. Fram 's Test Voyage and the Island of the Misfit Dogs.- Chapter 7. The Secret Passage and the Circumnavigating Pups.- Part III. Journey Across the Seas to Antarctica.- Chapter 8. The Voyage South - Dogs First, Dogs All the Time.- Chapter 9. The Wooing of Lasse and the Caring for the Dogs.- Chapter 10. The Females and the Mother Ship - Woman Shall Not Come on Board.- Chapter 11. Maren and Her Sons in Madeira; Enduring the Heat.- Chapter 12. The Births and Deaths of October.- Chapter 13. The Lady and the Sea.- Chapter 14. Christmas Among the Ice Floes.- Chapter 15. The Arrival in Antarctica.- Part IV. Depot-Laying, Winter's Work, and a False Start. Chapter 16. The First Sled Ride.- Chapter 17. Great Surprise! It's the Terra Nova !.- Chapter 18. The First Depot Run - Flying on a High.- Chapter 19. The Second Depot Run - Disaster for the Dogs.- Chapter 20. The Third Depot Run - Third Time Is Not the Charm.- Chapter 21. Born and Bred in Antarctica.- Chapter 22. The Divine Trio - Fix, Lasse, and Snuppesen.- Chapter 23. Hjalmar Johansen's Charges - Camilla, Knegten, Uroa, and Rotta.- Chapter 24. Don Pedro Christophersen, and Balmy Buenos Aires.- Chapter 25. A Midwinter Night's Dream.- Chapter 26. Now Is the August of Our Winter's Content.- Chapter 27. The Premature Start.- Chapter 28. The Decisive Ejection and the Change of Plan.- Part V. Sled Trek to the South Pole and Back.- Chapter 29. Snow Trek.- Chapter 30. The Eastern Party's Expedition to King Edward VII Land.- Chapter 31. The Push to the Plateau - Kjoring Across the Ice Waves.- Chapter 32. Pulling for the Chief - The Climbing of the Mountain Peaks.- Chapter 33. Butcher's Shop - The Final Reward.- Chapter 34. A Devil of a Climb - the Devil's Glacier.- Chapter 35. The Dogs at the South Pole.- Chapter 36. The Return Trek from the South Pole.- Chapter 37. The Search for the Devil's Depot .- Chapter 38. The Eastern Party, the Fram and an Australian in Antarctica.- Chapter 39. The South Pole Party Returns Home.- Part VI. The Return from Antarctica.- Chapter 40. Their Final Destinations- The South Pole Dogs and Sled Dogs.- Chapter 41. Impressions that Dog Us.- Notes on Original Source Material.- Bibliography. ukryj opis