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INDEX 



378, 379; found at Herschel Island, 

 388 ; goods of Hudson's Bay Company 

 brought by, 388-389. 



Russell, Frank, 243. 



Rutherford, J. G., chairman of commis- 

 sion on domestication of ovibos, 589 n. 



Sabbath, observance of, by civilized Eski- 

 mos, 407, 571. 



Salmon, fish resembling, caught by Cop- 

 per Eskimos, 420. 



Salmon berries, eating of, 63-64. 



Salt, not needed in food, 365 ; breaking 

 the habit of using, 366 ; acquisition of 

 habit by Eskimos, 366. 



Sapsuk, Eskimo dog, 633-635 ; death of, 

 641-642. 



Scandinavians, explorations of early, 1-2. 



Schultz, Mr. and Mrs., of trading post 

 on Crow River, 682-683, 681. 



Scientific reports of author's expedition, 

 196. 



Scurvy, brief discussion of disease and 

 supposed cures, 593-594 ; papers on, 

 by author, 594 n. ; death of one of Cap- 

 tain Lane's men from, 599 ; illness of 

 Andersen, Noice, and Knight with, 

 610-611, 613-618; raw meat a cure 

 for, 618-619. 



Sea deserts, 613, 735-736. 



Seal meat, cooking of, 60-61. 



Seal oil, use of, for fuel, 203-204 ; drink- 

 ing of, by Eskimos, 355. 



Seals in arctic waters, author's reasoning 

 concerning, 132-136 ; interest of au- 

 thor's expedition in, 136 ; shooting of, 

 by author and Storkerson, 153-154 ; 

 as food for polar bears and white foxes, 

 155-156 ; found in 180 fathoms of 

 water, 157 ; detecting signs of, in arctic 

 ice, 171-172 ; presence of, in polar 

 ocean entirely dependent on mobility 

 of ice, 183-184 ; theory of presence of, 

 in arctic waters, confirmed, 192-193, 

 198 ; sinking of, and cause, 196 ; age 

 when best for food, 208; the best all- 

 round animals of the North, 209 ; skin- 

 ning of, 214, 414 ; auktok and mauttok 

 methods of hunting, 301-310 ; eyesight 

 of, 307; afflicted with lice, 308; large 

 size of, on Prince Patrick Island, 312 ; 

 weight of largest seal killed, 312-313; 

 boots shod with hide of, 352 ; eating 

 of, by wolves, 354 ; killed on Victoria 

 Island (winter of 1915), 402; hunting 

 of, with dogs, 420-421 ; alertness of, 

 because of enemies in arctic waters, 



502-503 ; chewing-gum made from 



blood of, 565. 

 Seamstresses, Eskimo women as, 390. 

 Service, Robert, 20. 

 Seton, E. T., "Arctic Prairies" by, cited, 



15, 17. 

 Seymour, William, whaling officer, 131 ; 



second officer of Polar Bear, 380 n. ; 



made first officer of Polar Bear, 395 ; 



paid off at Herschel Island (1917), 670. 

 Shackleton, Sir E., "South" by, cited, 



20 ; on snowhouses in the Antarctic, 



175-176. 

 Shagavanaktok River, 81, 83. 

 Shaler, N. S., tribute to, as gentleman 



and teacher, 478-479. 

 Shaler Mountains, discovery and naming 



of, 478-479. 

 Shannon, Anthony, worker in metals, 675. 

 Sharyoak, Eskimo employee, 681. 

 Shells, heaped on pressure ridges by ice, 



515-516 ; fossil, found at Darnley Bay, 



743-744. 

 Shingle Point, Christian Sten and Es- 

 kimos at, 468. 

 Ships, questionable value of, in explora- 

 tion, 472. 

 Sight, powers of, in different animals, 307. 

 Siksigaluk, Eskimo interpreter, 107. 

 Silence, the supposed, of arctic regions, 



19-20. 

 Silsbee, George S., member of Polar Bear 



party, 99 ; visit from, at Martin Point, 



142. 

 Simpson, Thomas, misinformation by, 21 ; 



description of Eskimo by, 471. 

 Skin-boats, use of, for work in ice, 37. 

 Skins, preparation of, for clothing, 390. 

 Skis, use of, in polar work, 164-165; 



conditions where better than snow- 



.shoes, 341 ; used in trip in spring of 



1917, 622. 

 Sled, made by Captain Bernard from 



Mary Sachs, 291-292. 

 Sledboat, use of, 206-208. 

 Sledges, weight of, for rough ice work, 



68; toboggan bottoms for, 221-222; 



material for shoes, 601-602. 

 Sleeping-bags, method of using, 57. 

 Sleeping in the cold, no danger from, 



455-456. 

 Smelling powers of Eskimos, 59-60. 

 Smith Sound, question of seals in, 135. 

 Snowblindness, advice on, 200-202 ; suf- 

 ferings of Andersen from, 525-526. 

 Snow-eating, not dangerous, 191. 

 Snowfall, amount of, in arctic regions, 13. 



