INDEX 



AAMOT, ii. 150 



Alexandra Fjord, i. 38, 41, 70, 152, 183, 



195 ; polar-ox shooting in, i. 72 

 Amund Ringnes Land, ii. 296 

 Arctic Fox, the, an Arctic newspaper, rival 



to the Friendly One, i. 82 

 Arctic Ocean fester, a local blood-poisoning, 



ii. 9 

 Arthur Fjord (formerly known as Arthur 



Strait), known to be 'a fjord, ii. 44, 412, 



414; cairn built by Sir E. Belcher in 



1853, found, ii. 412; small c:iche made, 



ii. 412 

 Axel Heiberg Land, i. 373, ii. 275, 370, 



371; Easter in, i. 373-37(5; anniml life 



in, i. 420, 424 ; camp in, ii. 224, 249 ; 



herds of oxen seen, ii. 224 ; explorations 



from thence, ii. 225-249 



BAADODDEN (Boat Point), ii. 312, 419 ; 

 black guillemots, eiders, and walruses, 

 ii. 313 



Baadsfjord (Boat Fjord), seals on, i. 22G ; 

 captivity in, i. 227-235 ; game on, i. 227 ; 

 the 'boat '-house in, i. 228; an unpala- 

 table dish, i. 229 ; a store of food left on, 

 i. 234 ; other visits paid to, i. 242-244, 272, 

 282, 333, ii. 416 ; an awkward bear-hunt, 

 i. 244-247 



Baadsfjordnuten, 'Nuten' (Boat Fjord 

 Peak), in Jones Sound, i. 223, 268-331 ; 

 disappointing loss of food at, i. 272 ; 

 cairn built and records of expedition left 

 here, ii. 407, 408 



Bache Peninsula (formerly known as Bache 

 Island), i. 39, 100, 106 ; fish depot formed 

 on, i. 100 ; geologically examined by 

 Schei, i. 150 



Bartlett, Captain, of the ' Windward,' 

 Peary's expedition, i. 115; visits the 

 ' Fram,' i. 200 



Bartlelt, mate of the ' Windward,' Peary's 

 expedition, i. 115 



Baiimann, Captain Victor, appointed second 

 in command of the ' Fram ' expedition, i. 

 2 ; he and Ilassel visit Peary, i. 109- 

 117 ; he and Raanes on sledge- journey 

 to Norskebugten, i. 484-488 ; with Hen- 

 driksen on sledge-journey, ii. 149 ; with 

 Stolz on sledge-journey to map East 

 Norskebugten, ii. 149, 264-272 ; a moment 

 of great danger, ii. 265-268 



Baumann Fjord, in King Oscar Land, ii. 

 138, 149, 153, 190, 356. ,s>c Norskebugten, 

 East 



Bay, Edvard, zoologist of the expedition, 



i. 3 ; kills a seal in Melville Bay, i. 22 ; 

 appointed ' commandant ' of the'depot at 

 Bjorneborg for three months, i. 317 ; re- 

 ceives visitors, i. 428, 487, 488 ; describes 

 his hermit life, i. 433-458 ; kills his first 

 bears, i. 440, 451 ; keeps May 17th in 

 style, i. 445 ; is left guard at meat depot, 

 Ytre Eide, and is kept busy, ii. 333, 

 335-346; writes a novel, 'Gunhild,' for 

 Christmas, 1901, ii. 351 ; his Report, ii. 

 477-483 



Bay Fjord, i. 137, ii. 289, 392 ; explored by 

 Fosheim, ii. 290 



Bears, polar, i. 247, 277-279, 355, ii. 7, 72, 

 165-167, 417 and passim ; bears visit the 

 ' Fram,' i. 142, 214, 215 ; an awkward hunt 

 in Baadsfjord, i. 245-247 ; a bear stalking 

 a seal, i. 271; does the bear hyberuate? 

 i. 307 ; a Sunday bear, finest and fiercest 

 of the whole expedition, ii. 165 ; strange 

 conduct of a be:ir, ii. 185 ; very plentiful 

 in Greely Fjord in 1901, but few met 

 with in 1902, ii. 357 ; Bay's experiences, 

 ii. 330-346 ; a fortunate arrival, ii. 406 



Beechey Island, expedition to, by Baumann, 

 Fosheim, and Raanes, to correct chrono- 

 meters, and seek the cutter ' Mary,' left 

 by Sir John Ross in 1850, ii. 355, 412- 

 415 ; not an island, but constitutes extreme 

 south-west corner of North Devon, ii. 

 413 ; English depot examined and found 

 despoiled of everything useful, ii. 413 ; 

 the cutter ' Mary ' apparently wantonly 

 dismantled and destroyed except one 

 unseaworthy lifeboat, ii. 413 



Beitstadfjord, Bay and Isachsen map, i. 

 63, 158; meat brought from, i. 09; a 

 pleasant summer resort, i. 161 



Beitstadfjord Glacier, i. 178, 182, 187, 414 ; 

 boundary between Ellesmere Land and 

 Grinnell Land, i. 182 



Belcher, Sir E. (1850), i. 354, ii. 298, 412 ; 

 his ' islands ' probably ' icebergs,' ex- 

 cept Graham and Buckingham Islands, 

 ii. 298 



Belcher Channel, ice-bound in, ii. 48 ; 

 betting on chances of escape from, ii. 51 



Betting specialists, ii. 31 



Birthdays and festivals, how they were 

 kept on the ' Fram,' i. 80-83 



Bjorneborg, i. 316-325, 333, 485, 490, ii. 

 434 ; exploration work, i. 31 ; a valley 

 extends to Moskusfjord, i. 319 ; Bjorne- 

 borg is made a meat depot, and Bay 

 stays there three months as 'command- 

 ant,' i. 317, 433, 458 ; Baumann and 



495 



