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INDEX 



Snowy petrels, ii. 286 



Snow "settling," noise of, i. 385 



Snow, varying nature of the, ii. 117 



Sounding for sea-bed specimens, ii. 

 321 



Southern Cross expedition, the (1899), 

 i. 25 



South Pole : arrival at, ii. 121 ; "en- 

 circUng" the Pole, ii. 125 et seq.; 

 the sun's position and motion, ii. 

 131. See also Pole 



South Trinidad, ii. 325 



Spades, i. 269 



Spectacles, i. 87. See also Goggles 



Spring, arrival of, i. 377, 379, 391, 

 392 



Start for the Pole, the (October 20, 

 1911), ii. 1 ; loss of dogs, ii. 4 ; 

 accident at a crevasse, ii. 7 ; de- 

 parture from 80° S., ii. 30 ; arrival 

 at farthest south yet reached by 

 man (88° 23'), ii. 114 



Stationery supphes, i. 67 



Steller joins the Fram at Buenos 

 Aires, ii. 188 



Stockings, i. 357, 365 



Storm Bay (Tasmania), ii. 198 



Stubberud, Jorgen, carpenter of the 

 Fram, i. 92; one of the land party, 

 i. 179 ; builds the hut, i. 186, 198 ; 

 left at Framheim, i. 206 ; makes 

 the whip-handles, i. 359, 360 ; on 

 the Eastern expedition, ii. 205, 

 215 ; a dangerous shp, ii. 233 



Sundbeck, Knut, appointed engineer 

 to the Fram, i. 104, 117 ; one of 

 the sea party, i. 179; on the 

 Buenos Aires trip, ii. 294 



Sun's appearance, position, and 

 motion at the Pole, ii. 131 



Sverdrop, Captain Otto, uses the 

 Fram in his expeditions, ii. 362 

 (Appendix) 



Sverre Hassel, Mount, ii. 80 



Tasman (explorer), i. 5 

 Tawman Head and Island, ii. 198 

 Tasmania, its coast-line, ii. 198 

 "Teleraark swing," the, ii. 38 

 "Temperature guessing," i. 281 



Temperature [of atmosphere] re- 

 cords, i. 347 



Temperature [of ocean], apparatus 

 for taking, ii. 318 et seq., 407 



Tent-pegs, i. 364 



Tents, i. 75, 77 ; first pitched, i. 181 ; 

 at Framheim, i. 202 ; on first trip, 

 i. 215 ; second trip, i. 228 ; two 

 joined together, i. 236, 258, 352 ; 

 double or single, i. 352 ; the ques- 

 tion of colour, i. 354 



Terra Nova : seahng vessel from 

 Newfoundland, accompanies the 

 Morning in the Discovery expe- 

 dition, i. 29 ; puts into Bay of 

 Whales, i. 203, ii. 293 ; to explore 

 King Edward VII. Land, ii. 297 



Thermograph, i. 273 



Thermometers, i. 280 ; ii. 373 et seq. 

 (Appendix) 



Thermos flasks, i. 218 



Thorvald Nilsen, Mount, ii. 80, 85, 

 87 ; its height, ii. 90 ; its different 

 appearance on the return, ii. 142 



Tierra del Fuego, i. 5 



Tinned provisions, i. 54 



Tobacco, i. 70 ; at the Pole, ii. 124 ; 

 Wisting's gift, ii. 124 



Torup, Professor Sophus, i. 54 



Transport : dogs versus ponies, i. 56 

 et seq.; sledges, i. 76, 78 ; skis, 

 i. 76, 83; dog-harness, Alaska versus 

 Greenland, i. 86 



Valdivia expedition (under Professor 



Chun), i. 26 

 Vapour-bath at Framheim, i. 330 



et seq. 

 Vasco da Gama, i. 4 

 Vespucci (explorer), i. 4 



Water temperatures, apparatus for 



taking, ii. 318 et seq., 407 

 Weather conditions on the Barrier, 



i. 346 

 Weddell, James, discovers Weddell 



Sea (1823), i. 8 

 WeddeU seal, the, ii. 275, 276 

 West Cape, ii. 287 



