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13, 17, 19 ; first whale, i. 20; a shoal of 

 grampuses, i. 20, 21 ; walrus-catching, i. 

 25 ; in Foulke Fjord, Smith Sound, i. 26 ; 

 past Littleton Island and Lifeboat Cove, 

 i. 27, 28 ; ptarmigan-shooting in Ruther- 

 ford Bay, t. 30 ; depot started on Pirn 

 1 sland, i. 30 ; walrus-shooting, mode and 

 danger, i. 31-34, 205 ; first meeting with 

 polar oxen, i. 35-62 ; meeting with 

 Peary at Fort Juliana, i. 57 ; short ex- 

 peditions to Ellesmere Land undertaken, 

 i. 40-70 ; preparing for winter, i. 72 ; 

 Olsen's night on Alexandra Fjord, i. 72, 

 73 ; life on board, i. 76 ; a last sunset, i. 

 76, 274 ; how Christmas, 1898, was spent, 

 i. 82-87 ; Greely's camping-place and ex- 

 pedition, i. 88-96 ; severe cold, i. 97-100 ; 

 Kolotengva and other Eskimo visit the 

 ' Fram,' i. 101-119 ; Baumann visits 

 Peary, i. 109-119 ; another visit to Elles- 

 mere Land, i. 120-141 ; a bear visits the 

 ' Fram,' i. 142 ; Constitution Day on the 

 ' Fram,' i. 144-148 ; summer journeys to 

 Ellesmere Land and Nordfjord, i. 149- 

 164 ; snow-blindness, i. 155, 397 ; another 

 journey to Ellesmere Land, i. 170-182 ; 

 the 'Fram ' goes north for Pirn Island, i. 

 193 ; turned back by the ice, i. 195 ; pre- 

 paring for winter, i. 196 ; hear of letters 

 from home, i. 199 ; visited by a party from 

 the 'Windward,' i. 200; leaving Smith 

 Sound, i. 205; fire, i. 207 ; myriads of 

 sea-birds on Cobourg Island, i. 209 ; 

 botanizing in Fram Fjord, i. 211 ; Havne- 

 f jord, in Jones Sound, winter quarters for 

 1899-1900, i. 219-226; boating expeditions 

 on the fjord, i. 219-226 ; a rough journey 

 to South Cape, i. 227 ; illness on board, 

 i. 221 ; a party detained at Baadsfjord, 

 i. 227-235 ; death of Braskerud, i. 237 ; a 

 double-walled tent a success, i. 240, 242, 

 295 ; second visit to Baadsfjord, i. 242- 

 247 ; an awkward bear-hunt, i. 245-247 ; 

 on to Stormkap. i. 248 ; happy hunting- 

 grounds, i. 256-267, ii.71-87; preparations 

 for winter, i. 276-284 ; supply of meat, 

 i. 287 ; winter quarters, 1899-1900, and 

 winter occupations, i. 291-304 ; more 

 sickness, i. 304, 310 ; Christmas festivi- 

 ties, 1899. i. 310-313 ; New Year's Eve, i. 

 312 ; expedition to Bjorneborg, i. 316- 

 338 ; daily dietary, i. 326 ; through Hell 

 Gate, i. 339-351 ; misfortunes, i. 344-346 ; 

 brandy 44 below zero, i. 359 ; a toilsome 

 journey to Land's End, i. 360 ; Easter in 

 Heiberg Land, i. 373-376 ; new land ! i. 

 376 ; Isachsen and Hassel set to explore 

 it, i. 376 ; mock-suns, i. 399 ; 80 55' N., 

 i. 404 ; Independence Day at Cape 

 Levvel, i. 410-413 ; a moment of peril, 

 i. 419, 420 ; Bjorneborg visited, i. 427 ; 

 Bay's hermit life, i. 433-458; fire on 

 board the 'Fram,' i. 462-465; Schei 

 and Hendriksen journey to King Oscar 

 Land, i. 466-483 ; the first reindeer shot, 

 i. 469-473 ; preparations for leaving 

 Havnefjord, i. 496; Isachsen's journey 

 to north side of Norskebugten, ii. 1-8 ; 

 Fosheim returns from Bjorneborg, ii. 

