INDEX
Reading edition
Adare, Cape, Borchgrevinck’s winter quarters, 79; Campbell’s party at, 439
Air, ionization of registered, 279
Alcove Camp, described, 133–134; Evans’ “whisker stones,” 137; return to, 145
Algæ deposits, 136, 155, 296
Alph Avenue, 173
Alph River, 170, 172, 173
Alps, glacial erosion in, 8, 9
Amphipods, 360
Amundsen, chances discussed, 432–433; news of his success, 434; Gran’s prophecy, 434–435; charts of his and Scott’s parties, 439, 441
Anchor, ice, 60; method of fixing (sketch), 421
“Ancient cups” (sketch), 256
Anemometer, described, 220, 222 (sketch), 306
Antarctica, attraction of, 14; ice erosion in, 14; map showing recent expeditions, 37; charts of recent and future exploration, 450; personnel of coastal parties, 451; notes on outfit, 452 seq.
Anton, ignorance of English, 107; accompanies Granite Harbour expedition, 332, 336, 339
Appetite when sledging, 124
Aptera, 381
Arch berg (sketch), 227; photographed, 250
Archeocyathinæ, 256, 303; Wright’s discovery of, 441
Arguments, in hut, 273–274
Armadillo Camp, 163
Armitage, Cape, Discovery hut at, 189, visited, 202–203
Arthropod, found, 303
Astronomy for travellers, 50–52
Atkinson, Dr. E. L., 4, 13; his blubber stove, 63; excavates Discovery hut, 189; institutes physical measurements, 225; successes with fish trap, 240 241; tests for scurvy, 245; lecture on, 292–293; meteor seen, 247; lost in blizzard, 275 seq.; (sketch), 276; landed at Hut Point, 422
Augites, on Observation Hill, 204; at Flat Iron Rocks, 379
Aurora Australis, first seen, 203; watch instituted, 226; observation of, 231–232
Australian harbours, geology of, 23; maps, 24
Avalanche Bay, 352
Balleny Isles, 427
Balloon Meteorograph, described, 234; (sketch), ib.; results obtained, 425
Barne, Cape, 85
Barne Glacier, cliff-like edge of, 88; first crossing, 103 seq.; features of, 220; movement noted, 322–323
Barrier, first sighted, 81; height of, 82
Barrier shudder, 151, 313
Bath, on board Terra Nova, 45; hot, 75, 416
Beacon Sandstone, 131; worm burrows in, 148; not of desert origin, ib.; debris, 385
Beardmore Glacier, fossils from, 10, (sketches) 255, 256, 257, 444; Taylor’s lecture on, 255; sponge corals from, 256; Glossopteris from, 444
Beaufort Island, 85
Beaumont, Sir Lewis, gift of books, 283
Bernacchi, Cape, depôt, 341; minerals found, 341; camp at, 409
Bets, currency used, 163, 369
Bicycling, in Alps in winter, 4; in Antarctica, 315, 316
Biological station at South Bay, 262
Bird, Mt., 334
Birds, catching, 55; shooting, 61
Black Sand Beach, rolled pebbles on, 320
Blizzards, signs of, 157; snow in, 158; wind velocity, 251, 279, 293; explorer in (sketch), 263; higher temperatures during, 293, 295, 363 seq.; thick drift of, 294; local nature of, 319
“Blizzometer,” 220, 222
Blubber, as food, 158, 176, 455; fork for (sketch), 176
Blubber-lamp (sketch), 201
Blubber-stove, Dr. Atkinson’s, 63; in Discovery hut (sketch), 193; at Cape Geology, 358; difficulties of, 403; value of, 453
457Blue Glacier, snout examined, 153; surroundings of, 154; dangerous surface of, 411
Bonney, Lake, 8, 134, 136, 139, 145
Bonney, Professor, 8, 134
Bonney Riegel, 134, 136
Books, discussed, 50; stock of, in hut, 282
Boots, damaged, 117, 128, 153; sketch of worn, 154; “browning” the, ib.; sealskin “brogans” for (sketch), 159; cause sore heel, 169; method of cobbling; 253; Oates’ hobnails, 309; crampons for, 322–323; thawed, 333; “ironclads,” 373; (sketch), ib.; best type for Antarctica, 455
Borchgrevinck, winter at Cape Adare, 79
Botany Bay, 371
Bowers, Lieut. H. R., first meeting with, 9; adrift on sea-ice, 197–198; as geologist, 199; lectures by, 250, 300; Christmas tree, 268 seq.; Cape Crozier expedition, 270, 285 seq.; Polar books read, 283; provisions bagged, 294; list of stores for Granite Harbour expedition, 332
Breadmaker, Clissold’s electrical (sketch), 216
Bruce, Lieut. Wilfred, 76
Buckle Island, 427
Burdens, various methods of carrying, 138
Butter Point, name and description, 117; depôt, 120; ice breaks up, 152; Taylor’s camp at, 338; depôt damaged by weather, 410
Camera, “mousetrap,” 121, 289; (sketch), ib., 296; damaged by sun, 377. See also under Photography
Campbell, V. L. A., independent command of, 6; stores for Eastern Party, 66; attempted relief of, 421, 423; winter at Evans Coves, 442
Castle Rock, composition of, 186; described, 206
Cathedral Rocks, appearance of, 127; depôt at, 150
Catspaw Glacier, 132
Cavendish Icefalls, 148–149
Cephalodiscus, 418
“Chad,” Lake, 145
Chanties, 48
Charcot, Dr., 264, 451
Cheetham, 75
Cherry-Garrard, A., gifts to comrades, 13; penguin skinning, 66; adrift on sea-ice, 197–198; editor of South Polar Times, 231, 233, 265 seq.; hut-building by, 262; Cape Crozier expedition, 270, 285 seq.
