INDEX. 



501 



MAAOKIJEROET (Gull Mountain), ii. 300, 

 310, 333 



Maagebugten (Gull Bay), ii. 308 



Maiodden (May Point), in Heureka Sound, 

 ii. 190, 223, 361, 386. 389 



Mathiesen, Herr, Superintendent of Egedes- 

 minde, i. 13 



May Seventeenth on board the Train,' i. 

 139, 144 ; programmeof the day's festivi- 

 ties, i. 145 ; at Bjorneborg, i. 455 ; at Cape 

 Levvel, i. 410-413 ; on Heureka Sound, ii. 

 210, 215; on Cauon Fjord, ii. 268; on 

 Greely Fjord, ii. 285 ; on Louises Fjord, 

 ii. 297 ; at Smiirgrautberget, ii. 375-383 



Meheia, high portion of Amund Ringnes 

 Land, ii. 298 



Melville Bay, i. 21, ii. 440 



Meteorological results of the expedition. 

 See Appendix, ii. 484 



Middagskollen, 'Kollen' (Noonday Hill), 

 ii. 12, 13, 101, 319, 320, 321, 426 



Midnight walk, Fosheim's long, ii. 157, 

 158 



Mock-suns seen, i. 399, 400 



Moisture, how to avoid, i. 71 



Mokkafjord (Muck Fjord), in Hcnroka 

 Sound, ii. 214 



Molje, i. 82 



Moskusfjord (Musk Fjord), the slaughter- 

 ground of large numbers of the polar ox, 

 i. 273, 276, 28], 319, 332, ii. 21, 408 



Mosquitoes common, ii. 482 



NAHBEN (The Knoll), ii. 41 



Nansen, Dr., offers Sverdrup command of 

 the expedition, i. 1 



Nansen Sound, ii. 371 



Nathorst, Professor, Stockholm, who under- 

 took the examination of the plant fossils, 

 ii. 460 



Nathorsts Halvo (Nathorst Peninsula), 

 south-west of Amimd Ringnes Land, ii. 

 296; much vegetation and many reindeer- 

 tracks,' ii. 296 



New Land : Isachsen and Hassel journey 

 to explore north side of Norskebugten, i. 

 376, ii. 1-8 ; report land steep and precipi- 

 tous, ii. 3 ; large fjord with isbmd in 

 midst, ii. 4 ; everywhere evidences of 

 abundance of life, ii. 4 ; a large fjord 

 (? sound, ii. 233) running eastwards, ii. 

 5 ; open water stops further investiga- 

 tions, ii. 6. Second journey (Bjiirne- 

 kaplandet), ii. 127, 135-142 ; Storsjoen 

 first camp, ii. 129 ; north of Eidsfjord, 

 south of Store Bjornekap, ii. 129 ; swim- 

 ming through the snow, ii. 131 ; camp in 

 -61 Fahr., ii. 132 ; still north, ii. 133; 

 abundant signs of animal life, ii. 134, 

 137, 139; a lonely mountain, ii. 138; 

 polar oxen and wolves, ii. 139 ; meat 

 stored at Depot Point, ii. 142. Third 

 journey (Sverdrup and Schei) to explore 

 Baumann Fjord and Heureka Sound, ii. 

 149-263 ; along Storsjoen, north of 

 Nordstrand, south-west of Eidsfjord, ii. 

 151 ; up Vendomfjord : herds of oxen, 

 plenty of ground game, abundant vegeta- 

 tion, ii. 157 ; Fosheim's midnight walk, 

 ii. 157, 158 ; a Sunday bear, finest and 



fiercest of the whole expedition, ii. 165 ; 

 bears constant visitors, ii. 165-168 ; at 

 last! a fjord running north, ii. 168; 

 Troldfjord, ii. 169-173; wrongly named 

 the Gates of the Kingdom, ii. 173; a 

 valley trending east, ii. 174; a polar idyl, 

 ii. 176, 177 ; hares forming up in rings, 

 ii. 181 ; the country teems with hares, ii. 

 182-194; a bear's strange conduct, ii. 

 185-188; the fjord sighted, 78 50' N.: 

 Heureka ! ii. 185 ; a sound running 

 north, ii. 188; wolves, ii. 189, 197-199, 

 216-221 ; north of Heureka Sound, ii. 

 190 ; sledges part company : Sverdrup 

 and Schei to west of sound, Fosheim 

 and Raanes to east (fee Heureka Sound), 

 ii. 192 ; rough travelling, ii. 198-200 ; 

 weather-bound, ii. 203 ; Eskimo ruins, ii. 

 205; Schei's bad shooting, ii. 206; a 

 dying people, ii. 207-212 ; a summer day 

 and a winter night, ii. 210, 211 ; gypsu.n 

 stones from the cliffs, ii. 213 ; keeping 

 May 17th, ii. 215; a disturbed night, ii. 

 216-221 ; southwards by Depotodden and 

 Maiodden, ii. 222 ; exploring and geolo- 

 gizing on Storoen, ii. 227 ; a large seal, 

 ii. 228 ; gulls and geese coming north, 

 ii. 228, 229, 237, 246 ; Bjornesund visible 

 to west, ii. 231 ; solution of the problem 

 confirmed, ii. 231, 232 ; exploring Skaare- 

 f jord, ii. 233 ; a perilous drive, ii. 236 ; 

 Bjornesund and Ulvefjord explored, ii. 

 241 ; tent-like formation of the ice, ii. 

 245 ; south for Bjornekaplandet, ii. 249 ; 

 a stony land, fossilizing, ii. 250-257 ; 

 Lille Bjornekap, geese and venison, ii. 

 253 ; geese and skuas, ii. 259 ; open 

 water inside Fugleiien, ii. 259; a danserous 

 crossing, ii. 262 ; return to the ' Fram,' 

 ii. 263 



New Year festivities, i. 312, 313 



Nicolays Fjeld (Nicolay Mountain), the 

 northern extremity of Cape South- West, 

 ii. 296 



Nielsen, Herr, superintendent, at Egedes- 

 minde, ii. 441 



Nodtvedt, Jacob, second engineer on the 

 'Fram,'i. 3 ; his winter's work as smith 

 and tanner, i. 79, 297, 313, ii. 109 



Nordenskiold and his expedition, fate of, 

 i. 77 



Nordfjord (Flakier Fjord), i. 63, 150, 152. 

 ii. 465 ; expedition undertaken to, i. 63 ; 

 Eskimo remains at, i. 63-65 ; polar-ox 

 stalking on, i. 121-122; another visit to, 

 i. 153-164; enchanting views, i. 154; 

 Svendsen is unwell at, i. 154-157 ; seals, 

 bears, and polar oxen, i. 158 



Nordodden (North Point), ii. 290 



Nordstrand, ii. 85, 89, 298. 310, 328, 415; 

 meat depot there, ii. 85 ; a shelter from 

 the storm, ii. 94-96 ; Simmons goes on a 

 botanical trip to, ii. 310, 316, 317 



Nordstrandselven, ii. 85 



Noresund, i. 63, 141, 153 



Norfolk Inlet, ii. 43 



Norskebugten, i. 414, 420, 484, ii. 3, 6, 357 ; 

 bear-hunting in, i. 484 ; sledge-journey 

 planned to explore, ii. 89 



Norskebugten, East, and Baumann Fjord, 



