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INDEX 



Northwest Passage, discovery of, 7 ; routes 

 for making, 430-431 ; the discovery of, 

 by McClure, 637-638. 



Norway Island, 220; arrival of author's 

 party at, 223-225 ; animal life on, 227 ; 

 beacon erected on, 235. 



Nutaittok, young Copper Eskimo, 426 ; 

 at author's winter base at Victoria Is- 

 land, 427-429. 



Ocean, discussion of amount of animal 

 life in, 132-136. 



O'Connor, "Duffy," trader, 71, 94; pur- 

 chase of lot of goods from, 101 ; attitude at 

 time of Collinson Point trouble, 117-118. 



Olesen, Louis, sailor companion of author, 

 109. 



O'Neill, J. J., geologist. 111, 112, 113; 

 conduct of, at time of threatened Col- 

 linson Point mutiny, 114-116; geolog- 

 ical work accomplished by, 737, 753. 



Open Polar Sea, myth of, 324. 



Osborn, Sherard, Findlay Land as located 

 by, 507 ; quotation from diary of, 549. 



Ottawa Government, author's report to 

 (1913), 68-72 ;encouragingreplyfrom,72. 



Ovibos, 17, 234, 238-239; extinction of, 

 in Banks Island, 241 ; respect of wolves 

 for, 324 ; skull of female, found on Eight 

 Bears Island, 342 ; traces of slaughter 

 of, in Banks Island, 367 ; view taken 

 by Eskimos of extermination of, in 

 Banks Island, 370; dislike of, for cross- 

 ing on sea ice from island to island, 521- 

 522 ; reasons for present location of, 

 522; killed by MacMillan, 530; in 

 Melville Island, 558-560, 562; hunt- 

 ing of, a questionable "sport," 559- 

 560 ; safety of, from wolves, 575 ; two 

 methods of killing, 581-583 ; reason 

 for killing entire herd, 583-584 ; grass 

 the food of, 584 ; meat of, compared 

 with beef, 585; wool of, 585-586; 

 unique characteristics of, among graz- 

 ing animals, 586 ; size of herds, 586 ; 

 milk of, 586-587 ; qualities suiting, for 

 domestication, 588 ; hair and wool of, 

 used for fuel, 623. See also Musk-oxen 

 and Polar cattle. 



Owl, seen on Melville Island, 345. 



Owls, hunting of lemmings by, 345-347 ; 

 nests of, found in Banks Island, 640. 



Palaiyak, Eskimo companion, 400, 407 ; 

 tries to make peace with Prince Albert 

 Sound Eskimos on author's behalf, 566. 



Paleocrystic ice, 351. | 



Pammiungittok, Copper Eskimo patri- 

 arch, 422-423. 



Parry, Cape, grave of Eskimo at, 468. 



Parry, Edward, 2-3. 



Parsons, Constable Jack, of Royal North- 

 west Mounted Police, 104 ; with Polar 

 Bear party at Cape Kellett, 374-375; 

 kiUing of bowhead whale by, 387-388. 



Pauyurak, Point Hope Eskimo, 28, 56, 79. 



Peameal, value as food, 191. 



Peary, Robert E., 3, 4, 5, 10; question of 

 discovery of North Pole by, not prin- 

 cipal point in discussion of, 6 ; polar 

 knowledge kept for own use by, 31 ; 

 quoted on dangers of arctic navigation, 

 37 ; quoted on polar ice-fighting, 42 n. ; 

 advises author to engage Captain Bart- 

 lett, 47 ; procedure of, in arctic explo- 

 ration, 128-129 ; example of, an argu- 

 ment against author's own plan, 129; 

 and the question of seals in arctic wa- 

 ters, 135; "The North Pole" by, 

 cited, 135 ; system followed by, com- 

 pared with author's proposed plan, 

 137-138 ; snowhouses not built by, 176; 

 quoted on objections to tobacco in 

 polar work, 365 n. ; attitude taken by, 

 toward probability of author's death, 

 381 ; best journey of exploration under 

 old-school plan made by, 732. 



Peddie Point, coal at, 568. 



Pedersen, C. T., captain of Elvira, 41 ; 

 valuable advice of, 47 ; newspaper 

 interview with, concerning author's 

 chances of survival, 189 ; captain of 

 the Herman, 270; theories of, concern- 

 ing author's activities, 383, 384 ; ad- 

 ventures of, in the Herman, 670-671. 



Pedersen, Peder, visit with, 108-109 ; as 

 engineer of author's gasoline launch, 

 109-110; failure as engineer of launch 

 Edna, 273. 



Peel Point, depot at, 406, 407, 408. 



Pemmican, "man" and "dog," 485; 

 trouble with that meant for dogs, 485- 

 486 ; unsatisfactory as food for both 

 men and dogs, 717-718. 



Perry, Col. A. Bowen, of Royal North- 

 west Mounted Police, 104. 



Petermann, German geographer, mis- 

 taken theory held by, 324. 



Phalaropes on Banks Island, 237. 



Phayre Point, visit to, 416-417. 



Phillips, George, representative of Naval 

 Service, 115. 



Phillips, J. W., Inspector Royal North- 

 west Mounted Police, 103, 680, 681; 



