INDEX 



471 



Larsen, H. R. See Riiser-Larsen 



Larus dominicanus, 373 



Laurie Island, 279 



Ldini, no 



Leads, or lanes, in sea ice, 117 



Ledyanoi zabereg, 109, 115 



Lemmings, collared, study of, 158 



Leptonychotes weddelli, 376 



Lerwick, 58 



Leshaft, E., 104, 105 



Lichens, 149; Antarctic, 344 



Lifeless frozen North, theory of, 211 



Lightning Channel, 272 



Limicolae, 363 



Lincoln Sea, 119, 120 



Little Diomede Island, 170 



Little Taimyr Island (Tsesarevich Alexei 



Island), 84 

 Littlehales, G. W., 446, 448 

 Liverworts, 344 

 Living off the country, 341 

 Lobodon carcinophagus, 376 

 Lockyer, W. J. S., 291, 292 

 Loeb, Jacques, 367 

 Lohmann, H., 270 

 Lonely Island (Ensomheden), 4 

 Lonnberg, Einar, 366 

 Los Angeles (airship), 388 

 Low, A. P., on Arctic geology, 63 

 Luitpold Land. See Prince Luitpold 



Land 

 Lyakhov Islands, 126, 138 

 Lycenchelys, 370 

 Lyons, H. G., 279 



M'Clintock, Sir Leopold, 212, 213 



Macaroni penguin, 373 



MacKay, A. H., 150 



Mackenzie River, valley, 41 



McLennan, J. C, 60 



McMillan, J. G., 64, 66 



MacMillan, D. B., Arctic expeditions, 

 242; magnetic observations, 57, 60; . 

 magnetic records, 54 



Macquarie Island, 356; mammals, 366; 

 meteorological station, 287; vegeta- 

 tion, 349, 364 



Macrobiotus antarcticus, 364 



Macrocystis, 347 



Macronectes, 371 



Magnetic charts, improvement in, 53 



Magnetic compass, 405; air navigation 

 by, 390; direction finding by, in flying, 

 452 _ 



Magnetic declination, 53; air naviga- 

 tional chart of the Arctic Regions 

 (map), 54; Arctic lines of equal dec- 

 lination for 1926 (diagr.), 55; charts, 

 improvement in, 53 



Magnetic observations in high latitudes 



needed, 57, 58 

 Magnetic pole, 321 

 Magnetic storms, 58 

 Magnetism, 53; Antarctic, 265; long 

 observations desirable in high lati- 

 tudes, 56; records published, 54-55; 

 unsolved problems and importance 

 of more data, 53 



Makarov, S., 92, 96, 99, 105 



Mammals, 334; Antarctic, 366, 370 



Mammoth, America, 68; Siberia, 87, 

 89 



Man, 334 



Mangin, L., 347 



Many-years-old ice, 135 



Marc St. Hilaire method, 446 



Marine algae, 347 



Marine deserts in the Arctic Sea, 221; 

 Nan sen's views, 13 



Markham, Sir C. R., 123, 213 



Marmer, H. A., 269; Arctic tides, 17-24; 

 biogr. and bibliogr. note, 16 



Marriage, polar Russians, 207 



Marsupials, 357, 358 



Mastodon, North America, 68 



Mathiassen, Therkel, 167, 168, 170, 178, 

 179 



Matisen, F. A., 23, 138 



Matthew, W. D., 160 



Matochkin Shar, 58 



Maud, 4, 8, 446; air observations from, 

 by Sverdrup, 30, 31 (diagr.); drift, 9; 

 electric observations, 60; magnetic 

 observations, 54, 55, 56; tidal observa- 

 tions, 20 



Mawson, Sir Douglas, 252, 263, 265, 

 273, 282, 287, 288; biogr. and bibliogr. 

 note, 252; magnetic observations, 57; 

 polar skua, 372; Unsolved problems 

 of Antarctic exploration and research, 

 253-266 



Meanook, 58 



Meat, Arctic potential production, 229; 

 reindeer and musk-ox, 230 



Mecking, Ludwig, 123 



Megaptera, 378 



Meighen Island, 6 



Meinardus, Wilhelm, 291, 292 



Meisenheimer, Johannes, 360 



Melanostigma, 370 



Melt- water, 102 



Melville Island, 225 



Mer Glaciale. 246, 247 



Mercanton, P.-L., 55 



Mercator projection, 455 



Merz, A., 274 



Mesosalinity of polar waters, 275 



Mesothermy of polar seas, 271 (with 

 diagr.), 272 (diagrs.), 272-273, 274,275 



