INDEX

Adelaide Island, impression as to, [164]
Agassiz, Professor, [54]
Argentine Republic, offer of, [97]
Air charged with drift snow, [258]
Alaculoofs, [98], [99]
Alarming physical condition, [327], [328]
Alexander Islands, [166], [167], [186], [198]
Alexanderland, charted Alexander I. Land, [164]
Alexanderland, inlet north of, [169]
Alcohol, [90]
Alcohol, deleterious effect of, [334]
Ambition, [392]
American discovery, remarkable fact in, [23]
American topics, [327]
Amusement, uncomfortable, [313], [314]
Animal life, [128], [132–134], [140], [141], [183], [186], [198], [201], [210], [236], [239], [242], [243], [248], [255], [256], [258], [260], [269], [270], [273], [274], [277], [287], [293], [294], [313], [327], [334–337], [350], [356], [359], [360], [368], [369], [383], [384], [392]
Amundsen, Roald, mate, appearance of, [42], [127], [136], [141], [147], [158], [244];
presence of mind of, [246];
patching boots, [259];
investigates a light, [286], [287], [300], [335], [349], [378];
resolve of, [382], [383]
Ancient explorers, contrast to, [240]
Antarctic, mainlands of the, [128–131]
Antarctic midnight past, [323]
Antarctic, first camping experience in the, [143]
Antarctic pack, striking peculiarity of, [174], [175]
Antarctic tent, [349]
Antipodes, different surroundings in, [131]
Anvers Island, [148]
Appearances of land deceptive, [272]
April 1st, [244];
2d, [245];
3d, temperature, [245];
4th, latitude, longitude, and temperature, [246];
5th, [246];
temperature, [247];
6th, [247];
8th, [248];
9th, [249];
10th, [253];
11th, [255];
12th, temperature, [257], [269];
latitude and longitude, [270];
14th, temperature, [258];
15th, [258];
16th, [258];
20th, temperature, [259];
21st, temperature, [260];
latitude, [261];
22d, temperature and position, [261];
23d, 25th, [261];
temperature, [262], [263];
latitude and longitude, [264];
26th, temperature and sounding, [267];
28th, temperature, [268];
30th, [269];
latitude and longitude, [270]
Arc Aurora, [242], [253], [254]
Arc snowshoes, [353]
Arctic, redeeming features in the, [295]
Artificial light, [316], [318], [367]
Arctowski, Henryk, geologist, [42];
on Auguste Island, [132], [133], [136], [139], [141], [158], [175], [181];
interviewed by sea-leopard, [211];
in the crow’s-nest, [216];
arranging a new system, [241], [248], [280];
working in the laboratory, [299], [300];
saying of, [334], [335], [336];
on deck, [337], [347];
record of, [391]
Astrup Eivind, [147]
Atmosphere, clearness of, [145]
Auguste Island, [138];
landing at, [131–133]
August second, [358]
Aurora, patches of, [236]
Auroras, [212], [214], [225], [226], [258], [296], [297], [324], [335], [337], [343]
Auroras, antarctic, average strength of, [262]
Auroral display, [238]

