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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, ill. 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, (5.) 207: Meteoro- 

 logical Report, (ii.) 316: value of work, 

 &c., (i.) 80, 88, 1 60, 1 8 1, 207, ill. 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 ill., 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, ill. (ii.) 238: cirrus clouds over 

 Barne Glacier, ill. (i.) 174: earth shad- 

 ows on clouds, (ii.) 199, 228: iridescent 

 clouds, ill. (i.) 257: sunset, April 2, 1911, 

 (i.) 150: winter dawn, (ii.) 44 



Sledgemeters broken, (i.) 351: lack of 

 Lashly's substitute, (ii.) 227 



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, 

 ill. 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.) 



IS, SO 



Distances covered, (i.) 128, 316, 320, 

 322, 327, 344, 351, 358, 365, (ii.) ii ft 

 seq., 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, 1 68: 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, no, in: 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, no, 129, 308, 

 309, (ii.) :6o, 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, ill. (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 seq. ice ac- 

 cumulated, (i.) 254; (ii.) 49 



Smith, Mr. Reginald Scott's- farewell let- 



