370 SCOTT'S 
334, 341 :—winter quarters, visits to, (ii.) 
229. See also Nimrod Hut 
Shambles Camp, (i.) 339, 396 
Shear crack, crossing, (ii.) 184 
Shelter found on weather side of hills, (i.) 
186, 213 
‘Shut-eye,’ (ii.) 164 
Sick companions, care of, (i.) 408 
Signalling—possibilities of magnesium flash- 
light, (i.) 209 
Simpson, G.C.—Meteorologist: balloon work 
(i.) 172, 173, il. 266; barrier problems, 
(ii.) 283; blizzards, theories of, (i.) 213, 
256; frostbite, (i.) 284; lectures—coronas, 
halos, rainbows and auroras, (i.) 178; 
general meteorology, (i.) 256; meteoro- 
logical instruments, (i.) 207:—Meteoro- 
logical Report, (ii.) 316: value of—work, 
&c., (i.) 80, 88, 160, 181, 207, il. 247, 
(ii.) 317 
Sinking crusts. See ‘Barrier Shudder’ 
Siren Bay, dangers of, (ii.) 73 
‘Sisters,’ (ii.) 67 
‘Skauk,’ (ii.) 177 
Sketching—talent in the Expedition, (i.) 
34: Wilson’s lecture, (i.) 203 
Ski and ski-ing, ill. (i.) 240: pack, exercise 
in, (i.) 21, 24, 33: practice in winter 
quarters, (i.) 199, 208, 215, 222, 224, 232: 
pulling on, device for facilitating, (ii.) 73: 
‘record’ for runners, (i.) 91: value of, (i.) 
340, 341, 343, 348, 363, 364, 366, 367, 372, 
397, 399, (ii.) 79, 81, 84; not used to the 
full, (i.) 343 
Ski-shoes—P.O. Evans’s new design, (i.) 
201 and i/l., 228 
Ski-sticks, use of, (i.) 69, 326 
Skua gulls, (ii.) 146: departure from Hut 
Point, (i.) 151, 154: dogs and skuas, (i.) 
64: eggs as food, (ii.) 173, 176: fighting, 
(ii.) 186, ill. 64: nesting, (i.) 69, (ii.) 162, 
166, 173, sad history of three families, 
(ii.) 185:—penguins and skua, (i.) 40: 
Southern Journey, skuas seen far inland, 
(i.) 345, 363 
Sky effects, (i.) 203, (ii.) 45, 47, 219: April 
after-glow, ill. (ii.) 268: April sunset from 
Hut Point, z//. (ii.) 238: cirrus clouds over 
Barne Glacier, z//. (i.) 174: earth shad- 
ows on clouds, (ii.) 199, 228: iridescent 
clouds, ill. (i.) 257: sunset, April 2, 1911, 
(i.) 150: winter dawn, (il.) 44 
Sledgemeters—broken, (i.) 351: lack of— 
Lashly’s substitute, (ii.) 227 
LAST EXPEDITION 
Sledges, difference in, (i.) 169: list, (i.) 
App. 18, 433-434, 435: runners—iron, 
(ii.) 71, 72, 118; sealskin coverings, (i.) 
69; tapered runners, sledges with (Fin- 
nesskis), (ii.) 227, 233 
Sledging Journeys, ill. (ii.) 106: candle 
lamp, sledging by—Winter Journey, (ii.) 
6, 7: diets and rations,—(i.) 105, (ii.) 228, 
Bowers’ lecture, (i.) 200: distributing 
food—‘Shut-eye,’ (ii.) 164: hard pulling. 
work, provision needed for, (i.) 323: 
horsemeat, (i.) 330, 332, 399, 401: in- 
creased ration, effect, (i.) 396, 401: Le- 
vick’s experiment, (ii.) 96: raw blubber, 
(i.) 88: Scott’s investigations, (i.) 202: 
summit ration, success, (i.) 348, 356, 367, 
il. 266: tea, (i.) 373: tea v. cocoa, (i.) 201, 
(ii.) 164: Western Geological Party menu, 
ii.) 163: Wilson on, (i.) 201: Winter 
Journey experiments, (i.) 224, 253, (ii.) 
15, 50 
Distances covered, (i.) 128, 316, 320, 
322, 327, 344, 351, 358, 365, (ii.) 11 et 
$€q., 16, 17, 39, 43 et seq., 108 et seq., 203: 
equipment—saving weight, question of 
(Depot Journey), (i.) 108, 109, Winter 
Journey, (i.) 254:—experience, value of, 
(i.) 123, 167, 168: four-man team, (ii.) 
199: fuel allowance:—Western Spring 
Journey, (i.) 281-6; Winter Journey, (ii.) 
22, 32:—impressions on the march, (i.) 
106, 107, 108, 110, 111: loads carried, 
(i.) 230, (ii.) 127, 156: see also titles 
Dogs, Mules, and Ponies, Mems. for, (i.) 
119: minor discomforts, (i.) 72, 345, 350: 
monotony, (i.) 360, 361, 369, 371, 374: 
night marching, (i.) 105, 110, 129, 308, 
309, (ii.) :60, 163: sail, help from, (i.) 
378, 379, (ii.) 159: sweating in low tem- 
peratures, (i.) 167, 169, 345, 348, 349, 
350, 359, (ii.) 184: three-man team, (i.) 
App. 24, 438: two-man unit, disadvan- 
tages, (ii.) 206. For particular journeys, 
see titles Depot Laying, Northern Jour- 
ney, &c. 
Sleeping-bags, (i.) 90: best size, (ii.) 42, 49: 
carrying open, (i.) 285: eiderdown inner 
bags, (i.) 223, (ii.) 19, 38, 43, 200: getting 
into, z//. (i.) 322: list of bags and donors, 
(i.) App. 18, 432, 433: turning, (i.) 254, 
(ii.) 42, 49: Winter Journey, condition on, 
(ii.) 9, 15, 22, 37, 38, 42 et seg.—ice ac- 
cumulated, (i.) 254; (ii.) 49 
Smith, Mr. Reginald—Scott’s farewell let- 
