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INDEX 



Charms, Eskimo, 411-415. 



Chewing-gum, use of, by Eskimos, 564- 

 565. 



Child-bearing, Eskimo beliefs relating 

 to, 410, 412; deaths among Eskimo 

 women from, 423. 



Chipman, K. G., in charge of the Sachs, 

 87 ; in winter quarters at Collinson 

 Point, 91 ; report made to author by, 

 91-93 ; topographical work accom- 

 plished by, 109, 110, 111, 737. 



Chronometers, failure of, at Mercy Bay, 

 361. 



Climate of arctic regions, 13-16. 



Clothing, for arctic travel, 603-607 ; how 

 to deal with hoar frost in, 606 ; drying 

 of wet, 607; found in Kellett's depot 

 at Dealy Island, 630-631. 



Coal, in Amund Ringnes Island, 525; 

 on Melville Island, 563, 564 ; at Peddie 

 Point, 568; in Lougheed Island, 620; 

 in Banks Island, 641. 



Cochrane, Captain, of cutter Bear, 725. 



Cold in arctic regions, 13-15 ; degrees of, 

 608-609. 



Colds, catching of, on return to civiliza- 

 tion, 676. 



College men in arctic regions, 100. 



Collinson, Eskimo who remembered, 422- 

 423. 



Collinson Point, journey from Point Bar- 

 row to, 75-90; winter quarters at, 91- 

 95; threatened mutiny at, 111-122. 



Compass, use of magnetic, 222-223. 



Cope Antarctic Expedition, 73 n. 



Copper, found at Moore Bay, 748 ; at 

 Banks Peninsula, 749 ; in Bathurst 

 Inlet, 753. 



Copper Eskimos, visit to, 416-426 ; un- 

 fortunate experience of Captain Gon- 

 zales with, 430-437. 



Cornwall, J. K., head of fur-trading com- 

 pany, 668-669. 



Coronation Gulf, region of, as a hunting 

 country, 245 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 

 post on south shore of, 390 n. 



Cottle, S. F., whaling captain, 46, 100, 

 101, 379, 388; navigation of the Ruby 

 by, 102 ; friendly letter of warning 

 from, 117; view taken by, of author's 

 projected ice trip, 131. 



Cottle, Mrs., 101, 102. 



Cox, J. R., topographer. 111 ; work done 

 by, 737, 742-743, 753. 



Cram, Mr. and Mrs. G. W., school 

 teachers at Cape Smythe, 36. 



Crawford, J. R., engineer of Mary Sachs, 



99, 267, 270 ; member of support party, 

 139 ; replaces Captain Bernard on 

 northward journey, 144 ; attitude 

 toward meat diet, 294 ; discharge of, 

 as engineer of North Star, 447 ; expe- 

 rience in eating bear liver, 481 ; schooner 

 Challenge bought by, 598 ; arrival at 

 Cape Kellett in 1917, 663. 



Crevasse, author's fall into, 500-501. 



Croker River, exploration of, 752. 



Cross Island, 45, 48, 82. 



Crown Prince Gustav Sea, non-existehce 

 of, 517. 



Curls rare among Eskimos, 467. 



Current in Beaufort Sea, 185 n. ; Storker- 

 son's trip of investigation, and conclu- 

 sions arrived at, 689-703. 



Curtis, Sir Henry, "Ingoldsby Legends" 

 carried by, 464-465. 



Darkness, the winter, in arctic regions, 

 22-24. 



Darnley Bay, exploration and survey of, 

 743. 



Davis, John, 2. 



Dawson, temperature at, 14. 



Dealy Island, finding of Kellett's depot 

 on, 628-631. 



Deans Dundas Bay, 398 ; sealing camp 

 north of, 408. 



Deer Bay, Isachsen's, 618. 



De Long, Emma, "Voyage of the Jean- 

 nette" by, cited, 69. 



De Long, Lieutenant, voyage of, supple- 

 mented by Nansen's, 673. 



Deming, E. W., letters from family of, 391. 



De SaHs Bay, arrival at (1914), 288. 



Desbarats, G. J., telegram from, 72 ; 

 faith of, in author, 380-381 ; McCon- 

 nell's plan of rescue discouraged by, 

 384 ; understanding of, that no com- 

 munications could reach author in 

 Banks Island, 391. 



Deserts, sea, 613, 735-736. 



Dietetics. »See Eating and Food. 



Dimples among Eskimos, 467. 



Diseases of dogs, 293, 427. 



Dismal Lake, divergent views of, 21-22. 



Dison, Joseph, member of Polar Bear 

 party, 99. 



Dog-Rib Indians, 78. 



Dogs, experiments in feeding of, 61-63 ; 

 harnessing of, 147, 180; action of, on 

 moving sea ice, 148; credit given by au- 

 thor to his, 180 ; breeds of, 180 ; reasons 

 for unfavorable opinion of Eskimo, 

 180-182; behavior of author's, 197; 