“Baking treatment,” [22], [331], [336], [351]
Balaenoptera Sibbaldi, [369]
Banquet, Rio Belgian, [9], [10]
Barrier, [356]
Barros, Trudente de Moreas, President, [9], [13];
attempt to assassinate, [28]
Bay-ice, [186]
Bay of Rio, parting view of, [15]
Beagle Channel, eastward through, [119]
Beauty contest, [250];
official record of, [251], [252];
disputes arising out of, [254]
Bellinghausen, [164], [266]
Belgian Consulate, visitor from, [28]
Belgian national feasts, [336]
Belgians, modesty of, [240]
Belgica, expedition ship, [4–6];
on board the, [13];
leaves Rio, [16];
sleep on the, [17–19];
young bachelors of, [36];
purchase of, [41], [42];
public exhibition of, [44];
flag of, [46], [48];
crowded decks of, [46];
appearance of, [50], [51];
construction, [51–53];
equipment, [53], [55];
laboratory, [55];
library, [56];
quarters, [56], [57];
life on, [58];
leaves Montevideo, [59], [62], [63];
through the pampero, [64];
garb for the south pole, [65];
Chaplain’s duties on, [69], [70], [72], [76], [77], [97], [98];
strikes a reef, [119–121], [137];
anchoring to an iceberg, [140];
cruise to the south, [143], [154], [164], [170];
ploughs between heavy masses of ice, [178], [179], [183], [187];
refuses to mind the helm, [191], [192];
runs before the storm, [194–196], [205];
fear for, [220], [234], [240], [246], [249];
housing of, [256], [257];
serious drift of, [264], [274];
settling of, [268];
in icefloe, [275], [278–280];
normal air of, [290], [293], [296], [297];
in ice-walls, [298], [304], [306], [312];
alive with weird noises, [314], [318], [320], [333], [343];
only speck of human life, [352];
position of, [359], [361];
prepared for sea, [369], [371], [375];
injurious effect on, [376];
in huge drift, [380], [381], [384], [385];
liberatingthe, [393–399], [405]
Belgica Strait, [135];
position and landmarks of, [146–149];
navigation of, [147], [154], [192]
Belgium, Royal Society of, [406]
Bird, a new, [377]
Bird’s-eye view, pictures of, [217]
Biscoe, Captain, [129], [147]
Birds, resting places for, [141]
Bismarck Inlet, [169]
Bismarck Strait, [154]
Blackness, effect of, [281–283]
Blake, the, exploring ship, [43]
Blessing, Dr., [321]
Blow-holes, [328]
Bon voyage, wishes for, [12], [14], [16]
Borgen Bay, debarkments in, [146]
Bransfield Strait, [128], [147]
Brazilian Coast, [16], [18], [19]
Brialmont Bay. See [Weddell Sea]
Bridges, Lucas, Mr., [120]
Bridges, Thomas, Mr., [97]
British explorers, custom of, [240]
Brooklyn Island, [144], [148]
Brussels, municipality of, [406]
Brussels, Royal Geographical Society of, [40], [406]
Buls Bay, [141]
Bunks, [65]
Butter, substitute for, [61]

Calculation, careful, [281]
Calm, unexpected, [224]
Camping equipments, impracticability of, [274]
Camp, site for a, [353]
Canal, entering a, [144]
Canal-making, [396–399]
Canned foods, disgust with, [302], [303]
Canvas suits ineffective, [325]
Cape Anna, debarkment at, [140], [141], [145]
Cape Castillo, [22]
Cape Eivind Astrup, [146]
Cape Errera, [147]
Cape Horn, south of, [121–123]
Cape Lancaster, [147]
Cape Murray, off, [143]
Cape Polonio, in harbour of, [21];
ashore at, [25–27]
Cape Reclus, rounded, [144]
Cape Reynard, [147]
Cape von Sterneck, altitude of, [135]
Castillo Island, off, [20–22]
Castine, cruiser, [32]
Cheerlessness, [319]
Chenal de la Plata, [144]
Christensen, Mr., [42]
Christmas in midsummer, [385], [386]
Chronometers regulated, [324]
Cincinnati, cruiser, [13]
Circumpolar ocean, characteristic ice of, [170]
Cleopatra, the, wreck of, [69]
Clouds, luminous, [270];
stratus and altro stratus, [193]
Coaster, Brazilian, [18], [19]
Coast, following the, [138]
Coast-pilot, French, budget of, [72]
Colchichoali, [107]
Cockburn Channel, in, [94]
Coldest period of the year, [362], [363]
Cold metal, contact with, [262], [263]
Cold not a serious cause of suffering, [257]
Colony, Belgian, [59]
Colours sparingly distributed, [184]
Cornet, [382]
Coming of the night, preparing for the, [208]
Comparisons, [172], [173]
Complaints, [206], [207], [231], [330]
Conclusion, one, [374], [375]
Constellations, new, [17], [18]
Contrast, weird, [196]
Cook, Captain, [223], [266]
Cook, Frederick A., Dr., joins antarctic expedition, [3–5], [7], [19], [21];
volunteers services to expedition, [47], [48];
on the Belgica, [50];
visits sheep farm, [72–76];
efforts to return to the Belgica, [76], [77];
aids Wiencke, [127];
attempts to land, [132], [133], [158];
responds to call, [141], [179];
rescues Gerlache, [189];
plans of, [192];
sleeping on a floe, [212–215];
views ice-pack from crow’s-nest, [216–218], [239], [243], [248];
gives aid, [249], [272];
impressions, [287];
literary work, [300];
omits breakfast, [304], [305];
sees Danco’s illness, [309];
birthday of, [313], [314];
experience of, [321];
method of treatment, [322];
diagnosis of Lecointe’s case, [331];
treats Lecointe, [333], [378];
resolve of, [382];
plans ship’s release, [393]
Crab-eating seals, [229], [242], [243]
Crow’s-nest, [53];
view of pack from, [216–218]

