INDEX 



479 



Whales, Bay of, 320, 356 



Whaling, Antarctic, 266, 378-379; ex- 

 pedition to investigate, 379; ships for 

 the industry, 429 



"White spot," 242 



Wiese, W. J. (V. Y. Vize), 5, 33, 34, 36 



Wijkander, A., 57 



Wild, Frank, 282 



Wilkes, Charles, 249, 254 



Wilkes Land, 247, 248, 254, 317; United 

 States and, 249 



Wilkins, G. H., 130; Arctic sounding, 

 10, 408; biogr. and bibliogr. note, 

 396; Polar exploration by airplane, 

 397-409 



Wilson, E. A., 372 



Wiman, Carl, 375 



Winds, 39; Antarctic, 355; Antarctic, 

 American quadrant, 310, 311; Arctic 

 Pack and, 132; Arctic wind divide, 

 133; plant dissemination by, 145 



Windstaustrom, 276 



Windward, 431, 432, 433 



Wineland the Good, botanical evidence, 



143 

 Winnipeg, Lake, 216-217 

 Winter, Arctic, 212 

 Wireless, for airplane and base, 404; 



position finding in air navigation, 450 

 Wisting, Oskar, 414 

 Wolfer, A., 59 

 Women, Eurasian Arctic, 199; hysteria, 



193; polar Russian, 207 

 Wood, H. E., 358 

 Wood Bay, 326 

 Wood Hills, 83 

 Wordie, J. M., 109, 



322 

 Worsley, F. A., 280 

 Worster, W., 177 



121, 277, 282, 283, 



Wrangel, F. P. von, 127, 138, 139 

 Wrangel Island, 4, 24, 127; as flying 



base, 388, 389; sovereignty, 238; 



Stefansson, and, 241 

 Wright, C. S., 36, 121, 276, 281, 282; 



biogr. and bibliogr. note, 330. See 



also Priestley, R. E., and C. S. Wright 

 Wright, G. H., 349 

 Wiist, G., 272, 274 



Xenomi, 162 

 Xerophytes, 150 



Yakuts, 192 



Yakutsk, frozen ground, 85 



Yakutsk, 126 



Yamal Peninsula, 84 



Yana River, 94, 102 



Yasak, 201 



Yathkyed, Lake, 178 



Yenisei River, 87, 193, 194 



Yermak, 4; Arctic Pack surveys, 96 



Yinretlin, 161 



York, Cape, Eskimos, 184 



Young ice, 107 (ill.), 108, 114 



Young Phoenix, drift, 130 



Yukagir Sea, 126, 127, 138 



Yukon River, 172; delta, 162 



Zarya, 128, 138 



Zarya Harbor, 23 



Zensler, F. A., 122 



Zhokhov Island, 4 



Zoarcidae, 370 



Zoogeography, Antarctic, 355; need of 

 correlation of observations, 163; speci- 

 mens, 163, 164; sub-Antarctic zone, 

 356; unsolved problems, 153 



Zurich Observatory, 59 



Zyryans, 205 



ERRATA 



p. 87, line 13: for Angora Land read Angara Land, 

 p. 138, line 5 from bottom: for Mattisen read Matisen. 

 p. 371, line 5 above footnote: for orsteri read forsteri. 