Chess, 271, 384, 400
Christchurch, N.Z., Expedition offices at, 23
Christmas on Terra Nova, 73–74
Cinematograph, tabular berg recorded, 59; subjects for, 89; football played for, 321
Cleveland Glacier, 384
Clissold, T., his electrical breadmaker (sketch), 216; fall from iceberg, 316
Clothing, Antarctic, 6; on Terra Nova, 36–37; windproof, 120; Wilson’s nose-guard, 262; Bowers’ lecture on, 300 seq.; Taylor’s notes on, 454. See also under Boots, Socks, Goggles
Clove hitch, with one hand (sketch), 163
Coal, loading of, 39–40; found in Antarctica, 388, 392
“Cold Feet” stalactites, 287
Commonwealth Glacier, 143
Cook, Mt., and the Matterhorn, 25 seq.
Cook, his duties on sledge journey, 121; methods, 350–351
Copepods, in Polar seas, 74
Copper pyrites found, 309
Coral, sponge, from Beardmore Glacier (sketch), 256
Coral-reef surface, 121, 128
Corethron, staining of floes by, 74
Corner Camp, Evans’ journey to, 193
Course, the, 233
Crater Heights, origin of moraines on, 197
Crampons, 322–323, 455
Crevasses, 152, 353, 375, 406
Crow’s nest, 35–36
Crozier, Cape, desired as headquarters, 80; visited by boat, 83; midwinter expedition to, 271–272, 285 seq.
Cuff Cape, 376
Current meter, 68
Cwms (armchair valleys), 127; formation of, 136; on Davis Glacier, 161; on Mt. Lister, 167, 340; theory of, 174 seq.; diagrams, 175
Cycle of life in Polar seas, 74–75, 83–84; rhyme, 84
Dailey Island, 177, 178
Danger Slope, 113, 186
David, Professor F. W. E., work under, 7; advice by, 10; letter by, found, 105, 120, 142, 257, 346, 416, 445
Davis Bay, 158
Davis Glacier, 161; (sketch), ib.
458Davis, Professor W. M., 8, 160
Day, B. C., 9, 66, 85; binding for South Polar Times, 254, 265; lecture on motor sledges, 264; ingenious turning, 307; difficulties with motor sledges, 322 seq.; dangerous journey of, 440–441
Debenham, Frank, 11, 66; visits Inaccessible Island, 95; geological and photographic work, 119; black lava found, 134; as cook, 176, 350; frostbitten, 179; painting, 248; collection of sixpenny novels, 283; Cape Evans mapped, 295; long-distance geology, 307; Tent Island explored, 311, 316; trip to Shackleton’s hut, 319 seq.; knee strained, 321; excellent sight of, 369; coal found, 388; value of plane-table, 453
Debris cones, 296, 297, 385
Demetri, 91
Dennistoun, Mr. J., 416, 424
Descent Pass, 127, 130, 151
Devil’s Punch Bowl, and Thumb, sketch-map of region, 376; features of, 378
Dewdrop Glacier, 378
Diatoms, 74
Discovery, pack crossed, 78
Discovery Bluff, 371
Discovery Hut, condition of, 106; compared with Shackleton’s hut, 113; described, 189 seq.; environs of (sketch), 190; plan of (sketch), 191; difficult approach to, 192; blubber stove at (sketch), 193; routine at, 194; literature at, 195; storm at, 196; sleeping quarters, 198; sunsets at, 199; Scott’s visit to, 216, 223. See also under Hut Point
Distances deceptive, 150
Dogs, Antarctic born, recognise water, 10; put on board Terra Nova, 30; hangar for on ship, 46; character of, 52, 281, 290; exercised on floes, 69; and penguins, 69, 88, 91; and seals, 116, 332; “rifle-pits” for, at Hut Point, 193; “Macaca” found, 260; puppies born, 290
Dog-sledging, 91; Scott, 106; Taylor, 115
Dog-teams, Peary’s use of, 9; guided by voice, 69, 91, 116
Dolerite sills, 131
Double Curtain Glacier, 125–126
Drake, F. R. H., 66, 428
Dry Valley, 9, 130, 132, 142 seq.; Lt. Evans’ chart of, 280
Dun Glacier, 131
Dunlop Island, minerals found on, 309; features of, 344
Earth, shape deduced, 272, 279
England, Mt., 380
Erebus, Mt., compared to Vesuvius, 85; appearance of steam cloud on, 88, 218, 281 (sketch), ib.; 295, 325, 346; crevasses on, 189; signs of heat from, 217; activity of, 288