Dallman, German sealer, [129], [155]
Danco, Emile, magnetician, [42], [43], [56], [136], [141], [142], [143], [149], [239];
unable to journey farther, [240];
building a hut, [241], [259], [263];
contrivance of, [273];
observatory of, [280];
illness of, [287], [292];
steadily failing, [296];
keeping up, [300];
sinking rapidly, [303];
failing, [309];
death of, [310];
burial of, [311], [312], [331]
Danco land, [137], [143], [144], [149], [174]
Darkness, soul-despairing, [295]
Darkness, veil of, [276]
Darwin, [96]
Dawn, a long, [334];
shades of, [335]
Day of departure, guesses at, [378]
Day, the darkest, [323]
Days and nights, change in length of, [221]
Days of misery, [160];
rapidly getting shorter, [184], [248];
the darkest, [323];
of promise, [342], [343];
of feasting, [343]
Debarkment, ready for, [29];
fourteenth, [145]
December second, latitude and longitude, [378];
temperature, [379];
sixteenth, temperature, [381]
Deception Island, [126], [192]
Deep-sea creatures, [268], [269]
De Gamboa, Pedro Sarmiento, survey’s Magellan Strait, [83]
De Gerlache, Adrian, Commandant, [4], [5], [22];
projects exploring expedition, [39];
secures the Belgica, [41], [42];
visits Norway, [41], [43];
sinks financial support, [44];
room of, [56], [57];
attempts to land on Auguste Island, [132], [133], [141], [142], [158], [183];
inclines to winter in the pack, [191], [239], [244], [248], [287];
work on ship’s log, [300];
order of, [327], [335];
opinion of, [349], [372]
Departing day, last signs of, [286]
Deplorable condition, [336]
Depth, increase in, [276]
Despondency, [312]
Destination, deceptive nearness of, [352], [353]
Destiny, doubtful, [199–201]
Destruction, threatened, [280]
Detroit de la Belgica, [147]
Diet, [351]
Discoveries, names affixed to, [131];
on the threshold of, [154]
Diurnal range, greatest, [381]
Dobrowolsky, Ass. Meteorologist, [182];
assists Lecointe, [263], [336]
Doyle, A. Conan, [308]
Drake, Francis, Sir, [24];
through Magellan Strait, [83]
Dredges, trawls and, [54]
Drift, [209], [210], [262–266], [269], [271], [276], [297], [315], [337], [338];
longitudinal, [367], [378]
Drift-snow, [227]
Dulce de leche, [61]

Easter Sunday [254], [255]
Edges of the fields, difficulty in determining, [363]
El Cerro, Mount of, [29]
Electric glow, [247]
Electricity, [273]
Elizabeth, Queen, [24]
Elizabeth Island, debarkment at, [77];
sheep-farming on, [77], [78];
discovery by Drake, [78]
Embalmed meats, [208], [232]
Energy decreasing, [300]
Escapes, narrow, [150]
Eskimo model, [336], [337]
Evaporation, [351]
Exact latitude, uncertainty of, [342]
Excursion to iceberg, [286–288]
Expedition, entire success of, [406]
Extended outing, longing for, [345]
Exercise, [334]
Expedition, Belgian Antarctic, in Rio, [4], [6], [7];
farewell to, [12];
project of, [40–45];
feast for, [44];
leaves Antwerp, [45];
at Ostend, [46];
accepts Dr. Cook’s services, [47];
leaves Ostend, [48], [49];
prepared for scientific study, [53];
discomforts of, [93], [96]
Expedition, Danish East Greenland, [43]
Expedition, Vega, [45]