 9, 10 ; he has Arctic Ocean fester. 



ii. 9 ; summer journeys, ii. 9 ; scien- 

 tific work, ii. 15, 31, 35 ; magical 

 transformation from winter to summer, 

 ii. 18; strange animal (? glutton) seen, 

 ii. 26 ; a bet, ii. 31 ; fierce behaviour of 

 terns, ii. 32 ; the ' Fram ' leaves Havue- 

 f jord, ii. 37, 40 ; westward, ii. 40 ; ice- 

 bound in Belcher Channel, ii. 48 ; pre- 

 paring to winter, ii. 51 ; sledge-journey to 

 shore, ii. 52 ; sudden break-up of the ice, 

 ii. 55 ; dogs and sledge-party safe on 

 board, ii. 55-59 ; through Cardigan Strait 

 to Gaasefjord, ii. 60 ; investigations, ii. 

 60-67 ; abundance of game, ii. 71-83 ; 

 wolves, ii. 84, 85 ; more ' water-sledges ' 

 made, ii. 88 ; snowstorm and misfortune, 

 ii. 88-99; an awful night, ii. 95; new 

 Arctic surgery, ii. 99 ; bringing the meat 

 from Nordstrand, ii. 104 ; preparing for 

 winter in Gaasefjord, ii. 105 ; new sleep- 

 ing-bags, ii. 109; -work, 106-110, 123; 

 trapping wolves and foxes, ii. 109-122 ; 

 Christmas, 1900, on the 'Fram,' ii. 119, 

 120 ; new footgear, ii. 126 ; preparing 

 for spring journeys, ii. 127 ; a problem to 

 solve : does a sound exist north of Greely 

 Fjord? ii. 127; second start to explore 

 Norskebugten, ii. 127-146; four exploring 

 parties start : (1) Sverdrup and Schei to 

 explore Heureka Sound and solve problem, 

 ii. 149-263 ; (2) Baumann and Stolz to 

 map Norskebugten (q. v.) and Baumanu 

 Fjord, ii. 149, 264-272 ; (3) Fosheim and 

 Raanes to assist Sverdrup (Heureka 

 Sound) (q.v.), ii- 149-192, 273-294; (4) 

 Isachsen and Hassel to Cape South- West 

 (q.v.), ii. 149, 295-298; the problem 

 solved, ii. 189, 232 ; return of the sledge- 

 parties, ii. 263, 272, 294, 298 ; dredging 

 expedition to Jones Sound (q.v.) and Hell 

 Gate, ii. 299 ; getting the ' Fram ' ready 

 for sea, ii. 304 ; botanical trip to Nord- 

 strand,ii. 310,317; mapping unknown part 

 of North Devon, ii. 310-317; August 

 7th, and still ice-bound in Gaasefjord, ii. 

 318-320 ; boring and mining the ice, ii. 

 321 ; closed in and shut out, ii. 324 ; 

 preparing for a second winter in Gaase- 

 fjord, ii. 325, 349 ; hunting for winter 

 food, ii. 333-349 ; Bay has a lively time 

 at the meat-heap, ii. 333, 335-346 ; winter 

 work on board, ii. 348-359, 355 ; economy 

 in certain foods, ii. 350 ; Christmas, 1901, 

 on the ' Fram,' ii. 351, 352 ; a sand-path 

 to assist disintegration, ii. 352 ; plans 

 for spring work, 1902 : (1) Sverdrup and 

 Schei to map Greely Fjord (q.v.) and 

 districts, ii. 355-405"; (2) Isachsen, Fo- 

 sheim, and Hassel to Jones Sound (q.v-), 

 to build cairns and leave records of the 

 expedition, ii. 355, 407-411 ; (3) Bau- 

 mann and Fosheim to Beechey Island 

 (q.v.), to correct chronometers by English 

 place-determinations, look for Sir John 

 Ross's depot and his cutter 'Mary' left 

 there in 1850, ii. 355,412-415 ; (4) Isach- 

 sen and Baumann to map coast of North 

 Devon (q.r.), ii. 355, 415-419 ; Lands 

 Lokk, 81 41' N. reached, ii. 370; preparing 

 for summer work, ii. 421 ; scientific and 



