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INDEX 



62; the "Butcher's Shop," ii. 63; 

 theu* omnivorous behaviour, ii. 110; 

 splendid condition of Hanssen's 

 team, ii. 115; deaths of Helge 

 and the Major, ii. 123; of Lasse, 

 ii. 137; of Per, ii. 139; of Svart- 

 fiekken, ii. 140; health of, on the 

 return journey, ii. 143; Frith j of 

 has to be killed, ii. 160; the re- 

 mains of Jaala and her puppies, 

 ii. 169; on board the Fram once 

 more, ii. 182; seal-hunting by, ii. 

 213, 214; on the eastern sledge 

 jovu^ey, ii. 215; Peary turns up 

 again, ii. 224; twenty-two dogs 

 given to Dr. Mawson's expedition, 

 ii. 352 



Dog-tents, i. 223, 261 



Don Pedro Christophersen, Mount, 

 ii. 30, 44, 48, 52, 149, 154, 156 



Dougherty Island, ii. 302 



Drake, Sir Francis, i. 5 



Drygalski, Professor, of the German 

 Gauss expedition, i. 29 



Dumont d'Urville, Admiral, dis- 

 covers Louis Philippe Land and 

 JoinviUe Island (1838), AdeUe 

 Land (1840), i. 9 



Eastern sledge journey: Prestrud's 

 account of the, ii. 204; objects of 

 the, ii. 206; on the Barrier, ii. 217, 

 230; its sea edge, ii. 232; arrival 

 at Depot No. 1, ii. 225; outfit and 

 equipment, ii. 226; presence of 

 petrels and skua gulls, ii. 231; 

 sounding the bay, ii. 234; Queen 

 Maud's birthday (November 26), 

 ii. 236; Alexandra Mountains, ii. 

 246; geological discoveries, ii. 249; 

 a three days' snowstorm, ii. 252 

 et seq. 



Emerald Island wrongly chartered, 

 ii. 196 



Emperor penguin, the, i. 185, 201 



"Encirchng" the Pole, ii. 125 et seq. 



Eriderby Brothers send John Biscoe 

 to the Antarctic Ocean (1830), i. 8 



Engine, Diesel motor, of the Fram, 

 i. 98; ii. 281, 302, 370 



Equipment: medical, i. 71; ammu- 

 nition, i. 72; petroleum, i. 72; 

 scientific, i. 73; hut (wooden), i. 

 73; tents, i. 75, 77; sledges, i. 76; 

 skis, i. 76; importance of fore- 

 sight in providing, i. 370; amounts 

 carried in the sledges, i. 410, 411; 

 of the eastern sledge party, ii. 225, 

 226 



Evensen, Captain, approaches near 

 Alexander I. Land, i. 17 



Eyes, soreness of, i. 215; ii. 242, 261 



Farthest South hitherto reached 

 (88° 23') is passed, ii. 114 



Feet: effect of soft and hard boots 

 on, i. 83; frozen heels, i. 387 



Ferrar, geologist of the Discovery 

 expedition, i. 26 



Fissures: on the Barrier, i. 235, 256, 

 ii. 3, 7; on the dangerous zone, 

 ii. 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 98; the DevU's 

 BaUroom, ii. 103, 104, 161 ; the 

 eastern sledge party's experiences 

 of, ii. 210, 238 



Flag of Norway unfurled at 88° 23', 

 ii. 114; and at the Pole, ii. 122 



Flying-fish, ii. 283 



"Foggj' Fifties," the, ii. 337 



Forerunner, ii. 221, 227 



Fossils, ii. 249 



Fram, the : course of her second 

 voyage, i. 39 ; Lieutenant Nilsen 

 her commander, i. 45, 207 ; plan 

 of campaign for third voyage, i. 46; 

 cabin fiu-niture, i. 66 ; hbrary and 

 games, i. 68 ; loading the cargo, 

 i. 90 ; leaves Christiania for Bimde- 

 fjord (June 3, 1910), i. 92 ; takes 

 in ammunition at Horten (June 7), 

 i. 94 ; her sailing quahties, i. 96 

 et seq., ii. 335 ; return to Bergen 

 to repair the motor, i. 98, ii. 281 ; 

 takes in the Eskimo dogs, i. 100, 

 106, ii. 281 ; final departure from 

 Christiansand (August 9, 1910), 

 ii. 281 ; anchors in the Do^^'n9 off 

 Deal, i. 112 ; in the Bay of Biscay, 

 i. 114 ; washing decks, i. 116 ; 

 arrival at Madeira (September 5, 