Favourite temperature, [297]
Feast, subscription, [44]
February 7th, 8th, [144];
9th, [146];
12th, [150–152];
13th, [152];
14th, [156–159];
15th, [159];
16th, [162];
longitude, [164];
17th, rate of speed, [167], [168];
18th, [169];
19th, longitude, [172];
sounding, [175];
20th, temperature, [177];
21st, [180];
temperature and position, [183], [184];
22d, [184];
temperature, [187];
23d, [188–192];
latitude and longitude, [189];
24th, [192];
25th, temperature and position, [193];
27th, latitude and longitude, [193], [194];
28th, [194]
Fire, excitement of a, [21], [246]
First duty, [208]
Fishing through a sounding-hole, [284]
Fish, pelagic, [193]
Fiskabolla, [233];
hatred of, [244]
Fissures, large, [268]
Fletcher, Rev. Mr., notes of, [24], [25]
Floes, mysterious turning of, [210];
tendency of, [239];
disheartening change of, [278–280];
grown to encouraging dimensions, [305];
protecting, [306];
charged with bergs, [375];
lessening slowly, [381]
Flores Island, heading for, [28]
Food, dissatisfaction with, [231–233], [397], [398], [405]
Force expended, [297]
Fuegian life, studies of, [192]
Fuegians, the unknown, [98]
Fuel, necessary to economise, [256]
Fur sealers, American, [129]

Game, difficulty of bringing in, [243]
Gaston Islands, [138]
Geographical problems proven, [265]
Giant petrels, [222], [223]
Glaciers, [124]
Gold-mining, [86], [89], [90]
Government, Chilean, [100]
Grahamland, [148], [151], [152], [155], [192];
questions as to coast of, [163]
Grand Island, [148]
Gray days, [204]
Greenland, regions about, [295]
Gregory Bay, landing in, [69–72]

Hail storm, debarking in, [30]
Halos, [363]
Harry Island, landing on, [136], [137]
Health, [301], [302], [307], [334], [335], [362]
Heart action, [291], [292]
Heated discussions, [327]
Heavens, brightness of the, [247]
High temperature, danger of, [296]
Highway, [147], [197]
Hoarfrost, fur of, [351]
Home-going, [400], [401]
Hope Harbour, in, [92]
Horizon, cheerful glow of, [336]
Horses, Patagonian, [72], [73]
“Hotel,” captain’s, [280]
Hotel Oriental, night’s rest in, [31]
Housebuilding, [248], [249]
Hovgaard, Captain, [45]
Howard, Mr. Thomas W., U. S. Consul to Uruguay, [37]
Hughes Inlet, in, [133], [134]
Humidity, suffering caused by, [257]
Hummocks, [273], [287]

Ice, wall of, [128], [130], [135–139];
varieties of, [153];
new world of, [154], [155];
start out over the, [179];
rambling through, [202];
signs of pressure on the, [225];
crevassed, [239];
commotion in the, [253];
spreading of the, [255];
new, [328];
purple, [335];
experience of greenish yellow, [353];
now most continuous, [363];
studying the changes of, [386–388];
thickness of, [388]
Icebergs, the first, [122], [129];
grazing on, [168], [169];
seventy-eight, [175];
different forms ascribed to, [180–182], [195–198];
disturbing element of, [229], [230];
huge tabular, [239];
changing positions of, [305];
winter effect upon, [330], [384]
Ice-blink, [161], [195], [198]
Ice crystals, [245], [260], [287]
Ice-fields, [287]
Ice-flowers, [237], [238]
Ice-pack, colours of the, [225]
Ice pans, size of, [197]
Ice-plain, snowless, [380]
Ice-ramming, two days of, [198]
Ice-surface, condition of, [350], [351]
Ice-haze, opaque circle of, [371]
Igloo, [357], [358]
Imprisoned in sight of open sea, [400]
Incident, startling, [285], [286]
Indian huts, sites of, [95]
Individual floes, movement among, [274], [275]
Insomnia, [374]
Islands, [94], [95]

