- 1Epigraph — Dedication
- 2Introduction
- 3Chapter I — In and About Rio de Janeiro
- 4Chapter II — From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo
- 5Chapter III — Organisation of the Expedition
- 6Chapter IV — The “Belgica,” Her Equipment, Her Comforts and Discomf…
- 7Chapter V — Montevideo to Punta Arenas
- 8Chapter VI — Punta Arenas, the Southernmost Town
- 9Chapter VII — From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, Through the Fuegian Cha…
- 10Chapter VIII — A Race of Fuegian Giants
- 11Chapter IX — Discoveries in a New World of Ice
- 12Chapter X — Discoveries in a New World of Ice (Continued)
- 13Chapter XI — From Dancoland to Alexander Islands
- 14Chapter XII — Across the Antarctic Circle — First Efforts to Penetr…
- 15Chapter XIII — Along the Edge of the Pack-Ice
- 16Chapter XIV — Over Unknown Waters Into the Frozen Sea
- 17Chapter XV — Helpless in a Hopeless Sea of Ice
- 18Chapter XVI — Bird’s-Eye View of the Pack — Autumnal Tempests
- 19Chapter XVII — The Fading Days of the Autumn
- 20Chapter XVIII — The Autumn (Continued). Work and Pastime
- 21Chapter XIX — The Fading Days of the Autumn (Continued)
- 22Chapter XX — The Days of Twilight Preceding the Long Night
- 23Chapter XXI — The South Polar Night — Departure of the Sun
- 24Chapter XXII — The South Polar Night (Continued) — Days of Disconte…
- 25Chapter XXIII — The South Polar Night (Continued) — The Death of Danco
- 26Chapter XXIV — The South Polar Night (Continued). Midnight to Dawn
- 27Chapter XXV — Spring — Sunrise — Twilight of Dawn
- 28Chapter XXVI — The Spring (Continued) — Return of Light — A Sledge…
- 29Chapter XXVII — Summer
- 30Chapter XXVIII — Summer (Continued)
- 31Chapter XXIX — Freed From the Ice-Embraces — Return to Civilisation
- 32Appendices
Through the First Antarctic Night
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