INDEX 



A dare, Cape, Borchgrevinck's winter 

 quarters, 79 ; Campbell's party at, 439 



Air, ionization of registered, 279 



Alcove Camp, described, 133-134; 

 Evans' "whisker stones," 137 ; return 

 to, 145 



Algae deposits, 136, 155, 296 



Alph Avenue, 173 



Alph River, 170, 172, 173 



Alps, glacial erosion in, 8, 9 



Amphipods, 360 



Amundsen, chances discussed, 432-433 ; 

 news of his success, 434 ; Gran's pro- 

 phecy, 434-435 ; charts of his and 

 Scott's parties, 439, 441 



Anchor, ice, 60 j method of fixing 

 (sketch), 421 



" Ancient cups " (sketch), 256 



Anemometer, described, 220, 222 (sketch), 

 306 



Antarctica, attraction of, 14 ; ice erosion 

 in, 14 ; map showing recent expedi- 

 tions , 37 ; charts of recent and future 

 exploration, 450 ; personnel of coastal 

 parties, 451 ; notes on outfit, 452 seq. 



Anton, ignorance of English, 107 ; ac- 

 companies Granite Harbour expedi- 

 tion, 332, 336, 339 



Appetite when sledging, 124 



Aptera, 381 



Arch berg (sketch), 227 ; photographed, 

 250 



Archeocyathina, 256, 303 ; Wright's dis- 

 covery of, 441 



Arguments, in hut, 273-274 



Armadillo Camp, 163 



Armitage, Cape, Discovery hut at, 189 , 

 visited, 202-203 



Arthropod, found, 303 



Astronomy for travellers, 50-52 



Atkinson, Dr. E. L., 4, 13 ; his blubber 

 stove, 63 ; excavates Discovery hut, 

 189 ; institutes physical measurements, 

 225 ; successes with fish-trap, 240 241 : 

 tests for scurvy, 245 ; lecture on, 292- 

 293 ; meteor seen, 247 ; lost in bliz- 

 zard, 275 seq. ; (sketch), 276 j landed 

 at Hut Point, 422 



Augites, on Observation Hill, 204 ; at 

 Flat Iron Rocks, 379 



Aurora Australis, first seen, 203 ; watch 

 instituted, 226 5 observation of, 231- 

 232 



Australian harbours, geology of, 23 ; 

 maps, 24 



Avalanche Bay, 352 



Balleny Isles, 427 



Balloon Meteorograph, described, 234 ; 

 (sketch), ib. ; results obtained, 425 



Barne, Cape, 85 



Barne Glacier, cliff-like edge of, 88 ; 

 first crossing, 103 seq. ; features of, 

 220 ; movement noted, 322-323 



Barrier, first sighted, 81 5 height^of, 82 



Barrier shudder, 151, 313 



Bath, on board Terra Nova, 45 ; hot, 



75> 4 J 6 



Beacon Sandstone, 131 ; worm burrows 

 in, 148 ; not of desert origin, ib. ; 

 debris, 385 



Beardmore Glacier, fossils from, 10, 

 (sketches) 255, 256, 257,444; Tay- 

 lor's lecture on, 255 ; sponge corals 

 from, 2565 Glossopteris from, 444 



Beaufort Island, 85 



Beaumont, Sir Lewis, gift of books, 283 



Bernacchi, Cape, depot, 341 ; minerals 

 found, 341 ; camp at, 409 



Bets, currency used, 163, 369 



Bicycling, in Alps in winter, 4 ; in 

 Antarctica, 315, 316 



Biological station at South Bay, 262 



Bird, Mt., 334 



Birds, catching, 55 ; shooting, 61 



Black Sand Beach, rolled pebbles on, 320 



Blizzards, signs of, 157 ; snow in, 158 ; 

 wind velocity, 251, 279, 293 ; ex- 

 plorer in (sketch), 263 ; higher tem- 

 peratures during, 293, 295, 363 seq. ; 

 thick drift of, 294 ; local nature of, 

 319 



" Blizzometer," 220, 222 



Blubber, as food, 158, 176, 455 ; fork 

 for (sketch), 176 



Blubber-lamp (sketch), 201 



Blubber-stove, Dr. Atkinson's, 63 ; in 

 Discovery hut (sketch), 193 ; at Cape 

 Geology, 358 ; difficulties of, 403 ; 

 value of, 453 



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