Jackson apparatus, [354]
January 1st, [386];
5th, [390];
9th, [391];
sounding, [392];
12th, [393]
Johansen, [336]
Journey due north, [239], [240]
June 1st, [303], [304];
2d, temperature, [304];
3d, [305];
temperature, [308];
4th, [309];
5th, [310];
7th, [311];
temperature, [312];
10th, [312];
temperature, latitude and longitude, [314];
10th, temperature, [329];
12th, temperature, [214];
19th, temperature, [318];
22d, temperature, [323];
24th, temperature, latitude and longitude, [324];
26th, [325];
29th, [326]
July 4th, Independence Day, [327];
8th, temperature, [328];
12th, [330];
14th, temperature, [333];
15th, [334];
17th, [334];
21st, temperature, [335];
latitude and longitude, [337];
22d, [339];
23d, [342];
temperature, [343];
24th, [343];
temperature, [344];
25th, [344];
31st, temperature, [350], [354]
Jupiter, [324]

Kartenaar, the, cruiser, [46]
Keeping watch, [360], [361]
Killing a seal, [222]
Knudsen, [125], [336]
Koren, Y., [182], [242], [243]
Kydbolla, [232], [233]

Labours appreciated, [406]
Lamp chimneys, substitutes for, [318]
Lamplight necessary, [269]
Lamp specialist, [318]
Land life, forms of, [18]
Larder, addition to, [330]
Larsen Islands, debarkment on, [138], [139]
Latitude and longitude, [189], [198]
Latitude, [194];
farthest south, [297]
Laurys, Consul, [8]
Lawrence, John, Mr., [97]
Leads, large, [235];
large open, [236];
converted into lakes, [237];
breadth of, [239];
green colours of, [262];
general direction of, [353], [368], [379]
Lecointe, George, captain, [4];
describes final departure, [48], [49], [56], [57];
victim of Mal de Mer, [66];
visits sheep farm, [72–76];
efforts to return to the Belgica, [76], [77];
volunteers to rescue Wiencke, [127], [128], [136];
reports discovery of islands, [143];
sees first south polar star, [162], [164], [181];
obtains an observation, [189], [215], [221];
pays a forfeit, [244];
puts up box-shaped house, [248];
first observation in new house, [249];
mending instruments, [259];
tries observations, [261];
sighting the stars, [262], [263], [276];
sees inexplicable light, [285];
deduces position, [297];
completes details, [300];
certificate presented by, [313];
experiment of, [314];
in the “baking treatment,” [321];
good humour of, [330];
bad symptoms of, [331];
recovery of, [333];
elation of, [337];
appearance of, [341], [349], [378];
observations, [391], [395]
Legation, Belgian, [3]
Leopold, King, [41];
visits the Belgica, [47];
birthday of, [249], [250], [386], [406]
Leptonychotes Weddelli, [383]
Le Maire, navigator, [83]
Lichens, moss and, [141]
Liege Island, [137], [145], [148]
Life, only cheerful, [183];
on the pack, [202];
value of, [372]
Livingston Island, [123], [124]
Light daily increasing, [330]
Loboden Carcinophaga, [368], [383]
Londonderry Island, on, [95], [96]
Long night, commencement of, [278];
fifth day of, [288]
Low Island, [128]

