INDEX 



447 



Ronne, M. : sailmaker of the Fram, 

 i. 134 ; his sewing-machine, i. 135 ; 

 one of the sea party, i. 179 ; har- 

 ness-maker, i. 185 ; on the Buenos 

 Aires trip, ii. 294 



Ropes, Alpine, i. 170 



Ross Barrier, the. See Barrier 



Ross Sea, the, i. 166, ii. 186 ; calm- 

 ness of, ii. 301 ; the ice-pack in, 

 ii. 341 



Ross, Sir James Clark : his expedi- 

 tion sails in 1839, i. 10 ; changes 

 his plans at Hobart, i. 11 ; crosses 

 the Antarctic Circle, i. 12 ; his dis- 

 coveries, i. 13, ii. 297 ; Mount 

 Erebus and Mount Terror, i. 13 ; 

 the Ross Barrier, i. 14, ii. 287 ; 

 returns to Hobart (April, 1841), 

 i. 14 ; starts again from Hobart 

 (February, 1842), i. 14 ; his third 

 voyage (December, 1842), i. 15 ; 

 result of his work, i. 15, ii. 297 ; 

 liis probable course through the 

 Ross Sea, ii. 340 



Royds, Mr., of the Discovery expe- 

 dition, i. 26 



Ruser, Captain Hans, of the Gauss 

 expedition, i. 30 



Sails, wear and tear of, ii. 324 



St. Helena, ii. 325 



Sastrugi (wind-waves), ii. 107, 108, 

 144, 229 



Schanz, Dr., his excellent snow- 

 goggles, i. 368 



Schroer, Mrs., i. 160 



Scientific instruments, i. 72, 73, 86, 

 87 ; ii. 19, 407 



Scott, Captain Robert : leads the 

 Discovery expedition, i. 26 ; sub- 

 sequent expedition, i. 44, 47 ; his 

 route, i. 52, ii. 240; names "King 

 Edward VII. Land," ii. 297 ; ob- 

 tains geological information about 

 South Victoria Land, ii. 396, 398 

 (Appendix) 



Scottish (Dundee) whaling fleet, ex- 

 plorations by, i. 16, 17 



Scurvy, i. 51, 54 



Sea-bed, sample-taking, ii. 321 



Sea-leopards, ii. 214, 275 



Seal-hunting, ii. 211 et seq., 289 



Seal meat preferred to tinned food, 

 i. 51 ; ii. 285 



Seals, i. 176, 178, 208 ; ii. 212, 274 



Sealskin suits, i. 66 



Seal steak and soup, i. 165 ; ii. 276, 

 285, 301 



Sewing-machine, i. 134 



Sextants, i. 73, 86 



Shackleton, Sir Ernest, i. 1 ; falls ill 

 in the Discovery expedition (1901- 

 1904), i. 26 ; his expedition in the 

 Nimrod (August, 1907) starts 

 almost unnoticed, i. 37 ; his great 

 achievement (March, 1909), i. 37, 

 40 ; his plan of campaign, equip- 

 ment, and transport, i. 38 ; details 

 of his advance, i. 39 ; he reaches 

 88° 23' S., i. 40 ; Professor David 

 reaches the South Magnetic Pole, 

 i. 40 ; discovery of the Bay of 

 Whales, ii. 288 



Shirase, Lieutenant, and the Kainan 

 Maru expedition, i. 45 



Shovels, i. 269 



Singlet Hill, i. 217 



Skelton, Lieutenant, chief engineer 

 of the Discovery, i. 26 



Ski-running difficulties, ii. 143 



Skis, i. 76, 83, 137, 170, 208, 363, 

 ii. 21 ; their great value, ii. 89 ; 

 ii. 222 



Skua gulls, ii. 164, 231 



Sledge brakes, ii. 45 



Sledge lashings, i. 317, 318, 322 



Sledges, i. 76 ; cases for provisions 

 in, i. 78, 362, ii. 18 ; shoeing of, 

 i. 138 ; first start, i. 181, 211 et 

 seq.; four new ones built, i. 349, 

 351, ii. 92 ; packing of, i. 370 ; in 

 a crevasse, ii. 7 ; steep cUmbing, 

 ii. 46 ; reduction of stores on, ii. 

 67 ; one left near the Pole, ii. 129 



Sleeping-bags, i. 79, 80, 251, 258, 

 366 ; ii. 19, 221 



Smith, Captain WilMam, reaches the 

 South Shetlands (1819), i. 7 



Snow-blindness, i. 215 ; ii. 243, 261 



Snow-goggles, i. 87, 215 ; ii. 243, 261 



