INDEX 



783 



experiences with German silver shoeing 



for sledges, 601. 

 Sweeney, Captain, of the Alaska, 378. 

 Sweets, dislike of Eskimos for, 366. 

 Swenson, Olaf, generosity of, in going to 



rescue of Karluk survivors, 726-730. 



Takpuk, Eskimo reindeer owner, 36. 



Taliak. Eskimo supporter of cause of mis- 

 sionaries, 10.5-106, 109, 111. 



Taptuna, young Copper Eskimo, 426 ; at 

 author's winter base at Victoria Island, 

 427-429. 



Tea, as drunk by Eskimos, 429 ; drinking 

 of, in arctic work, 556-557. 



Teeth, effect of North on the, 411 ; of 

 Eskimos, 414. 



Tent rings of Eskimos, 256, 367. 



Tents, methods of use, 199. 



Terns in Banks Island, 365. 



Terror Island, off Banks Island, 263. 



Thomson, Annie, daughter of Charles 

 Thomsen, 270. 



Thumsen, Charles, 87, 90, 139 ; with Mary 

 Sachs party at Cape Kellett, 268, 270 ; 

 chosen for winter ice party of 1915, 294 ; 

 training in seal hunting by, 316 ; break- 

 ing of salt and tobacco habits by, 365- 

 366 ; fondness of, for caribou marrow, 

 366 ; with Captain Bernard at Cape 

 Kellett base, 396 ; expei'ience in eating 

 bear liver, 481 ; attempted trip of, from 

 Cape Kellett to Liddon Gulf, 599 ; tragic 

 story of death of, 646-654 ; finding of 

 body of, by Castel,651 ; graveof,652,653. 



Thomsen, Mrs. Charles, at Cape Kellett, 

 270 ; winter activities of, 291. 



Tides, on Banks Island, 223-224; ob.ser- 

 vation of, by Wilkins at Cape Kellett, 

 290 ; in Melville Straits, 408 ; on Hassel 

 Sound, 528. 



Tilton, Captain, 47. 



Titalik, Minto Inlet Eskimo girl, 370. 



Tobacco, spread of habit among Eskimos, 

 40 ; use of, by Eskimo women, 64 ; users 

 of, not wanted on polar expedition, 365. 



Toboggan bottoms for sleds, 221-222; 

 proved advantages of, 341. 



Traveling methods in the North, contrasts 

 in, 602-607. 



Tree River, exploration of. 747-748. 



Trout, lake, fish resembling, caught by 

 Copper Eskimos, 420. 



Tulugak, Eskimo at Shingle Point, 468. 



Tupper, Inspector, of Mounted Police, 

 675, 677, 680. 



Turnunirohirmuit, Eskimo people, 422. 



Ugrug (bearded seal), killed at Bernard 



Island, 235. 

 Ulahula River, 92 ; derivation of name, 



92 n. ; amateur game-hunting trip up 



the, 92-93. 

 Umiaks, skin-boats, 37. 



Vegetables, antiscorbutic value of, 594 ; 

 tinned, found in Kellett's depot at Dealy 

 Island, 631. 



Vegetation in arctic regions, 16-17. 



Victoria Island, winter quarters of Polar 

 Bear (1915), 399-400; proposed ex- 

 ploration of, 400 ; caribou on, 401 ; 

 survey of northeast coast of, by Stor- 

 kerson, 404, 406, 407-408, 430-431, 478 ; 

 the autumn in, 405-415. 



Vitamine theory and the Northern diet, 

 411. 



Volki, Fred, boy with Storkerson on drift- 

 ing expedition, 695, 696. 



Walker Bay, winter quarters of Polar Bear, 

 598. 



Walrus, found by Sverdrup, 502. 



War. See Great War. 



Water, fresh, secured from sea ice, 31-32, 

 166, 547. 



Whale, carcass of. at Banks Island, 285- 

 287. 



Whalers, discouraging attitude of, toward 

 author's projected ice trip, 130-131. 



Whales, large schools of, in polar waters, 

 208-209, 217; school of bowhead be- 

 tween Herschel Island and Cape Bath- 

 urst, 387-388 ; wasteful use of, for fer- 

 tiHzer, 389. 



Whaling industry, destruction of, 388-389. 



Whitney, Caspar, 243. 



Wilkins, George H., characteristics of, 55; 

 antarctic venture of, 73 ; creditable 

 showing made by, on first winter journey, 

 90 ; support given author by, 139 ; loss 

 of, to northward expedition, 150-151 ; 

 in command of Mary Sachs at Cape Kel- 

 lett, 270 ; disobedience of author's orders 

 by, and reasons, 271-272 ; magazine 

 article by, quoted on finding of author 

 at Banks Island, 275-277 ; hunting with, 

 in Banks Island, 279-284 ; scientific 

 work accomplished by, at Cape Kellett, 

 290-291 ; as a hard worker, 291 ; as- 

 signed to fetch North Star from Coro- 

 nation Gulf to Banks Island, 295 ; news 

 of, from Eskimo party in Banks Island, 

 370 ; rejoins author at Cape Kellett, 

 445 ; account by, of experiences in re- 



