INDEX 



Abbott, George P., lv, lvii, 558 



Adam Mountains, 361 



Adare, Cape, xxiii, xxix, xxxiv, 409, 570 



Adelie Land, xxii 



penguins. See Penguins, Adelie 



Adventure, the, xviii 



Albatross, capture of, 39 



Alexander Land, xxi 



Alexandra, Queen, 507 



Amundsen, Roald, telegram to Scott, 4.1 ; 

 arrives in Bay of Whales, 128 ; char- 

 acter, 1 34. ; letter to King of Norway, 

 482 ; forestalls Scott at Pole, 506 ; 

 reason of success, 544 



' Antarctic Adventures ' (Priestley), lxi 



Antarctic Continent, theories of, xxi 



' Antarctic Penguins ' (Levick), lxi 



Antarctic regions, early explorations, xviii ; 

 Ross's expedition, xxv ; importance of 

 Scott's work, lxii ; marine life, 568 



Anton (pony boy), 224, 429 



Aptenodytes forsteri. See Penguin, Em- 

 peror 



Archer, W. W., 429, 438, 472 



Arctic regions, exploration in, xxix-xxxiii 



Arethusa. See Portuguese man-of-war 



Armitage, Cape, 108, 566 



Arrival Bay, xlvi 



Heights, 98, 185 



Atkinson, Edward L., his responsibilities, 

 1 ; on the Terra Nova, 3 ; character, 

 4 ; on South Trinidad, 19 ; accident 

 to foot, in ; lecture on scurvy, 215 ; 

 lost in blizzard, 303 ; Barrier Journey, 

 324 ; in command of First Return 

 Party, 381 ; meets Lashly and Evans, 

 404 ; difficulties during Scott's absence, 

 411 ; attempts to find Scott, 426; 

 in command of Main Party, 427 ; 

 journey to Hutton Cliffs, 428 ; sledge 

 journey, 429 ; fish-trap, 444 ; spring 

 journey, 467 ; reads Burial Service 

 over Scott, 48 1 ; lands in New Zealand, 



572 

 Atmosphere, observations on, 35 

 Aurora borealis, 244 



Balloon Bight, xxxiv, 130 

 Barne Glacier, 184, 307, 459 

 Barrie, Sir J. M., Scott's letter to, 540 

 Barrier, the, Ross's journey, xxiii ; Scott's 

 survey, 1902, xxxiv ; first arrival at, 

 81; Scott's paper on, 214; snow 

 surface, 239 ; Wright's lecture, 455 ; 

 movement, 468 

 Beardmore Glacier, journey across, 350- 



3 6 7 

 Beaufort Island, 557 



Bellingshausen, xxi 



Bernacchi, Cape, 425 



Biology, marine, importance of Ross's 

 expedition, xxvii ; Terra Nova observa- 

 tions, 7, 567 



Bird, Cape, xxiv 



, Mt., 558 



Peninsula, 409 



Biscuit Depot, 473 



Black Island, xxv 



Blacksand Beach, 100 



Blizzards, 112, 447 



Blubber, uses of, lvi 



Bluff Depot, 114, 119,418 



Borchgrevink, xxviii 



Bowers, Lieut. H. R., on Terra Nova, 3 ; 

 character and personality, 4, 208 ; 

 at South Trinidad, 16 ; on Depot 

 Journey, 105 ; on Winter Journey, 

 234; trip to Western Mountains, 306 ; 

 commencement of Polar Journey, 325 ; 

 passage of the Beardmore Glacier, 351 

 seq. ; Plateau Journey, 368 seq. ; body 

 discovered, 480 ; journey to Pole, 496 

 seq. ; return from Pole, 511 seq. 



Bowers, Mrs., Scott's letter to, 539 



Browning, Frank V., lv, lvi, lvii, lviii 



Brown Island, xxv 



Bruce, Wilfred M., 565 



Buckley Island, 362 



Butter Point, 425 



Campbell, Victor, at Inexpressible Island, 

 lii seq. ; on Terra Nova, 2 ; character, 

 4 ; Terra Nova attempts to relieve, 



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