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INDEX 



Davis, Professor W. M., 8, 160 



Day, B. C, 9, 66, 85 ; binding for 

 South Polar Times, 254, 265 ; lecture 

 on motor sledges, 264 ; ingenious 

 turning, 307 ; difficulties with motor 

 sledges, 322 seq. ; dangerous journey 

 of, 440-44.1 



Debenham, Frank, 11, 66; visits Inac- 

 cessible Island, 95 ; geological and 

 photographic work, 119; black lava 

 found, 134 ; as cook, 176, 350 ; frost- 

 bitten, 179 ; painting, 248 ; collection 

 of sixpenny novels, 283 ; Cape Evans 

 mapped, 295 ; long distance geology, 

 307 ; Tent Island explored, 311, 316 ; 

 trip to Shackleton's hut, 319 seq. ; 

 knee strained, 321 ; excellent sight of, 

 369 ; coal found, 388 ^value of plane- 

 table, 453 



Debris cones, 296, 297, 385 



Demetri, 91 



Dennistoun, Mr. J., 416, 424 



Descent Pass, 127, 130, 151 



Devil's Punch Bowl, and Thumb, sketch 

 map of region, 376 : features ot, 378 



Dewdrop Glacier, 378 



Diatoms, 74 



Discovery, pack crossed, 78 



Discovery Bluff, 371 



Discovery Hut, condition of, 106 ; com- 

 pared with Shackleton's hut, 113; de- 

 scribed, lSqseq. ; environs of (sketch), 

 190; plan of (sketch), 191 ; difficult 

 approach to, 192; blubber stove at 

 (sketch), 193 ; routine at, 194 ; litera- 

 ture at, 195 ; storm at, 196 ; sleeping 

 quarters, 198 ; sunsets at, 199 ; Scott's 

 visit to, 216, 223. See also under Hut 

 Point 



Distances deceptive, 150 



Dogs, Antarctic born, recognise water, 

 10; put on board Terra Nova, 30; 

 hangar for on ship, 46 ; character of, 

 52, 281, 290 ; exercised on floes, 69 ; 

 and penguins, 69, 88, 91 ; and seals, 

 116, 332; "rifle pits' 1 for, at Hut 

 Point, 193; " Macaca " found, 260; 

 puppies born, 290 



Dog-sledging, 91 ; Scott, 106; Taylor, 



Dog-teams, Peary's use of, 9 ; guided by 



voice, 69, 91, 116 

 Dolerite sills, 131 

 Double-Curtain Glacier, 125-126 

 Drake, F. R. H., 66, 428 

 Dry Valley, 9, 130, 132, 142 seq.; Lt. 



Evans' chart of, 280 

 Dun Glacier, 1 3 1 



Dunlop Island, minerals found on, 309 ; 

 features of, 344 



Earth, shape deduced, 272, 279 



England, Mt., 380 



Erebus, Mt., compared to Vesuvius, 85 ; 

 appearance of steam cloud on, 88, 218, 

 281 (sketch), ib., 295, 325, 346 ; cre- 

 vasses on, 189; signs of heat from, 

 217 ; activity of, 288 



Erosion : frost, 380 : glacial, study of in 

 Alps, 8-9, 14 ; problem in Antarctica, 

 14-15 ; in New Zealand Alps, 23-29, 

 120, 132 ; stages of, 133 ; wind action, 

 134, 145; on Taylor Glacier, 136; 

 no lateral in Antarctica, 1 48 ; on Mackay 

 Glacier, 377: water, 138, 159; at 

 Tent Island, 3 1 1 



Erratic (sketch), 387 



Euchre, 302 



Euphausia, 63, 6^, 75 



Evans, Cape, named, 86 ; site described, 

 87,215; sketch of, 90; landing at, 89 

 seq. ; lakes at, 87, 215 ; plan of hut at, 

 212; music at, 223; magnetic varia- 

 tion at, 261 ; pull of gravity at, 279 ; 

 physiographic features of, 298 seq. ; 

 map of, 299; ice-forms at, 310-31 1 ; 

 Terra Nova's return to, 418 



Evans Coves, 439, 441 



Evans, Lieut. E. R. G. R., 6, 9 ; journey 

 to Corner Camp, 193 ; chart of Dry 

 Valley, 280 ; coast survey by, 295 ; trip 

 to first depots, 313; attacked by scurvy, 

 421,442 



Evans, Edgar, P.O., 5, 137; "Football 

 Fields" named, 139 ; straw hat, 145 ; 

 a fall, 148 ; former expedition, 151 ; 

 and literature, 151, 284, 302 ; on Blue 

 Glacier, 153; humour of, 153, 157; 

 one-handed clove hitch, 163 ; as steers- 

 man, 165 ; loses a bet, 171 ; imaginary 

 frostbite, 182 ; on blizzards, 185 ; pru- 

 dence of, on Danger Slope, 186 ; lessons 

 in cobbling given, 253, (sketch), ib. ; 

 as bezique player, 259 



Eyes, effect of Antarctica on, 49 



Felspar, from Erebus, sketch of, 145 



Fern, sketch of fossil, from Beardmore 

 Glacier, 444 



Ferrar Glacier, former accident on, 75 ; 

 explored, 121-131 ; surface altered 

 since 1902.. 129; movement of, 151, 

 202, 309 ; shape of ice at mouth of, 

 257-258 ; Scott's trip to, 304, 309 



Ferrar, Mr. H. T., on ice slabs, 162 



First View Point, 349 



