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| Editorial.............................. Page 1 |
| Southern Sledging Song................. " 2 |
| A Phantasm of the Snow................. " 3 |
| The Romance of Exploration |
| First Crossing of Greenland (Nansen). " 8 |
| Ode to Tobacco.......................... " 10 |
| Punch, the dinner epilogue.............. " 11 |
| To the Editor........................... " 12 |
| Scott's British Antarctic Expedition.... " 13 |
| Statics and Antarctics.................. " 14 |
| Wireless--the realization............... " 16 |
| Birth's, Deaths and Marriages........... " 17 |
| The Evolution of Women.................. " 18 |
| A Concise Narrative..................... " 21 |
| The Daylight Proposition................ " 23 |
| Meteorological and Magnetic Notes....... " 24 |
| Calendar Rhymes......................... " 25 |
| Answers to Correspondents............... " 26 |
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| VOL-I--No. I April, 1913 |
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It was the first Antarctic publication which could boast a real cable
column of news of the day. Extracts from the April number were read
after dinner one evening and excited much amusement. An "Ode to Tobacco"
was very popular, and seemed to voice the enthusiasm of our small
community, while "The Evolution of Women" introduced us to a
once-fam