Erosion: frost, 380: glacial, study of in Alps, 8–9, 14; problem in Antarctica, 14–15; in New Zealand Alps, 23–29, 120, 132; stages of, 133; wind action, 134, 145; on Taylor Glacier, 136; no lateral in Antarctica, 148; on Mackay Glacier, 377: water, 138, 159; at Tent Island, 311
Erratic (sketch), 387
Euchre, 302
Euphausia, 63, 65, 75
Evans, Cape, named, 86; site described, 87, 215; sketch of, 90; landing at, 89 seq.; lakes at, 87, 215; plan of hut at, 212; music at, 223; magnetic variation at, 261; pull of gravity at, 279; physiographic features of, 298 seq.; map of, 299; ice-forms at, 310–311; Terra Nova’s return to, 418
Evans Coves, 439, 441
Evans, Lieut. E. R. G. R., 6, 9; journey to Corner Camp, 193; chart of Dry Valley, 280; coast survey by, 295; trip to first depôts, 313; attacked by scurvy, 421, 442
Evans, Edgar, P.O., 5, 137; “Football Fields” named, 139; straw hat, 145; a fall, 148; former expedition, 151; and literature, 151, 284, 302; on Blue Glacier, 153; humour of, 153, 157; one-handed clove-hitch, 163; as steersman, 165; loses a bet, 171; imaginary frostbite, 182; on blizzards, 185; prudence of, on Danger Slope, 186; lessons in cobbling given, 253; (sketch), ib.; as bezique player, 259
Eyes, effect of Antarctica on, 49
Felspar, from Erebus, sketch of, 145
Fern, sketch of fossil, from Beardmore Glacier, 444
Ferrar Glacier, former accident on, 75; explored, 121–131; surface altered since 1902, 129; movement of, 151, 202, 309; shape of ice at mouth of, 257–258; Scott’s trip to, 304, 309
Ferrar, Mr. H. T., on ice-slabs, 162
First View Point, 349
459“First Western Expedition,” 113 seq.
Fish, caught by floe, 70; Notothenia, 97; in ice, 180,202; remains of, on glacier, 164, 165; trap for, 240–241; parasites in Notothenia, 241; caught, 251; fossils of, found, 386
Flagellata, at Cape Evans, 215
Flat Iron, 377; unusual minerals on, 379; survey of, and composition, 392
Flea, primitive, 125
Food, biscuit packing, 119; allowance on sledge journeys, 335; cooking of, 350–351; suggestions for, 455;
Football in Antarctica, 236, 238, 247; for cinematograph, 321
“Football Fields,” 139
Forde, R., P.O., attacked by gangrene, 313, 331; cave discovered, 352; reservoir constructed, 354, (sketch), ib.; as seal butcher, 355; as cook, 360; and literature, 363; snow-blindness, 408
Foraminifera (Orbulina), 68, 74
Fossils, from Beardmore Glacier, 10, 255 seq.; sketches of, 255–257; on Gondola Ridge, 386
Frostbite, pain of, 116; Taylor’s toe, 202; Forde’s hand, 313, 331
Games in Antarctica, 271. See also Football, Euchre, Chess
Geology, Cape, blubber stove at, 358; view from (sketch), 374
George, Lake, rain gauge in, 240
Glacial erosion. See Erosion
Glacier Tongue, nature of, 113; bulbous icicles on, 117; sea-ice broken away from, 189; broken fragments from, 309, 342; features of, 315; waved edge of (sketch), 316
Glaciers, of New Zealand visited, 25 seq.; map, 27; of Antarctica, organic remains on, 127, 177; tables, 132; twin, 130, 149; in Luzern valley (sketch), ib.; movement measured, 151, 202, 309
Glasson, 7
Glenroy, parallel roads of, 160, 296
Globigerina ooze, 75
Glossopteris from Beardmore Glacier (sketch), 444
Gneiss Point, 342
Goggles, fogging of, 335; benefit of amber glasses, 369
Gold, washing for, 145
“Golden Stairs,” 233
Gomphocephalus, found at Granite Harbour, 356 (sketch), ib.; Lillie’s catch of, 418
Gondola Ridge, 384; fish fossils on, 386; sketch of, 391
Gramophone records, at Cape Evans, 265
