The present catalogue contains details of the various rock specimens held by the British Museum, collected in the Antarctic and other high latitudes by members of Shackleton’s and Scott’s expeditions, as well as samples gathered by Henry Foster on the South Shetlands in 1829, Robert M’Cormick during Ross’s expedition, J. Y. Buchanan from the Challenger expedition, and many others. The Antarctic content runs from p.165-185, the remainder being concerned with Australia and New Zealand