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INDEX. 



in King Oscar Laud, mapping expedition 

 to, by Baumann and Stolz, ii. 149, 264- 

 272 ;" Baumann attacked by herd of thirty 

 polar oxen, ii. 265-268 ; coal found at 

 Stenkulfjord, ii. 271, 272; line from 

 point south of Troldfjord to Bjornekap- 

 landet. ii. 272 ; return to ' Fram,' ii. 272 



North Cornwall, i. 355, ii. 147 



North Devon, i. 209, ii. 424, 439 ; mapping 

 expedition to, ii. 310-317 ; St. Helena 

 to Cape Vera, ii. 310, 311 ; Baadodden 

 and Viksfjord, ii. 312-314; across the 

 ice on Vestfjord to St. Helena, ii. 315 ; 

 Hell Gate to Nordstrand, ii. 316, 317. 

 Second mapping expedition to. by Isach- 

 sen and Bay, ii. 415-419 ; through Jones 

 Sound to Cape Sparbo, ii. 416 ; along 

 the coast to Baadodden, ii. 417-419 ; by 

 Stormkap to Gaasefjord, ii. 419 ; examine 

 coal-beds at Stenkulfjord, ii. 420 



North Greenland, Inspector of, ii. 441 



North Kent, in King Oscar Land, i. 420. 

 467, ii. 308, 412, 415, 431 



OBRESTAD Light, on Jjederen, ii. 449 

 Olsen, Karl, chief engineer on the ' Fram,' 

 i. 3 ; his bad night's experience near Pirn 

 Island, i. 72 ; is nearly lost, i. 95 ; is 

 tinsmith, coppersmith, gunsmith, and 

 instrument-maker, i. 296, 297 ; twice dis- 

 loc->tes his arm, ii. 91, 423; its strange 

 setting, ii. 97 ; his work the fourth winter, 

 ii. 348, 350 



PAYER HARBOUR, i. 194, 200, 201 ; letters 

 from home left here by Mr. Bridgman, i. 

 200 ; unable to procure them, i. 202 ; 

 tempted to endeavour to reach them. ii. 

 392 



Peary, Lieutenant, met with at Fort Juliana, 

 i. 57 ; experiences intense cold, i. 98 ; 

 invited to spend Easter on the ' Fram,' i. 

 107 ; is visited by Baumann and Hassel, 

 i. 109-117 ; at Foulke Fjord, i. 200 



Pirn Island, i. 28, 168, 193, 194; meat 

 depot (Kjothaugen, Meat-heap) started 

 on, i. 30 ; Olsen has a bad night's expe- 

 rience near, i. 72 ; meat-heap visited, i..77 



Polar expeditions, can disasters to, be pre- 

 vented ? i. 77 



Polar idyl, a, ii. 176, 177 



Polar oxen (musk ox), first meeting with, 

 i. 35-62 ; stalking, i. 43-47, 121, 122, 161, 

 257, 258, 260-266, 483, ii. 5, 11, 21, 62, 

 92 ; shooting in Ellesmere Land, i. 126 ; 

 their well-defined methods of attack, 

 defence, and retreat, i. 126-129, ii. 157, 

 376 ; herds of, i. 138 ; an unpleasant pre- 

 dicament, i. 161 ; herds seen on journey 

 to Heureka Sound and Greely Fjord, ii. 

 156-263, 373, 374 ; a herd of thirty attack 

 Baumann, ii. 265-268 ; a touching sight, 

 ii. 176, 177 ; meat depot at Cape South- 

 West disturbed by, ii. 295 ; a bull kills 

 two sledge-dogs, ii. 348 ; an unusually 

 fierce herd, ii. 376-378 ; stand in no great 

 awe of wolves, ii. 391 



'Polaris,' the, loss of, in 1872, i. 28 



Princess Charlotte Monument-, i. 209 



Princess Marie Bay, i. 150 



Prins Gustav Adolfo Hav (Prince Gustav 

 Adolf Sea), ii. 296 ; only one iceberg 

 (probably glacier ice) met with here, ii.296 



Ptarmigan-shooting, i. 30, 37, 227 



RAASTES, OLUF, mate on board the ' Fram,' 

 i. 2 ; accompanies Baumann on sledge- 

 journey, i. 484-488 ; accompanies Fosheim 

 on sledge-journey, ii. 149, 192 



Reindeer- shooting, i. 469-473, 478, 483, ii. 26 



Renbugten (Reindeer Bay), i. 347, 424, 489, 

 ii. 306, 331 



Renkappet (Reindeer Cape), north of 

 Danskesnndet (Danish Sound), ii. 297 



Rice Strait, north of Frams Havn, i. 29, 

 30, 34, 51, 142, 168, 190, 193 ; Svendscn 

 (doctor) buried here, i. 167 



Rigets Port (The Gates of the Kingdom), a 

 misnomer, ii. 173 



Ringholmen, in Hendriksen Sound, ii. 296 



Riugnes, Brothers, Messrs., two of the 

 three who fitted out the expedition, i. 1, 

 ii. 451 



Rink, Dr. H., statistics, etc., relating to 

 Upernivik, i. 20 



Risviken, ' Fram' weather-bound at, ii. 449 



'Rivalen,' the, awful accident to, off Spitz- 

 bergen, i. 33 



Robeson Channel, i. 1 ; Peary reports it 

 full of old polar ice, i. 58 



Ross, Sir John, depot left by him on 

 Beechey Island in 1850 examined, and 

 found despoiled, ii. 413 ; the cutter 

 ' Mary ' wrecked, even-thing useful 

 wantonly destroyed, ii. 413 



Rundfjeld, a point of vantage in the gla- 

 ciated portion of Ellesmere Land, i. 174 



Rutherford Bay, i. 29, 35 



Rutherford Klara, i. 168 



Rutherford Peninsula, ptarmigan-shooting 

 on, i. 30, 34 



Salix arctica on west coast of Ellesmere 

 Land, i. 836 



Sand pathway, a, and its effects, ii. 352, 

 406, 421 



Sandspollen, ii. 42 and note, 311 



Sankt Helena (St. Helena Island), an inte- 

 resting little island off North Devon, ii. 

 43, 310, 320, 424, 433 ; traces of Eskimo, 

 ii. 311 ; conveniently situated for observa- 

 tions between points in North Devon and 

 King Oscar Land, ii. 311 



Scheis (Schei Island), ii. 373 



Sea-birds, mvriads of, on Cobourg Island, 

 i. 209 



Sea-sickness, i. 5, ii. 439 



Seals, i. 9, 10, 189, 194, 195, 219, 226, 422, 

 ii. 40, 42, and passim ; the bladdernose 

 described, i. 10, 11, 30, 34 ; seals follow a 

 boat, i. 220 ; a very large one in Heureka 

 Sound, ii. 228 ; one nearly caught alive 

 by the dogs outside Fuglefjord, ii. 260 



Schei, Per, geologist of the expedition, i. 

 3 ; undergoes amputation, i. 100 ; his 

 experiences bear-hunting, i. 278, 279 ; his 

 and Hendriksen's narrative of journey 

 to King Oscar Land, i. 466-483 ; stalks 

 and shoots his first reindeer, i. 469-473, 

 478; bear-hunting, i. 474-476; polar oxen. 