Gran, Lieut. Tryggve, former experiences, 13; as ski expert, 68, 69; and white magic, 76; ice caves discovered, 230; guesses at South Polar Times authors, 278; debris cones dissected, 297; ski slope constructed, 312; birthday present to Taylor, 357; as cook, 357; latitude and longitude, simple method of calculating, 357; sea-kale planted, 370; golden mica found, 377; midsummer bathe in open air, 378; as surgeon, 379; Mt. Suess circumnavigated, 388; birthday ode, 401; prophecy of Amundsen’s success, 434–435
Granite, on Dunlop Island, 309
Granite Harbour, expedition to 321, 331 seq.; Bowers’ list of stores for 332; reached, 348; seals at, 353; pressure ridges in sea-ice (sketch), 361
Gravity, pull of, at Cape Evans, 279
Grummets, 409
Gully Bay, algæ deposits above, 296
Hair clipping, 38
Harbours, Australian, geology of, 23; maps, 24
Hat, straw, 146
Heald Island, 167–169
Hedley Glacier, 131
Hjort’s Hill, 409
Hobbs Glacier, 158–159
Hooker Glacier, 28;
Horses, Oates’ lectures on, 246–247. See also under Ponies
Hut, building of, 98 seq.; map of locality, 107; life at, ib.; interior arrangement of, 108
Hut Point, geological sketch of, 114–115; arrival at, 186; seals killed at, 192; wind at, 196; difficult approach to, 192; telephone to, 319. See also under Discovery Hut.
Ice, pack: met, 58; scene in, 60; width of, 76, 78; pressure blocks, 77; map of course through, 77
Ice problems, Wright’s lecture on, 248
Ice-age, future (sketch), 281
Ice-anchor, 60; method of fixing (sketch), 421
Icebergs: the first, 56; origin of various kinds, 56, 59; watch for, 57, 64, 75, 427; effect of wind on, 59; sketches of, 64; 460a white-back, 70, 71; Tunnel berg, 96, (sketch), 97; mistaken for islands, 345; various shapes of, 347; flexure of (sketch), 403
Ice-forms: pancake, 58, 60, 77; sunholes, 93 (sketch), ib.; 121; coral-reef surface, 121, 128; topsy-turvy icicles, 124; fan crystals, 124, 128; arabesques, 126, 132, 291; plough-share, 128, 148, 162; thumb marks, 148; ice-falls, 148, 149; slabs, 155, 162; bottle-glass, 156, 384; glass-house, 156, 157, 162, 384; various, 163; armadillo, 163; frozen park, 164; honeycomb, 165; Stonehenge, 168; stalactites, 170; caves formed by crevasses, 230; at Cape Evans, 310–311; crystals, 288–289; screw-pack, 338–339
Ice-houses, 101, (sketch), 102
Inaccessible Island, visited, 95, 287; direction of blizzards on, 294; wind-ridge on (sketch), 294
Infusoria, 74
Instruments, value of various, 453–454
Invertebrates, Nelson’s lecture on, 303
Ionization of the air, registered, 279
Island Lake, 233
“Jam-jar,” 128
Jeannette, 283
Kar Plateau, 365; granite cliffs (sketch), 375
Kea Point, 28
Keerweer Camp, 179
Kenyte, 87; felspar in, 145; on Land’s End moraine, 291; at Cape Bernacchi, 309
Killer-whales, attacks on men, 75, 95, 152; on ponies, 198
Knob Head Mountain, features of, 149; magnetic variation at, 261
Koettlitz Glacier, moraine deposit from, 160; explored, 167–173; stream from, 168
Kukri Hills, 127; coaly debris, 134; Wales Glacier named, 143; age of rocks, 146–147; cwm valleys on, 340; camp below, 409
Lacroix Glacier, 140, (sketch), ib., 162
Lakes, at Cape Evans, 87; Flagellata in, 215
Land’s End, features of, 230; named, 233
Lashley, W., former experiences, 75; Polar journey, 442
Lateral moats. See Moats
Latitude and longitude, simple method of calculating, 357
Lectures, list of winter, 229
Levick, Dr. G. M., 49; and seal-killing, 120; penguin studies, 439
Lichens, at Cape Geology, 360, 387
Lillie, D. G., former adventures, 7; caricatures by, 65; collections made, 418
Lister, Mt., 127
Literature, on sledge journeys, 151. See also under Books
Lots, novel method of drawing, 357
Luzern, Lake, formed by twin glaciers, 130, 149
Lyons, Capt. H. G., 447
Lyttelton, reached, 11, 21; geology of, 23; experiences at, 23; return to, 435
Mackay Glacier, 348, 353; ice tongue, 359, 365; tongue movement measured, 373, 375, 395; erosion on, 377; journey over, 382 seq.
