Index 
525 
Excellent, 238, 240 
Faddiev, 179 
Falkland Islands, 405, 420, 436 
Farewell, Cape, sighted by Baffin, 114 
Faroes, 121 
Fauna, of American Arctic Coast, 
18; of Cape Sabine, 320; of Franz 
Josef Land, 296; of Greenland, 
96; of Melville Island, 209; of 
Spitsbergen, 119, 121, 128 
Feather, T. A., 472 
Feilden, Capt., 304 
Felix, 251, 253, 254 
Felspar crystals, 479 
Fenton, Edward, 90 
Ferrar, Hartley T., 449, 464 et seq., 
472 
Ferrar Glacier, 465, 471 
Fiala, Capt., 293 
Field, Capt., 446 
" Field ice/' 7 
Filchner, his Antarctic expedition, 
442 
Finmarken, 73 ; coast explored by 
Ohthere, 34; geology of, 73 
Finneskos, 334, 342, 462, 478 
Fish, abundance of, 98 
Fisher, Dr, 209 et seq. 
— Rev. George, 213 
Fitzjames, James, 238 et seq.; death 
of, 247 
Fjords, Greenland, 9, 41 
Flag of the Discovery, 447 
Flags, sledge, Nares's expedition, 
304; Scott's, 450 
Flatey Book, 38, 47; account of 
voyage of Leif Erik, 43 
Flensing, 192 
Flinders, Capt., 222 
Floe, Tyson's party adrift on, 301 
" Floe-bergs," 7 
Flora Antarctica, 418 
Flora of American Arctic Coast, 18; 
of Baffin's Bay, 116; of Cockburn 
Island, 423; of Franz Josef Land, 
295; of Greenland, 41, 96; of 
Melville Island, 21 r; of Novaya 
Zemlya, 185, 186; of Waigatz, 64 
Forster, Johann Reinhold, 394 
Fort Enterprise, 224; Providence, 
224 et seq. 
Fortune , 177 
Fossils, Antarctic, 423, 431, 432, 
43 6 > 437. 44° f 5 or , 5° 6 ; penguins, 
438; tertiary, 350 
Foster, Capt. Henry, 216, 423; his 
Antarctic expedition, 400 et seq.; 
death of, 401 
Fotherby family, 124, 126 
Fox, 273, 311; winters in Bellot's 
Strait, 274 
Fox Channel, 154 
Fox, Luke, 137, 151; sails north, 
152 ; discovers relics of Button 
and Munk, 154; meets Capt. 
James, 154; his Narrative, 156; 
map of, 145, 146, 155 
Foyn, Svend, 433, 467 
Fram (Nansen's), 340 et seq.; di- 
mensions of, 340; drift of, 344; 
arrives home, 344; under Sver- 
drup, 347 ; winters in Smith 
Channel, 347; winters in Havn- 
f jord, 348 ; winters in Jones Sound, 
349 
— (Amundsen's), 482 et seq. 
Frangais, 442 
Francis, 86 
Francke, Rudolf, 353 et seq. 
Franklin, Lady, 251 
— Sir John, 222, 238 et seq., 413, 
414; serves with Buchan, 1 98 ; 
at Trafalgar, 223 ; his land journey, 
223 et seq.; marries Miss Porden, 
226; his second land journey, 226; 
marries Miss Griffin, 227 ; last 
expedition sails, 241; death of, 
243; Tennyson's epitaph on, 243; 
his record, 243, 244; retreat of his 
party, 245 et seq. ; search for, 248 
et seq.; Ins winter quarters dis- 
covered, 254; his relics found, 272, 
275. 276, 314 
Franklin Island, 415 
Franz Josef Land, 289 et seq., 345, 
360; explorers of, 293; described, 
293, 294; flora of, 295; fauna of, 
296; birds of, 296; part of Spits- 
bergen, 340; Nansen reaches, 343 
Frederikshaab, 163, 331 
Freeman, Ralph, 106 
French Antarctic expeditions, 407, 
441 
Freuchen, Herr, 370, 380 
Friesland (or Frieslanda), 55, 56, 83, 
85, 88, 95. 160 
Frisland v. Friesland 
Frobisher, Martin, 81; starts his 
Arctic voyage, S3 ; meets Eskimos, 
84; supposed discovery of gold by, 
85 ; his second expedition, 85 ; his 
provisions, 90; authorities for his 
voyage, 91; life of, 91; character 
of, 91; dies, 92; place-names given 
by, 92 
Frobisher Strait, 152, 159 
Frozen soil, depth of, 16 
