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INDEX 



McClure, early explorer, 125; polar cattle 

 found by, 240 ; ship Investigator, aban- 

 doned by, found by Eskimos, 240-241 ; 

 inaccuracy of chart made from obser- 

 vations of, 261 ; discovery of Mercy 

 Bay by, 359 ; abandonment of Investi- 

 gator by, 360 ; finding of beacon and 

 record of, near Knight Harbor, 637-638. 



McClure, Cape, 474. 



McConnell, B. M., characteristics of, 55; 

 New York Times interview with, 79-80 ; 

 creditable showing made by, on first 

 winter journey, 90 ; support given au- 

 thor by, 139 ; joins author on northward 

 journey, 144—145 ; description of moving 

 sea ice by, 145-146 ; sent back with 

 others of support party, 160 ; subse- 

 quent career of, 382-383 ; rescue plan 

 of, 383 ; author's gratitude to, for good 

 intentions, 385; story by, of rescue of 

 Karluk survivors, 726-730. 



Mackay, Dr., first impressions made upon, 

 by the Arctic, 35-36 ; with Karluk party 

 on last voyage, 705; last heard of, 710. 



Mackenzie delta, plans for study of, 70-71 ; 

 completion of plans for survey of, 109- 

 110. 



McKinlay, W. L., on board the Karluk 

 caught in the ice, 51 ; letter to author 

 from (1920), quoted, 73; rescue of, on 

 Wrangel Island, 729. 



McLean, J. S., member of commission on 

 domestication of ovibos, 589 n. 



MacMillan, Donald, game found by, 502 ; 

 finding of beacon and record of, in EUef 

 Ringnes Island, 528-529 ; information 

 contained in record, 529-531 ; souvenirs 

 of, a treasure trove, 531-532 ; narrow 

 escape of, from discovering truth about 

 King Christian Island, 536. 



Macmillan Company, books contributed 

 by, to expedition, 463. 



Macpherson, Fort, 14, 104 ; arrival at 

 (1914), 111-112. 



Magic, author requested to exercise, in a 

 case of childbirth, 371 ; Eskimo belief 

 in, 439-440. 



Magnetic pole, local, near Cape Lambton, 

 397. 



Mamayauk, Eskimo woman, 480. 



Manak, tool for securing floating seals, 302. 



Maps, character of arctic, 60 ; native place 

 names on, 440-442. 



Marie Bay, depth of, 349. 



Markham, Sir Clements, quoted, 5 ; cited 

 on vegetation in arctic regions, 16 ; on 

 animal life in arctic regions, 17 ; ref- 



erence by, to "polar ocean without life," 

 126. 



Markham Island, 563. 



Marriage customs among Eskimos, 466- 

 467. 



Marrows, flavor of. 234. 



Marsh, H. R., medical missionary, 76. 



Martin Point, outfitting base. 111 ; journey 

 to (1914), 141-142 ; start on ice journey 

 made from, 142. 



Mary Sachs, schooner, 27; author's plans 

 for use of, 50-51 ; arrival of, at Collinson 

 Point, 66 ; finding of, by author's party, 

 at Cape Kellett, 266-277 ; why sent to 

 Banks Island in place of North Star, 

 271-272 ; wreck of, found by author at 

 Cape Kellett, 644-645; story of last 

 days and destruction of, 655-660. 



Masik, August, found by author at Cape 

 Kellett (1917), 645; help given author 

 by, 662 ; made second officer of Polar 

 Bear, 670 ; volunteers for drifting trip 

 in Arctic Ocean (1918), 695. 



Mason, Willoughby, visit with, 108-109. 



Mauttok method of seal hunting, 305 ; 

 auktok method compared with, 310. 



May, Lieutenant, member of Osborn's 

 party, 549. 



Mecham, Lieutenant, 3 ; cited on veg- 

 etation in arctic regions, 17 ; Prince 

 Patrick Island explored by (1853), 300; 

 inaccuracy of maps made by, 301 ; pos- 

 sibility of living off the country realized 

 by, 322. 



Meighen, A. M., interest of, in domesti- 

 cation of ovibos, 589 n. 



Meighen Island, discoverj' of, 517-520 ; 

 record left in beacon on north end of, 

 524. 



Melville Island, 3 ; traces of polar cattle 

 found in, 240; summer trip along coast 

 of, 344 ; reason why not inhabited by 

 Eskimos, 344 ; animal life on, 344-345 ; 

 McClintock's and Admiralty charts of, 

 350 ; ovibos herd on, 558-560 ; coal on, 

 563 ; killing of ovibos on, 582 ; winter 

 spent in (1916-17), 594-597; finding of 

 Bernier's record on, 624-625. 



Melville Sound, navigability of, 430 ; cross- 

 ing of , in 1917,633. 



Mercy Bay, McClure at, 240 ; hunting by 

 Eskimos about, 241 ; author's arrival at 

 (1915), 359; account of, 359-363. 



Mike, Siberian native engineer, 392. 



Mikkelsen, Ejnar, Danish explorer, 129 ; 

 views of, opposed to author's, 130; 

 "Conquering the Arctic Ice," cited, 441, 