Mackellar, Mr., gift of books, 283
McMurdo Sound, 85
Magic, white, 76
Magnetic needle, dip calculated, 261
Magnetic variation. See Variation
Marble Cape, 342
Marine animals in sea-ice, 177
Markham, Sir Clements, gift of books, 283
Marr, Dr., 3
Matterhorn, 25 seq.; the Antarctic, 25; described, 145
Mawson, Dr., 5, 7, 9
Meares, C. H., dogs and ponies collected, 11; and dog sledges, 69; penguin-charmer, 72; return from Hut Point, 245; Barrier journey, 440–441
Melbourne, Mt., 418
Meteorograph, balloon. See Balloon
Meteorology, Simpson’s lecture on, 288; station routine, 305
Mica, golden, found, 377
Microscopic life, 74
Midnight sun. See Sun
Midwinter Day celebrations, 264 seq.
Mill, Hugh Robert, 451
Mirabilite, 155; evidence of upheaval, ib.
Moats, lateral, 126, 134, 147, 377; measured, 147–148
Monteagle, Mt., 79
Moraines, medial, 146, 387; silt, 155, 156; crater lakes in, 156; on Crater Heights, origin of, 197; Gondola Ridge, 386–387; “road metal,” 410; 461Strand, 410; Archæocyathine fossil in, 441
Morning, voyage of, 58; pack crossed, 78
Morse Code, key-words, 35
Mosses, at Cape Geology, 360, 393
Motor-sledges. See under Sledges
Mueller Glacier, 28
Murchison Glacier, 26
Music, on Terra Nova, 48; at Cape Evans, 223, 254
Nansen, Mt., 418
Natrolite, found, 379
Nelson, E. W., 7; tow-net captures, 65; soundings at Cape Evans, 249; biological station, 262; “star performer” at games of skill, 271; propensity to argument, 273; sounding tackle frozen in, 293; lecture on invertebrates, 303; accompanies Granite Harbour expedition, 332, 336, 339
New Glacier, 377; erosion on, 380–381
New Harbour, crossed, 340; signs of 1902 expedition, 409
New Year’s Day on Terra Nova, 79
New Zealand Alps, ice conditions in, 23–29
Nicknames of the officers, 213
Nimrod, 21
North Bay, 233
Notothenia, in ice, 97, 180, 202, 203; eye lens, 98; parasites in, 241
“Nursery,” the, 46, 66
Nussbaum, Dr., 9
Nussbaum, Mt., 143
Oates, Capt. L. E. G., 13, 66; sackcloth helmet (sketch), 200; bunk built by, 227; lectures on horses, 246–247; taste in literature, 283, 284; departure on Southern Journey, 326
Observation Hill, telephone to, 101; Scott’s cross on, 113; augite crystals on, 204
Ocean soundings. See Soundings
Officers, travels of, 242; maps, 12; list of, 15 seq.; nicknames of, 213; musical abilities, 223; physical measurements of, 225, 248; occupations in the hut, 248–249; list of returning, 424; presented to King George, 446
Orca gladiator. See Killer-whales
Organic remains on glacier, 127
Overflow Glacier, 127, 128
Pack ice. See under Ice
“Paddock,” the, 233
Palimpsest theory of glacial valleys, 174 seq.; diagrams, 175
Parasites in Notothenia, 241
Park Lane Camp, 164
Parties, list of, 15 seq.
