Eliot porter, TH'i LAST CONTINENT

Proposed outline of chapters

I: , a Threatened Region Expand Epilogue (pp. 261-64) fur seals: few rookeries have surv.ved 19th-century sealers (p. 55) whales: greed of whalers (pp. 65—67) IGY: disputed national claims (pp. 89-90) Addlie penguin rookery already off limits because of human disturbance (pp. 170-71)

II: The Voyage Southward "I had never considered going to Antarctica until late in the summer of 1974 (?), when I received a call from the National Science Foundation in Washington asking whether I would be interested. From then on, things moved quickly. Early in December, I flew „.to. Manzanillo on the western coast of Mexico, where I boarded the Eero ..." (pp. 1-3, condensed) Hero described (p. 5) voyage: condense account to four or five pages (6-38) arrival at Tierra del Fuego: dondense to about 3 pages (39—48) Drake Passage: an example of the unpredictability of weather in the region'(;pp.’49/25S > 239) First glimpse of Antarctica (51-53) Weather conditions (52—53) Hazards of the region: volcanic eruptions, tide rips (63-64, 59» 90, 200, 205) Indoctrination meeting (when and where?) (119) Clothing required (121) Safety regulations (216, 219) Zodiac craft described (56) Accident cuts short first visit:condense to about 5 pages (93-118) Second voyage: stop in New Zealand: condense drastically, to no more than 5 pages (120, 122—132; photo captions to give information) Living sites and arrangements: , 1974*75; Kcldurdo, 1975-76 (63-64, 213-14, 135-36 KSF hospitality (224—26) Transportation by helicopter (139, 141)

III: Terrain and Geology Antarctic scenery expliined ( 134, ISO, 207, 216, 138, 137, 196. 142, 161-63) Volcanic eruptions (241) 89-90) Dry valleys. (139, 151, 152, 192) Glaciers (153-155J 165, 179-89) Ventefacts (157) Tafonic process (160) Ice caves (l7l) Ice falls (173 l-funataks (176, 177-78) Icebergs (20- , 247-48, 199) 232, 235) 252, 257, 258) Ice pack (206—7, 210, 212) Ice rivers (237)' Fate of previous expeditions (140, 168-66) (or include in I?) IV: Wildlife Gibbs Island: penguins, etc. (55, 56-57) Port I'ockrey: penguins (65-67) : penguins, etc. (68, 69, 70-71, 73-77) Joubin Islands: penguins, shags, terns (80-87, 227-29, 234-35) Eliot Porter, TH' ■PT /’proposed, outline) page 2

Cormorant Island, etc. (85, 87) Penguin observation post, Hussion station (101) Life history of penguins, IlfcM'Jrdo (148) Humble Island: Ad4lie rookery (222) Stignant Point, King George Island: seals (55, 57, 58, 61-62) Seals: life history, MoHurdo Sound study (143) Leopard seals,killer v.’hales: predation (148-49) Finwhales (88) Sponges (164) .Algae, lichens, mosses (191, 232)

7: The Antarctic Light (or, Austral Daylight) Sun’s circuit of the pole (163) Sunsets north of the antarctic circle (22l) Prismatic displays (195i 203) Pog (202) A Blue world (238-39» 256) Argentine Islands (246-25-2) Epilogue (to come)