INDEX 



781 



Snow glasses, 200-201, 497; Eskimo type 

 of, 497, 501. 



Snowhouses, building of, 172-178 ; ad- 

 vantages of, 283-284 ; of Copper Es- 

 kimos, 418-420 ; an Eskimo's first 

 experience with, 423-424 ; lessons in 

 building, given by author, 434. 



Snowshoes, use of, in polar work, 165. 



Soundings, ocean, 216-217, 220-221. 



Sounding wire, most desirable sort of, 

 171 ; lack of adequate, 274. 



Spitsbergen, glaciers in, 12. 



" Split-the-Wind," Esldmo called, 423. 

 See Emiu. 



Stefansson, V., sails from Nome (.July, 

 1913), 27; arrival at Point Hope, 28; 

 starts for Point Barrow, 28 ; visit to 

 Cape Smythe, 35-40 ; boarding of 

 Karluk off Cape Smythe, 41 ; voyage 

 through the ice to Cross Island, 41-45; 

 error made, in following Atlantic policy 

 of navigation, 48 ; with Karluk caught 

 in ice, leads hunting party ashore, 54- 

 55 ; forms new plans, owing to dis- 

 appearance of Karluk, 69 ; arrival at 

 Point Barrow, 68 ; report made to 

 Government at Ottawa (November, 

 1913), 68-72; satisfactory reply re- 

 ceived from Ottawa, 72 ; spring trip to 

 Cape Halkett (1914), 79; crossing of 

 Harrison Bay, 79-81 ; visit to Leffing- 

 well at Flaxman Island, 86-90 ; arrival 

 at CoUinson Point, 90 ; start eastward 

 from CoUinson Point and meeting with 

 Dr. Anderson, 96 ; conflict in views 

 between Dr. Anderson and, 96-98 ; 

 eastward trip continued, and meeting 

 with Polar Bear party, 99-100 ; Christ- 

 mas (1914) spent on whaler Belvedere, 

 100-101 ; arrival at Herschel Island 

 before New Year's, 103-104 ; joins 

 Mounted Police patrol on trip to Fort 

 Macpherson, 104 ; picks up Storker- 

 son near Herschel Island, 107-108 ; 

 visit to Pedersen and Mason, 108-109 ; 

 called back from Fort Macpherson by 

 CoUinson Point difficulties, 111-120; 

 arrival at CoUinson Point and settle- 

 ment of threatened mutiny of scientific 

 staff, 120-122 ; difference in plans of, 

 from those of other explorers, 126-138 ; 

 trip to Martin Point and beginning of 

 ice journey, 141-152 ; account of first 

 fifty miles of travel on ice, 153-161 ; 

 first snowhouse built by (April, 1914), 

 172-179 ; breed of dogs preferred by, 

 180-182 ; anxious day in May, 190-197 ; 



first seal secured, 198 ; first poiar bears, 

 211-216; sighting of land, 222-225; 

 landing at Bernard Island (June 25, 

 1914), 226-227; record placed in bea- 

 con on Bernard Island, 237; summer 

 in Banks Island, 237-260 ; journey 

 along the coast to Cape Kellett, 260- 

 265 ; finding of Mary Sachs at Cape 

 Kellett, 266 ; news of remainder of 

 expedition, 270-275 ; autumn hunt in 

 Banks Island, 278-284 ; exploration 

 of south end of Banks Island, 287-290 ; 

 winter journey from Cape Kellett across 

 McClure Strait to Prince Patrick Is- 

 land, 293-299 ; mapping of Prince 

 Patrick Island (June, 1915), 312-317; 

 arrival at McClintock's farthest north, 

 318; finding of record, 319-320; rec- 

 ord left by author's party, 321-322; 

 discovery of new land, 324—330 ; rec- 

 ord left on new land, 330 ; exploration 

 of new land, 331-336 ; discovery of 

 LeffingweU Crags (June 20, 1915), 336- 

 337 ; start on journey back to Cape 

 KeUett, 338-350; landing at Mercy 

 Bay, 359 ; traces of abandoned Inves- 

 tigator found, 362-363 ; first crossing 

 of Banks Island, 364-373; meeting 

 with Captain Lane and Polar Bear at 

 Cape Kellett, 374-375; first news of 

 Great War, 375-378; chartering of 

 Polar Bear, 379 ; news from outside, 

 379-386 ; summer visit to Herschel 

 Island (1915), 387-388; excitement 

 caused by arrival at Herschel Island, 

 388 ; purchase of Polar Bear, 393 ; 

 return to Capo Kellett in Polar Bear, 

 395 ; departure from Cape Kellett for 

 the north, 397 ; winter quarters at 

 Victoria Island, 399-404 ; autumn 

 spent in Victoria Island, 405 ; injury 

 from defective ammunition, 406-407 

 ethnological studies, 408-415, 466-471 

 visit to Copper Eskimos, 416-426 

 journey back to Cape Kellett, 435, 445 

 pronunciation of name, by Eskimos, 

 441 ; news from Dr. Anderson, 445- 

 447 ; eventful trip to Cape Alfred, 450- 

 457 ; arrival at winter quarters of North 

 Star, 457 ; winter preparations, 461- 

 464 ; books carried bj% 464-465 ; jour- 

 ney along north coast of Banks Island, 

 472-477, 488; finding of McClintock's 

 record at Cape Fisher, 489 ; serious 

 sprain of ankle, north of Cape Grassy, 

 491; arrival at Cape Murray, 492; 

 northward journey to explore new 



