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INDEX 



von Bellingshausen (explorer) dis- 

 covers land south of Antarctic 

 Circle, i. 8 



Benguela Current, investigations of 

 the, ii. 417 et seq. (Appendix) 



Bemacchi, physicist of the Discovery 

 expedition, i. 26 



Betty, Mount. See Mount 



Binoculars, i. 87, 246 



Biscoe, John, discovers Enderby 

 Land and Graham Land, i. 8 



Biscoe Bay, ii. 247 



Biscoe Island discovered (1830), i. 8 



Biscuits, i. 88; ii. 36 



Bjaaland, Olav: ski-maker, i. 137, 

 138; one of the land party, i. 179; 

 left at Framheim, i. 206; his 

 underground workshop, i. 312; 

 constructs a vapour - bath, i. 330 

 et seq.; builds four new sledges, 

 i. 349; one of the Pole party, ii. 20; 

 the excellence of his sledges, ii. 92; 

 his reliability as "forerunner," 

 ii. 166 



Blankets, i. 63, 67 



Bhgh's Cap (Kerguelen), i. 156 



Blizzard: of November 26, 1911, 

 ii. 69 et seq.; of December 2, ii. 97 



Blom, Captain Christian, i. 95; his 

 account of the construction of the 

 Fram, ii. 356 et seq. (Appendix) 



Boots, i. 65, 351, 369, 429; for ski- 

 ing, i. 83, 84, 170, 225 



Borchgrevink, Carstens, leader of the 

 Southern Cross expedition (1899), 

 i. 25 



Bouvet (explorer), i. 5 



Bouvet Island, i. 26 



Brakes for sledges, ii. 45 



Brazil Current, investigations of the, 

 ii. 417 et seq. (Appendix) 



Breakfast at lYamheim, i. 290 

 et seq. 



Bruce, Dr. William: his first ex- 

 ploration to the South Shctlands 

 in the Balcena (1892), i. 17; with 

 Mr. Andrew Coats in Spitzbergen, 

 i. 35; sails in the Scotia to the 

 South Orkneys, i. 35; discovers 

 Coats Land, i. 35 



Buenos Aires: arrival of the Fram 

 at, ii. 315; street accident in, 

 ii. 322; departure from (June 8, 

 1911), ii. 316; return to (Septem- 

 ber 1, 1911), ii. 328; want of money 

 at, ii. 329; second departure from 

 (October 5, 1911), ii. 331; last 

 arrival at (May, 1912), ii. 354 



Buntline, use of (on a sail), ii. 309 

 (note) 



Burberry windproof clothing, i. 81; 

 ii. 220 



"Butcher's Shop," the, ii. 63, 150 

 et seq. 



Cabins, fitting of, i. 66 



Cabral (explorer), i. 4 



Cameras, i. 88 



Campbell, Lieutenant, of the Terra 



Nova, i. 204; ii. 294 

 Canary, "Fridtjof," the, i. 61; ii. 312 

 Cape Adare, ii. 190 

 Cape Colbect, ii. 239 

 Cape Horn: in calm weather, ii. 315; 



snowstorm off, ii. 354 

 Cape Hudson, i. 29 

 Cape Man's Head, ii. 183, 289 

 Carmen Land, ii. 171 

 Carpenter's shop, i. 272 

 Cases of provisions, landing the (at 



Framheim), ii. 291 

 Challenger expedition, the, i. 16; ii. 433 

 Charcot, Dr. Jean, discovers the 



Loubet, FaUieres, and Charcot 



Lands, i. 35 

 Chocolate, i. 89; ii. 36 

 Christmas Day in the Fram (1910), 



i. 159 et seq.; at 88° S., i. 533; at 



Framheim, ii. 264; (1911) at sea, 



ii. 339 

 Christophersen, Moimt Don Pedro. 



See under Don 

 Christophersen, Don Pedro, ii. 329, 



330, 354 

 Chun, Professor (of Leipzig), and the 



Valdivia expedition, i. 26 

 Cigars, i. 70, 98; at the Pole, ii. 132 

 Cinematograph, ii. 2 

 Clothing: Polar, i. 61, 365, ii. 220; 



boots, i. 65, 83; sealskin, i. 66; 