Machine, Monacho, [55]
Magalhães, Fernão de, [67–69]
Magelestris, [186]
Magellan, [82], [98]
Magellan Strait, fortification of, [83]
Magdalene Sound, through, [93]
Mail, reading the, [405]
Mainland, continuation of, [162]
Mal de mer, [65], [66]
March 1st, latitude and longitude, [264];
4th, [201];
sounding, [202];
13th, [206];
15th, [211];
16th, [214];
temperature, [218];
17th, temperature, [221];
18th, [221];
19th, [223];
20th, temperature, latitude and longitude, [227];
21st, [230];
22d, temperature, [234];
23d, temperature, [234];
25th, [236];
26th, temperature, [237];
27th, [238];
28th, [241], [401];
29th, [241];
31st, temperature, [243]
Maury, Lieutenant, [54]
May 1, [274];
16th, latitude and longitude, [281];
17th, [283];
temperature, [284];
18th, [286];
health and spirits, [289–292];
22d, temperature, [292];
27th, temperature, [294];
29th, [296];
temperature, [297];
31st, latitude, [367];
latitude and longitude, [297];
temperature, [298]
Meal, a needed, [354];
time in preparing a, [356]
Medicament of little service, [331], [332]
Megaptera Boops, [369]
Melaerts, J., [336]
Men, humorous and sorrowful sight of, [173];
kept busy, [305]
Menendez, Alexander, Chilean sheep-farmer, [72], [73–75], [107]
Mending, [259]
Meteorological work, [300]
Michotte, the cook, importance of, [182];
strength of, [331]
Midnight, darkest days of, [318–321]
Midnight thaw, [318]
Mirage of the moon, [299]
Mirages seen for the first time, [184]
Mission, success of, [390], [391]
Mist, opaque, [361]
Monotony, effect of, [301]
Mount Allo, [130], [138]
Mount Brugman, [137]
Mount Buena Vista, form of, [22]
Mount Pierre, [130]
Mount Sarmiento, glaciers of, [94]
Mount William, [147]
Montevideo, cable message to, [405];
in the harbour of, [28];
city of, [29], [31–33];
University of, [33];
time spent in, [35];
promenades of, [36];
charming women of, [36], [37];
general impressions of, [38]
Monte-Video, San Felipe de, [31]
Month of August, disappointment in, [362]
Months, happiest, [270], [271]
Moon, anomalous faces of the, [206];
curious attraction of the, [247];
first glimpse of, [269], [270]
Monotony, [326]
Mother Earth, substitute for, [306]
Murray, John, “Antarctica” of, [265]
Mysterious land signs of, [185], [186]

Nansen, Fridtjof, Dr., [43];
wires Belgian expedition, [45];
health of crew of, [321];
pattern of, [347];
tent plans of, [348]
Nansen Island, [144], [148]
“Nansen,” the mascot, [325], [326]
Narratives, part suppressed of, [290]
Nautical observations, conditions permitting, [172]
Navigation, extreme difficulty of, [185]
Navigation, season for, [188]
Neumayer Channel, [148]
Neumayer, Dr., [45]
News, happiest, [338]
Newspapers, [404]
Newly discovered land, formal taking possession of, [240]
New Year’s Day, [386–389]
Nights, character of, [176], [177]
Night of special interest, [151], [152]
Noises, [132], [187], [197], [198], [297]
Noonatak, ascent of a, [141–143]
Noonataks, [138]
Nordenskiold, Professor, [39]
Notable sights, [146]
Northerly winds, characteristic of, [261]
November 4th, [18];
7th, [19];
8th, [20];
10th, [27];
9th, [373];
16th, storm on, [61–64];
25th, latitude and longitude, [373];
26th, [274], [376];
temperature, [375];
27th, temperature, [377]

Observations, [263]
Occupations, [269], [382]
Oceanography, [54]
October 15th, [367];
29th, [30]
Officers and men, work of, [397], [398]
Official holidays, [336]
Official weather forecasts, [350]
Ogmorhynus Leptonyx, [383]
Omnatoplesca Rossi, [392]
Onas, notes on the, [97];
the giant, [99];
homes of, [99], [100];
trouble with, [100], [101];
population, [102], [103];
physical development, [103], [104];
mental equipment, [104];
language, [105];
food, [105], [106];
delegation to sheep farm, [106–108];
weapons, [108], [109];
chase, [109], [110];
clothing, [110];
house, [111];
family, [112];
Ona girl, [112–114];
marriage relations, [114–116];
unwritten laws, [116], [117];
morals, [117], [118]
Open leads, no, [336]
Open sea, heading for the, [400]
Open spaces of water, special study in finding, [363], [364]
Opinion, difference of, [206], [207]
Ossifragea gigantea, [383]
Ossifrages, [186]
Osterrieth, Madame, [44]
Osterrieth Mountains, [146]
Outhouses, [273], [280]
Outlook, melancholy, [294]

