INDEX 
529 
&C., (i.) 310, 404, App. 19, 627— 
final selection of Polar Party, 
(i.) 529 : Table of outward and 
homeward marches on the Bar- 
rier, (i.) 632 . 
First Stage — Barrier — blizzards, 
(i.) 453-7, 474 s^^. 486-92 : 
Gateway reached, (1.) 492. 
man-haulers breaking trail, (1.) 
492 : Motor Party met, (i.) 470 : 
order of march, (i.) 449, 45o, 4^0, 
472 : ponies shot, (1.) 470, 473j 
493, refer also to title Ponies; 
re-arrangement of party, (i.) 
483 : snow-blindness— Meares, (1.) 
490 : steering difticulties, (i.) 475> 
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Second S^ag-e— Beardmore Gla- 
cier, (i.) 494 • accidents— falls 
into cracks and crevasses, (i.) 
496, 510, 512 • Bowers' party, 
progress, &c., (i.) 501. 502, 5^3: 
course steered, (i ) 499, 5o<^, 507 • 
Evans' party, difficulties, &c., (1.) 
497, 501 et seq., strain on Wright 
and Lashly — results of bliz- 
zard, (i.) 495 :— notebook turned, 
(i) 511 and note: pulling with 
full loads, (i.) 497 - re-organis- 
ation of party, (i.) 494 • 
ski, question as to taking on, (1.) 
506 : sledgemeter broken, (i.) 
511 : sledges— exchange, (i.) 502 ; 
iced runners, (i.) 49^*1 ten - foot 
runners, (i.) 501 snow-blindness 
(i.) 497, 498, 507: vigour of 
Scott's Party, (i.) 495, 497, 502 
Third .S^fl^e— Summit Journey- 
Christmas, (i.) 518, feast 520-1 : 
course, (i.) 51 5 ^ l^^ans Party 
tiring — mismanagement ol sledge, 
(i.) 523, 524, 525: hypsometer 
thermometer broken, (i.) 522 : 
Lashly's fall into crevasse, (i.) 
519 : New Year's Day, (1.) 527 : 
Scott's team, continued fitness, 
(i.) 523, 527 : sledges rebuilt 
on ten-foot runners, (i.) 52O : 
southerly wind, (i.) 5^8 
Foiuth Stage— Summit Journey 
continued after departure of last 
return party, (i.) 529, 538, 540 : 
ages of Polar Party, (i.) 5^4 '■ ar- 
rangement in pulling, (1.) 529 : bad 
surface, sandy snow, &c., (i.) 53^ 
et seq., 537, 54^ = bhzzard, (i.) 533 : 
cold felt, (i.) 539, 54^, 544^ con- 
tinued fitness, (i.) 539'. difficult 
steering, (i.) 538, 541 • finnesko, 
condition of, (i,) 54^ - forebodings, 
VOL. II. 
(i-) 537, 545 : heavy pulling, (1.) 
538. 539, 540, 542: mishap to 
watch, (i.) 537 = ^lost southerly 
camp, (i.) 532 : Norwegian flag 
sighted, (i.) 543 : ^ates beginning 
to fail, (i.) 541 : pitching tent, 2//. 
(i.) 534 : Pole reached, (i.) 544, 
545 — Norwegian record and tent, 
(i,) 545 , 
Fifth Stage — Return from the 
Pole — ailments, (i.) 522, 557» 
560, 570 : blizzards, (i.) 549 
seq. : continued fitness of Wil- 
son, Bowers and Scott, (i.) 55i • 
crevasses, falls into, (i.) 360 : 
crevasses, a maze of — the worst 
day, (i.) 5^>6-7, 5^^- ^^'^'^ 
Summit Journey, (i.) 562 : Evans, 
P.O. : — bad frostbites and signs 
of failure, (i.) 55i, 552, 55^, 557, 
560 et seq., 570, 571 ; crevasse, fall 
into, and its effects, (i.) 5<^o death, 
(»•) 572-3 :— food shortage, (i.) 53<> 
—rations reduced, 567,57i:"heavy 
pulling, (i.) 548, 549, 550, 558: 
hunger increasing, (i.) 555. 55^, 559, 
570 : lost articles recovered, (1.) 555, 
558 : Gates beginning to fail— cold 
feet and frostbites, (i.) 549 = sandy 
snow, (i.) 549, 55", 558, 570 : 
Scott's accident, (i.) 559, 5^0 : 
ski boots, signs of wear, (1.) 550 
sleep in spite of anxieties, (i.) 568 : 
sleeping-bags, condition of, (i.) 
555, 559 : steermg impossible — 
snow, (i.) 566 ; tracks lost, (i.) 
547, 553, 554, 559, 560 
Sixth and Last Stage — Keturn 
Journey on the Barrier, (i.) 574 : 
absence of wind, (i.) 579, 580 : 
cairns and tracks, (i.) 57^ 
seq. : finnesko, (i.) 582 : head 
winds, (i.) 582, 587, 589, 591, 
593, 594 : heavy puUmg, (1.) 578 : 
hope lessening, (i.) 584, 585 • 
hunger, (i.) 580 : means of ending 
troubles handed over from medi- 
cine case, (i.) 590 : natural death, 
decision to face, (i.) 599, ^03 : 
Gates failing— condition of feet, 
&c., and consequent delay, (i.) 
583, 585 etseq., death, (i.) 591-2 
rapid closing of season, abnor- 
mal weather conditions, (i.) 578, 
580 et seq., 588, 590 et seq., 
unexpected low temperatures, (1.) 
585 :— shifting sledges, (i.) 574 - 
shortage of fuel at Southern Barrier 
Depot, (i.) 578, App. 26, 630;— 
further shortages at Middle Barrier 
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