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crevasse, fall into, and its effects, (i.) 
386; death, (i.) 394-5:—food shortage, 
(i.) 369—rations reduced, 391, 393:— 
heavy pulling, (i.) 378, 379, 384: hunger 
increasing, (i.) 382, 383, 385, 393: lost 
articles recovered, (i.) 383, 384: Oates 
beginning to fail—cold feet and frost- 
bites, (i.) 378: sandy snow, (i.) 378, 379, 
384, 393: Scott’s accident, (i.) 385, 386: 
ski boots, signs of wear, (i.) 379: sleep in 
spite of anxieties, (i.) 381: sleeping-bags, 
condition of, (i.) 382, 385: steering im- 
possible — snow, (i.) 390; tracks lost, 
(i.) 377, 381, 382, 385 
Sixth and Last Stage—Return Journey 
on the Barrier, (i.) 396: absence of wind, 
(i.) 399, 400: cairns and tracks, (i.) 397 
et seq.: finnesko, (i.) 401: head winds, (i.) 
401, 405, 406, 407, 409: heavy pulling, 
(i.) 399: hope lessening, (i.) 403, 404: 
hunger, (i.) 400: means of ending troubles 
handed over from medicine case, (i.) 406, 
407: natural death, decision to face, (i.) 
412, 415: Oates failing—condition of 
feet, &c., and consequent delay, (i.) 402, 
403 et seq., death, (i.) 408:—rapid closing 
of season, abnormal weather conditions, 
(i.) 399, 400 et seq., 406, 407 et seq., uNnex- 
pected low temperatures, (i.) 404:— 
shifting sledges, (i.) 396: shortage of 
fuel at Southern Barrier Depot, (i.) 398, 
App. 26, 439;—further shortages at 
Middle Barrier and Mount Hooper 
Depot, (i.) 402, 406:—snow blindness, 
(i.) 392, 399; spirit of the party, 397, 403, 
409; steering difficulties, (i.) 397-8, 400; 
surface terrible—sandy snow, sastrugi, 
&c., (i.) 396, 399 ef seq.; talk in the tent, 
(i.) 404; weather-bound in last camp— 
the fatal blizzard, (i.) 409-10, App. 27, 
441; no one to blame—Scott’s letters, (i.) 
412-13 
Geological work, (i.) 388, 389, 392, 
(ii.) 237, 300, 302, 344: grave of Polar 
Party, (ii.) 237-8, ill. 236: map, (i.) at 
end of text: meal in camp, ill. (i.) 316: 
memorial cross on Observation Hill, (ii.) 
272 and ill.: monotony, (i.) 360, 361, 369, 
371, 374, 383 
Return of supporting parties—appear- 
ance of members on return, ill. (i.) 350; 
Day and Hooper, (i.) 325; dog teams 
under Meares, (i.) 340 note, 341, 398; 
First (Atkinson’s) Party, (i.) 340 note, 
LAST EXPEDITION 
352, 353, App. 23, 437; date of arrival 
at Cape Evans, (ii.) 204:—Second (Lieut. 
Evans) Party, (i.) 340 note, 364, 388, 392- 
399, App. 24, 438, ii.) 205 
Shackleton’s dates—comparison with, 
(i.) 348, 349, 352—dates caught up, 361: 
Shackleton’s luck, contrast with, (i.) 
332, 341, (ii) 334: sleeping-bags, getting 
into, 2. (i.) 322 
Supporting expeditions—dog teams 
sent to meet Southern Party, (i.) 406 
note, (ii.) 206; held up by blizzards, (ii.) 
206-9; navigation difficulties, (ii.) 210- 
216; not relief expeditions, (ii.) 206; plans 
and stores, (ii.) 205; question of travel- 
ling south from One Ton Camp, (ii.) 208 
—-stores left at camp, 208; return, hard- 
ships of—effect on men and dogs, (ii.) 
208, 209; second attempt, (ii.) 211-216 
Southern (Last) Depét, (i.) 373, 378 
Southern Mountains—description, (i.) 334: 
geology, (i.) 348, 350, 352; banding— 
recurrence of Beacon Sandstone, (i.) 34.4; 
rocks, (i.) 331:—nearness to Pole sug- 
gested by snow conditions, (i.) 372: 
scenery, (i.) 358: trend of—possibility 
of shortening journey to the Pole, (i.) 
334 
Southern road—interruption, danger of, (i.) 
© and note; passage of, by ponies, (i.) 97 
Southern Search Party, (1912) ill. (ii.) 
234: alternatives, plans, &c., (ii.) 223— 
decision, 224 et seq.: commander of mule 
party—C. S. Wright, (ii.) 232: crevasses, 
precautions against, (ii.) 233: depdt lay- 
ing, (ii.) 230, 231: depots, depletion of— 
heavy starting weights necessitated, (ii.) 
225: dog teams, (ii.) 229: routine, (ii.) 
235: tent found, cairn built, (ii.) 237, 238, 
il. 236—Oates’ epitaph, 238 
Speyer, Sir E—Honorary Treasurer, (ii.) 
338, 345: Scott’s farewell letter to, (i.) 
412 
Sphinx Rock, (ii.) 75 
Sponges found, (ii.) 144, 147, ill. 329: abun- 
dance at sea bottom, (ii.) 333; Granite 
Harbour, (ii.) 274 
Spray ridges of ice after a blizzard, ill. (i.) 
145 
Stapf, Dr. O.—examination of South Trini- 
dad specimens, (ii.) 330 
Stevenson, R. L., quoted, (i.) 289 
Stores taken, (i.) 97-99: arrangement on 
landing, (i.) 70: firms supplying, (ii.) 
