INDEX 



Adams, companion of Shackleton 



(October, 1908), i. 39 

 Adare, Cape, ii. 190 

 Adelaide Island, discovered in 1830, 



i. 8 

 Adelie Land, discovered in 1840, i. 9 

 Adelie penguins, i. 176 

 Adie standard barometers, ii. 376 



(Appendix) 

 Air: temperatm'e and thermometers, 



ii. 377 (Appendix); humidity of 



the, ii. 378 

 Albatross, ii. 302, 333, 338 

 Alcohol, use of, i. 69 

 Alexandra Mountains, ii. 240, 246 

 Andersson, Dr. Gunnar, of the 



Swedish expedition, i. 33; ii. 249 

 Antarctic Circle, i. 164; ii. 302 

 Antarctic discovery, historical outhne 



of, i. 3 et seq. 

 Antarctic, expedition of the, under 



Nordenskjold (1901), i. 32 et seq. 

 "Antarctica," discovered by Captain 



Kristensen (1895), i. 18 

 Apparatus for taking water tempera- 

 tures, ii. 318 et seq., 407 

 Archer, Colin, builder of the Fram, 



ii. 356 (Appendix) 

 Argtoweki, Henryk, geologist of the 



Belgian expedition, i. 19 

 Armitage, Lieutenant, of the Dis- 

 covery expedition, i. 26 

 Arrival at the South Pole, ii. 121 



et seq. 

 Astronomical observations, report on, 



ii. 399 et seq. (Appendix) 

 Aurora (Dr. Mawson's ship), i. 202; 



ii. 352 

 Aurora austrahs, i. 254, 283, 347; 



ii. 339, 353, 383 (Appendix) 



Avalanches, ii. 58, 157 

 Axel Heiberg Glacier, ii. 47, 53, 156, 

 157 



Balleny Islands, discovered by John 

 BaUeny (1830), i. 8; ii. 191 



Balloon Bight, ii. 287 



Barne, Mr., of the Discovery expedi- 

 tion, i. 26 



Barometers: lowest reading recorded, 

 ii. 313; outfit of, ii. 373 et seq. 

 (Appendix) 



Barrier: the great Antarctic or Ross, 

 i. 14, 25, 48, 49, 259, ii. 287; the 

 Fram reaches (January 13, 1911), 

 i. 167, ii. 287; landing at, i. 171; 

 ascent of, i. 208, 214; the house 

 on the, i. 287; weather conditions 

 on, i. 346; its soUd foundation, 

 i. 347; return to, ii. 159; the 

 Eastern expedition crosses the, 

 ii. 217; sea edge of the, ii. 232, 265; 

 Prestrud's description of, ii. 298 



Bay of Biscay, i. 114 



Bay of Whales. See Whales 



Beacons: erection of, ii. 22, 25, 75; 

 value of, ii. 85, 134, 137 



Beard-cUpping, ii. 101 



Beardmore Glacier, i. 39; ii. 29 



Beck: one of the sea party, i. 179; 

 on the Buenos Aires trip, ii. 

 293 



Belgian expedition, the, i. 18 et 

 seq. 



Belgica : leaves Antwerp (1897), 

 i. 18; results of her voyage, i. 20; 

 is caught in the ice, i. 21; suffer- 

 ings of the crew, i. 23; reaches 

 Straits of Magellan (March, 1899), 

 i. 25 



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