Paton, 75, 85
Peary, Commander, lecture by, 9
Pendulums, ice grotto for, 278–279; show pull of gravity, 279
Penguins: Adelie, first seen, tricks of, 64; Emperor, first seen, 71; contents of stomach, 71; frozen in, 82; on Ferrar Glacier, 127–128; hardness of bones, 128; swimming, 154; at Cape Crozier, 271, 286; eggs examined, 325; hunting on floes, 72; appearance of swimming, 85; spoor of (sketch), 94; Wilson’s lecture on, 244–245
Pennell, Lieut. H. L. L., 34, 66, 76, 423
Perched Block (sketch), 387
Pets on Terra Nova, 53, 428
Photography, in field work, 119; Taylor’s outfit, 224; Antarctic, 224, 452. See also under Camera
Physical measurements of officers, 225, 248
Piedmont Glacier, 152 seq., 342, 345, 405
Ponies, landing of, 89; “Hackenschmidt,” 89, 100; “Blücher,” 101; “Guts,” 101; “Weary Willy,” 101; lost on sea-ice, 197–198; Oates’ lectures on, 246–247; verminous, 278; arrangement of on Southern Journey, 325
Ponting, H. G., 11, 70; and killer-whales, 95; and Tunnel berg, 96; work at Cape Evans, 214, 215, 250; lecture on Burmah, 242; cinematograph films exhibited, 282; lantern slides exhibited, 295; coaches Scott and Bowers in photography, 304; successful studies obtained, 440
Port Chalmers, 35
Potholes, 282, 383
Pram (Norwegian dinghy), 61, 62, 72
Pram Point, 202
Prestrud (Amundsen’s lieutenant), 440
Priestley, R. E., 10, 85; old footprints of, found, 286; ice-notes, 439
Pulpit Rock (sketch), 370
Pumps, choked in storm, 42; plan of, ib.
Quartz found, 309
“Quick runs,” in magnetic work, 261
Ramp, the, named, 233; origin of debris cones on, 296; cones dissected, 297, (sketch), ib.; composition of, 298
462Range-finder for icebergs, 46, 57
Referring Facet, 384
Rennick, Lieut. H. E. de P., 4, 34, 66, 76
Riegels, 134, 136, 141, 143
Roberts, Cape, features of, 399; camp at, 400 seq.; depôt left at, 406
Rocks, age of (sketch), 147; sedimentary, near Taylor Glacier, 141; solitary, 132–133, 147
Ross Island, sketch-map, 81; survey of, 85; Discovery hut on, 189
Round Valley, 144–145
Royal Society Range, 127
Royds, Cape, Shackleton’s hut at, 105–106; Taylor’s visit to, 260
Sabine, Mt., 79
Sails, Bay of, 343
Salmon Peak, 160
Schizopods, 75
Science men as seamen, 35, 424
Scotia, 46
Scott, Captain R. F., 4; first impressions of, 5; old adventure on Ferrar Glacier, 75; visits Hut Point, 106; geological sketch of Hut Point, 114; facsimile of sledging orders, 122–123; One Ton depôt laid, 189; variety of interests, 196; journey to Cape Evans, 207 seq.; takes party to Discovery hut, 216, 223; Sunday services at Cape Evans, 225; institutes aurora watch, 226; main features of winter quarters named, 233; lecture on Plans of the Expedition, 241–242; belief in discussions, 248; discussion on Ferrar Glacier, 257–258; speech at Midwinter Day dinner, 268; Taylor Glacier named, 280; taste in literature, 283, 325; trip to Ferrar Glacier, 304, 309; Taylor’s summer plans discussed, 311; Taylor’s sledging orders, 321; departure on Southern Journey, 325; charts of his and Amundsen’s parties, 439, 441, 442; hardest day’s work, 440; reason of disaster to, 443–444
Scurvy, Atkinson’s tests for, 245; his lecture on, 292–293; Lt. Evans attacked by, 421, 442
Sea, winter temperature of, 262
Seal Rock, 233
Seals, crab-eater, 62–63, 65; flensing, 63, 358; killing, first experiences, 116, 120; twenty miles up glacier, 141, 167–168; lassoed, 155; killed at Hut Point, 192, 196; method of enlarging ice-holes, 317, (sketch), ib.; and dogs, 116, 332; at Gneiss Point, 342; at Granite Harbour, 353; method of butchering, 355; meat as substitute for pemmican, 360
Sedimentary Rocks. See Rocks
Seward, Professor, 3, 444
Shell, found on Ferrar Glacier, 125
Simpson, Dr. G. C., 5, 13, 66; meteorological instruments, 221; balloons sent up, 234 (sketch), ib.; lectures by, 236, 288; magnetic work, 261; return of sun first seen, 295; value of weather records, 440
Siphonophora, 262
Sketching, Wilson’s lecture on, 251–253; value of, in Antarctica, 452; notebooks for, 453
Ski, 68, 293
Ski-ing, learning on the floes, 69; on Erebus slopes, 103
Skua gulls, mode of killing, 11, 100; young learning to fly, 179; quarrelsome nature of, 355, 399; eggs obtained, 372, 378; sketch of embryo, 373; signs of intellect in, 380
Skua Lake, 233
Sledge diary, 181 seq.
Sledge-flags, 49, 73
Sledge foods, Bowers’ lecture on, 250
Sledges, loads of, on First Journey, 117–119; steel runners for, 119, 452; motor, 91; loss of, 99 seq.; Day’s lecture on, 264; difficulties with, 322 seq.
