INDEX 



409 



Roosevelt, S.S., a crucial mo- 

 ment, 58, 59; arrival in 

 New York, 289; as a sea- 

 boat, 280 



a splendid ice-fighter, 45 

 at Etah, 29 

 beginning her fight with 



ice, 2)?> 

 capacity, n 

 channels navigated as far 



as Cape Sheridan, 50 

 construction and launch- 

 ing, 289 

 christened by Mrs. Peary, 



370 



departed from Etah, 260 



desperate fight with the 



big floes, battle won by 



brute force, 44, 45 

 departure for North, 289 

 features of her model, 363 

 forced ashore by large 



floes, 47 

 forced ashore a second 



time, 48 

 forcing way through dense 



barrier of ice, 49 

 forced on to heavy floe, 



250 

 furnishings of her rooms, 



9, 10, II 

 general construction, 366- 



369 

 goes direct to Etah, 25 

 heading for Thank God 



Harbour, 249 

 headed for Cape Isabella, 



265 

 held up by the ice, 249, 257 

 her decks on leaving North 



Sydney, 11 

 her cargo, 11 

 her cargo on leaving Etah, 



30 



Roosevelt, S.S., her detour to 

 the east, 34 

 her struggle with the ice 



north of C. Lupton, 40 

 her crucial time, 247 

 her moorings, 275 

 impending peril, 91 

 imprisoned among heavy 



floes, 257 

 official measurements, 370 

 on board after backward 



journey, 167, 168 

 propeller loose, 258 

 race with incoming pack, 



readings of the log, 15 

 ready for fight with Arctic 



Sea, 30 

 repaired at Etah, 260 

 restowed her supplies, 30 

 return to Sydney, 276 

 severing connection with 



the civilised world, T)?) 

 sight at Cape Rawson, 167 

 size, 361 

 special features of, 370, 



372 

 travelling under difficul- 

 ties, 248 

 Roosevelt, President, etching 



of, II 



Ross Bay, 335 



Routes, two feasible, 306 



Rubble ice, see Ice 



Sabine, Cape, 5 



St. George, Cape, 15 



fiord, 162 

 St. Mary's school ship, 6 

 St. Paul's Light, 12 

 Sandpiper, 187, 189 

 Saunders Island, 266 

 Scotch, 359 

 Scotchmen, 360 



