INDEX 



769 



Beuchat, anthropologist, 51, 139 ; loss of, 

 710. 



Binder, Otto, found by author at Cape 

 Kellett (1917), 645; partnership formed 

 between Noice, Carroll, and, 669. 



Birds, in arctic regions, 17-18 ; on Banks 

 Island, 237-238, 365 ; eyesight of, 307 ; 

 north of Cape Isachsen, 518 ; in 

 Lougheed Island, 622 ; seen by Storker- 

 son's drifting party, 699-700. 



"Blond Eskimos" of Prince Albert Sound, 

 400, 468, 469-470. 



Blood revenge among Eskimos, 566. 



Blood soup, preparation of, 313 n. 



Blue, Daniel, death of, 378, 750. 



Boas, Dr., discoveries by, 422. 



Bodfish, Captain, 47. 



Books, carried by author, 463-465 ; left by 

 author's party in cairn on Banks Island, 

 638. 



Boots, for dogs, 294, 352-353 ; seal hides 

 used for soles of, 352 ; the best, for arctic 

 travel, 604. 



Borden, Sir Robert, interest of, in explora- 

 tion of Beaufort Sea, 97. 



Borden Island, discovery of, 324-330 ; 

 crossing from Lougheed Island to (1916), 

 548 ; frequented by caribou, 555. 



Bowhead whales, school of, 387-388. 



Breddy, member of Karluk crew, 719. 



Brock, R. W., Chief of Geological Survey, 

 116 ; faith of, in author, 380. 



Brockie, police constable, 677, 681 ; es- 

 cort of author, on way from Herschel 

 Island to Fort Yukon, 681, 683. 



Brooks, Charles, steward of Alaska, 95. 



Brooks, Winthrop S., on Polar Bear in the 

 Arctic, 99. 



Brower, Charles D., friend at Cape 

 Smythe, 36 ; reception of author's party 

 by, at Point Barrow, 68 ; sledge built 

 by, 68 ; knowledge of Eskimo language 

 possessed by, 105 ; cited on action of 

 ice on Point Barrow beach, 509-510; 

 quoted on case of whalers caught in 

 ice at Point Barrow, 581. 



Bruce, Corporal W. V., 753-754, 755. 



Bruce, Dr. W. S., oceanographer, 30; ad- 

 vice of, on sounding wire, 171. 



Burial customs of Eskimos, 257. 



Burke, Dr. Grafton, 470, 680, 683 ; arch- 

 deacon Stuck's account of meeting with 

 author and, 684-685. 



Cadzow, Dan, at Rampart House, 683. 

 Camsell, Julian S., Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany manager, 390. 



Cape Smythe, visit to, in 1913, 35-40; 



return to, 68. 

 Caribou, in arctic regions, 17; winter 

 habits of, 18 ; killing of, by wolves, 

 227 ; found on Norway Island, 228- 

 229 ; best parts for eating, 231 ; Eski- 

 mos' tastes regarding, 232 ; Eskimo 

 method of hunting, 241 ; hunting of, 

 in Banks Island, 242-249; the fat of, 

 246-247 ; persecuted by mosquitoes, 

 247 ; quality of meat, for eating, 248 ; 

 action of, when hunted by wolves, 

 248-249 ; autumn hunt of, and methods 

 employed, in Banks Island, 281-283; 

 eyesight of, 307 ; on Melville Island 

 coast, 345; -great danger from dogs 

 chasing, 368-369 ; ways of judging age, 

 sex, and size of, 369-370 ; inuksui 

 method of hunting, 401 ; on Victoria 

 Island, 401 ; flourish better the farther 

 north they go, 475 ; ebb and flow in 

 numbers of, 475-476 ; author's at- 

 tempts to get specimens to bring home, 

 544-545 ; in Borden Island, 555 ; game 

 between fox and young of, 624. 

 Carroll, A. A., old friend at Cape Bathurst, 

 668-669 ; partnership between Noice, 

 Binder, and, 669. 

 Castel, Aarnout, sailor on Belvedere, 

 138, 139-140; volunteers for author's 

 advance party, 140 ; loss of, to north- 

 ward expedition, 150-151 ; goes north 

 with author in 1916, 474, 494-405; 

 becomes captious about food, 504-505 ; 

 sent back to Polar Bear, 505-507 ; pro- 

 gram of work laid out for, 506-508 ; 

 failure of author's party to find depot 

 to be erected by, 552, 555; Lougheed 

 Island first discovered by, 563 ; report 

 from, received at Melville Island, 563- 

 565 ; leaves for Cape Grassy, 590 ; 

 tracing of Bernard and Thomsen's 

 movements by, 649-653 ; placed in 

 command of Challenge, 665 ; repair of 

 Mary Sachs by, 655-657 ; made first 

 officer of Polar Bear, 670; in Storker- 

 son's support party in 1918, 696. 

 Castel Bay, discovery of, 474-475 ; abun- 

 dance of game at, 476. 

 Catholic priests, killed by Eskimos, 432, 



755-756. 

 Challenge, schooner, bought by Crawford 

 and Wittenberg, 598; bought by au- 

 thor, 663 ; rescue of author's party by, 

 at Cape Kellett, 663 ; overtaking of 

 Polar Bear by, 664 ; sale of, to Noice, 

 Binder, and Carroll, 669. 