Sledging, stores, how calculated, 53; weights carried, 54; literature carried, 151; facsimile of orders, 122–123; food allowance, 335; cooking, 350–351
Slippery Slope, 233, 296
Smith, Mr. Reginald J., gift of books, 50, 283
Snow, as thirst quencher, 373
Snow-blindness, 408
Snow Valley, 116, 169, 173
Socks, patent heel-tip (sketch), 308, 455
Soil-creep (solifluxion), 115, 300, 388
Sollas Glacier, 139, 162
Solitary Rocks. See Rocks
Soundings, depth of ocean, 61, 79; apparatus (sketch), 67; off glacier mouths, 120; off Cape Evans, 249
South American Glacier, 131
South Bay, named, 233; biological station at, 262
South Polar Times, Wilson’s sketches, 156; resumed, 231; Day’s binding for, 254; volumes produced, 265 seq., 302–303, 317; guesses at authors, 270, 303
Spiders, sea-, 303
“Sponge-coral” (sketch), 256
463Sponges, in the ice, 177, 180
Springtail, Antarctic. See Gomphocephalus
Stalactites, how formed, 287
Stamps, surcharged, 80
Steig-eisen (sketch), 197
Stocking Glacier, 28, 132
Storm, on outward voyage, 40–44; on homeward voyage, 428–432
Strand moraines, 410
Straw hat, 146
Suess Glacier, and sketch, 141–142
Suess, Mt., 362; nunatak (sketch), 383; map, 385; circumnavigated, 388, (sketch), 389
Sun, midnight, 59; lowest point of, calculated, 269, (sketch), ib.; return of, celebrated, 294; first seen, 295
Sun-holes, 93, 121
Sunshine recorder, sketch of, 306
Swinging ship. See Terra Nova
Tasman Glacier, 26; sketch of, 27
Taylor, Griffith: official position, 7; a walker, 7, 10; visit to Alps, 8, 9; survey work in Australia, 10; his problem in Antarctica, 14; bowie knife disturbs compass, 34; midnight watch, 59; retrieves fish from floe, 70; sledge work on landing, 92; visits Inaccessible Island, 95 First Western Journey, 111 seq.; a geologist’s equipment, 144; washes for gold, 145; fall into “moat,” 147; dreams, 150, 182; adventure among crevasses, 152; lassoes a seal, 155; a week’s cooking, 165–166; flooded out, 174; unfulfilled prophecy, 177; sledge diary, 181 seq.; hallucination, 185 A Month in Discovery Hut, 189 seq.; visits Crater Heights, 197; cook, 200, 202; dreams, 201; frostbite, 202; fall into sea-ice, 205; journey to Cape Evans, 207 seq. In Winter Quarters, 211 seq.; plan of hut, 212; first aurora seen, 218; report on Western Journey, 219; musical abilities, 223; photography, 224, 296; ice caves visited, 230; night watchman, 231, 243, 264; main features of winter quarters named, 233; lectures by—on principles of physiography, 238–239; on Beardmore Glacier, 255; on physiography of Western Mountains, 270; on glaciation, 295; on corals, 303; list of officers’ travels, 242–243; physical measurements, 225, 248; articles for South Polar Times, 241, 243, 287, 288, 312, 318; hut routine, 247–249; chart of mean temperatures, 255; visit to Cape Royds, 260; speech at Midwinter Day dinner, 268; sun’s lowest point calculated, 269; competition with Gran, 270; chess, 271; hut arguments, 273–274; dreams, 277–278, 287; night-watch supper (sketch), 274; “jam day,” 279; Taylor Glacier named, 280; Erebus steam cloud sketched, 281; books read, 283–284; book-binding, 293; Cape Evans mapped, 295, 298 seq.; plane-table improvised, 295; debris cones dissected, 297; Wilson’s caricature of, 301; meteorological work undertaken, 303, 305; “patent heel-tips,” 308; Tent Island visited, 311, 317; summer plans discussed with Scott, 311; bicycling to Turk’s Head, 314–315; trip to Shackleton’s hut, 319 seq.; sledging orders for Granite Harbour expedition, 321; Barne Glacier traversed, 322–323; last impressions of Gates and Wilson, 326–327 Granite Harbour Expedition, 329 seq.; sledges packed, 331; Bowers’ list of stores, 332; blizzards met, 333, 335, 362 seq.; magnetic variation, 337, steering on the march, 337; Butter Point reached, 338; relaying, 339; survey, 340; ice yacht, 342–343; dreams, 342, 364; night marching, 345; Granite Harbour reached, 348; View Point camp, 349; foods on sledge journey, 350–351; cave discovered, 352; cloud effects, 353; water supply, 354; seal hoosh, 355; Gomphocephalus found, 356; birthday of, 356; adventures on sea-ice, 366; benefit of goggles, 369; finger cut, 371, 376, 379; snow as thirst quencher, 373; value of “ironclad” boots, 373; Mackay Tongue movement measured 373, 375; unusual minerals found, 379; Christmas Day celebrations, 380; insects embalmed, 381; journey over Mackay Glacier, 382 seq.; peaks and glaciers named, 384; fish fossils found, 386; Mt. Suess circumnavigated, 388; Mackay Glacier movement measured, 395; return journey begun, 396; fall into sea, 397; as “sledge poet,” 398, 401; Cape Roberts camp, 400 seq.; Terra Nova seen, 402; crevasses met, 406 seq.; snow-blindness, 408; picked up by Terra Nova, 411 The Voyage Back, 413 seq.; gifts from home, 415–416; 464gale off Cape Evans, 418–419; “luff upon luff” (sketch), 420; coal-trimming, 424–425, 433; cables for Associated Press prepared and despatched, 427, 433; “iceberg watch,” 427, 428; record gale, 428–432; sperm whales seen, 433; Akaroa reached, 434 The End of the Expedition, 437 seq.; résumé of journeys of other parties, 439 seq.; books sent to remaining members of Expedition, 445; presented to King George, 446; allocation of funds, 446 Appendix, 449 seq.; paper published by Royal Geographical Society, 451; lessons of Antarctic experiences, 451 seq.
