INDEX 



779 



trip to Fort Macpliersou with, 104- 

 108 ; a believer in author's survival, 

 380 ; triumph of, on author's return to 

 Herschel Island, 388. 



Phonograph, Eskimo attitude toward, 

 428. 



Pikalu, Eskimo companion, 400 ; with 

 Captain Gonzales in visit to Minto 

 Inlet Eskimos, 430-437. 



Pike, Warburton, 243. 



Pim, Bedford, possibility of Uving off the 

 country realized by, 322. 



Plants. See Vegetation. 



Point Barrow, arrival at (1913), 68; 

 action of ice on beach at, 509-510; 

 "rescue" of whalers caught in ice at, 

 579-580. 



Point Hope, arrival of Karluk at, 28. 



Polar Bear, Captain Lane's ship, 41 ; 

 visit to winter quarters of (1914), 99; 

 support of party given author at time 

 of Collinson Point trouble, 118; guests 

 from, at Martin Point, 142 ; arrival 

 at Cape Kellett, 374 ; first news of 

 Great War brought by, 375-378 ; char- 

 tered by author, 379 ; bought by au- 

 thor, 393 ; decision as to officers and 

 crew of, 395-390 ; winter quarters 

 of, off Victoria Island, 399-400; Stor- 

 kerson's favorable report as to condi- 

 tions on (191G), 565; failure of, to 

 reach Melville Island, 568 ; real story 

 of, in summer of 1916, 625-627; Gon- 

 zales' conduct in sailing away from 

 Cape Kellett in, 659-660 ; recovery 

 of, by author, and last of Gonzales, 

 664-666 ; stranding of, at Barter Is- 

 land (1917), 671-672; selling of, at 

 Nome, 686. 



Polar bear liver, question whether poi- 

 sonous, 479-482. 



Polar cattle, name chosen for musk-ox or 

 ovibos, 238-239 ; discussion of, 239-240 , 

 extinction of, in Banks Island, 241 ; 

 eyesight of, 307 ; not attacked by 

 wolves, 324 ; killing of two old bulls 

 at Melville Island, 347-348; detec- 

 tion of musk odor in, 348 ; later speci- 

 mens seen on Melville Island trip, 349 ; 

 slow thinking powers of, 349. See 

 Ovibos. 



Polar exploration, four stages in, 1-6. 



Polygamy and polyandry among Eski- 

 mos, 466. 



Polynia Islands, mentioned by McClin- 

 tock, 314 ; visit to, and discussion of, 

 324-326. 



Pots, clay, 38. 



Pressure ridges, formation of, 509-510; 

 reasons for Nansen's statement as to 

 height of, 514 ; Sverdrup quoted on, 

 514 ; shells heaped on, by ice action, 

 515-516. 



Primus stoves, use of, 203, 597, 698. 



Prince Albert Sound, "blond Eskimos" 

 of, 400, 418, 468; murder charge laid 

 against author by Eskimos of, 566. 



Prince of Wales Strait, winter quarters 

 of Polar Bear in, 399. 



Prince Patrick Island, viewed as northern 

 boundary of arctic life, 126 ; arrival 

 at (June 4, 1915), 299; description of, 

 by Mecham, 300 ; absence of game on, 

 301 ; mapping of, completed by au- 

 thor, 312-317. 



Pronunciation, white and Eskimo, 440- 

 442. 



Providence Point, 361. 



Ptarmigan, on Banks Island, 237-238 ; on 

 Eight Bears Island, 342 ; on Lougheed 

 Island, 544. 



Pusimmik, wife of Pikalu, 408, 412. 



Rae, Dr. John, Eskimos' name for, 442. 



Raglan Range, 562, 608. 



Raised beach lines in the North, 509-510 ; 

 at Cape Isachsen, 510 ; on Meighen 

 Island, 521. 



Rampart House, arrival at, in 1918, 683- 



Ramsay Island, lUun's camp at, 437-439. 



Ravens in vicinity of Banks Island, 238, 

 242. 



Reindeer, at Cape Smythe, 36 ; essen- 

 tially an arctic animal, 475 ; intro- 

 duction of, into Alaska, 580 ; ovibos 

 as a possible superior to, as a domestic 

 animal, 588-589. 



Rice, value as food, 191-192 ; cooking of, 

 192. 



Richardson, Sir John, early explorer, 25. 



Ridges, gravel, heaped up by ice pressure, 

 509-510. See Pressure ridges. 



Ritle, accident in using, 406-407. 



Ringnes Islands, 498. 



Robilliard Island, 459. 



Rocky soil of Victoria Island, 401. 



Rood, H. E., New York Sun article by, 

 384-385. 



Ross, Sir John, 3. 



Ross's gull, finding of eggs of, 522. 



Royal Northwest Mounted Police, quality 

 of men who compose, 104. 



Ruby, navigation of, by Captain Cottle, 

 102 ; supplies sent on, by Government, 