Taylor Glacier, 132–138; sketch of moraine on, 135; wind action on, 136; crater near, 136, (sketch), 137; previous visit to, 139; and valley, 141; named by Scott, 150, 280
Telephones, 101, 103, 294, 315, 319, 326
Temperature, of sea in winter, 262; of hut, 263, (sketch), ib.; high during blizzards, 293, 295, 363 seq.; snow melted, 305; heat of solar rays, 345
Tent, advantage of wider floorcloth for, 333, 452
Tent Island, 286; features of, 311; seals at, 317
Terra Nova, 6, 21; voyage to New Zealand, 11; plans of, 22, 39; leak stopped, 30; arrangement of, 30 seq.; swinging ship, 34, 46, 80; storms, 40 seq., 428 seq.; dinner on, 46; icing ship, for fresh water, 61, 421, 422; Pennell’s notice, 423 n.; Christmas on, 73–74; returning officers, 76; sketch of course through pack, 77; landing at Cape Evans, 87 seq.; stranded, 108; picks up Taylor’s party, 411; return voyage of March, 1912; map, 414; “rocking ship,” 417; gale off Cape Evans, 418–419; anchor raised by “luff upon luff” (sketch), 420; coal-trimming, 424–425, 433; Akaroa reached, 434
Terror, Mt., 346
Tesselations, 158, 160
Thermometer screens, erected, 272; names for, ib.
Thomson, Alan, 10
Travels of the officers. See Officers
Tremolite found, 379
Turk’s Head, 113; features of, 314, 315
Twin Glaciers, sketch of, 280
Universitas Antarctica, 228
Variation, magnetic, 80, 337; at Cape Evans and Knob Head Mountain, 261
Vegetation, three types found, 125; algæ, 136, 155, 296; mosses, 125, 360, 393; lichens, 360, 387
Vince’s Cross, 113
“Virtue Villa,” 191
Walcott Glacier, 169
Wales Glacier, 143
Ward Glacier, 169, 171–172
Weather, local types of, 426; value of Simpson’s records, 440. See also Blizzards, Temperature, Wind.
Whales, 69, 433. See also Killer-whales
Whales, Bay of, chart, 432
“Whisker-stone,” 137
Wilson, Dr. E. A., 3, 13, 65, 66; penguin hunting, 72; on tone-values, 199; truth of his sketches, 199, 203; lectures by, 235, 244–245, 251–253; sketch of nose-guard, 262; Cape Crozier expedition, 270, 285 seq.; caricature of Taylor (sketch), 298; his kindness, 304; “Barrier Silence” poem written, 313; Emperor penguin eggs examined, 325; departure on Southern Journey, 325
Wind, tolerable without snow, 144; at Hut Point, 196; changes in direction (sketch), 217; record velocity, 279; maximum velocity of winter, 293
Windproof clothing. See Clothing
Wind Vane Hill, 233
Winter Quarters, main features named, 233
Worm burrows in sandstone, 148
Wright, C. S., 3, 7, 66; work on ice crystals, 119, 134; Kukri Hills visited, 147; judging distances, 150; fall into crevasse, 152; Davis Glacier examined, 161; and seals, 173; journey to Corner Camp, 193; lecture on ice problems, 248; time observations, 272; pendulums, 278–279; ice-section “rubbings,” 282; diary entries, 289; Archæocyathine fossil found, 441
Wyatt, Mr. G. F., 31
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