Pack, expansion of, [228], [229];
appearance of, in drift snow, [235];
danger of venturing over the, [268];
movement in the, [374], [375]
Pack-ice, southward through the, [163], [164];
in the, [183];
travelling over, [386];
last latitude of, [400]
“Pack Loafer’s World,” [232]
Pagodroma nivea, [381]
Palmer archipelago, [148]
Palmer, Nathaniel, Captain, [129], [148]
Pampero, [61–64]
Panorama, view of new, [163]
Pans separated, [359], [360];
diminution of, [379]
Paraselenas, [247], [258], [363]
Parhelias, [245], [247], [258], [260], [363], [371]
Patagonia, along the coast of, [64–66];
sheep farming in, [73–75]
Paths, [273]
Patria, the, [41]
Peary, Arctic Expedition, [331]
Peary, Lieutenant, [147], [316]
Peary, Mrs., [7]
Peculiar phenomena, [389]
Pedersen, Captain, [41]
Penguins, [78], [79];
city of, [143], [186], [187];
royal, [193], [198], [201], [202], [210];
weird response of, [224], [229];
meat use of, [234];
group of, [235];
tracks, direction of, [239];
meat, [333], [334];
hunting, new system of, [382]
Peter Island, [202], [265]
Petrels, [193], [198], [201], [218], [229]
Phosphorescent snow, [286]
Phosphorescence, tests of, [367], [368]
Photographic, day, a, [145]
Photographs, feeble light for, [262], [293], [373]
Photograph, midnight, [144]
Physical appearance, [398]
Physical loss, [291]
Physiognomies, curious, [404]
Polar anæmia, [302], [321], [322], [331]
Polar farm, [279]
Polar night, attractions of, [366]
Polar regions, reasons for fascination of, [218–220]
Polar river, great, [356]
Polar summer, passing into, [370]
Polar work, Brazilian versions of, [7]
Port Famine, [84]
Predecessors, historical record of, [129], [130]
Premonitions, [190]
Presidents, methods for changing, [28], [29]
Pressure, great, [298]
Prismatic effects, [260]
Programmes, long series of new, [192], [372]
Puntas Arenas, growth of, [80];
astonishing character, [81], [82];
history of, [82–86];
street scenes, [86–88];
location, [88];
result of discoveries, [88–90];
architecture, [90];
immigrants, [90], [91];
leaving, [92];
in port at, [401–405]

Questions, [315]

Racovitza, Emile, zoölogist, in advance of expedition, [8], [42];
arrangements made by, [81], [132], [133], [136];
discovery of, [143];
finds sea algae, [175];
plans of, [192];
studies, [241], [242];
kills seals, [243], [244];
patches pantaloons, [259];
fishes, [267], [268];
in the laboratory, [299];
plans a book, [300];
humor of, [337];
plays whist, [344];
sees new bird, [377];
gets specimens, [391];
remark of, [395], [405]
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, [83]
Recreation, [239]
Recuperation, backwardness in, [365], [366]
Regions, disheartening series of, [351]
Renewed interest, [342]
Resting place for the night, [150]
Results, [390], [391]
Retribution, H. M. S., [32]
Reynard, H. I., Mr., originator of first Magellanic sheep farming, [77], [78]
Rhodes, [91]
Ridges, [272], [273]
Rio de Janeiro, city of, [10–12]
Rio de la Plata, importance of the, [22], [23];
in the, [59], [60]
Rio, from Madeira to, [17]
Rio Grande do Sul, province of, [20]
Rising, difficulty of, [303], [304]
Ross seals, [392]
Routine, regular, [301]
Royal Geographical Society opens subscription list, [41]

Sail Rock, [125], [126]
Samples of sea life, [299]
Sanarelli, I., Dr., Italian bacteriologist, [33–35]
Sandy Point, first sight of, [79]
Schollaert, Mr., Minister of the Interior, [44]
Schouten, navigator, [83]
Scene, a despairing, [196];
fairy-like, [352]
Scientific staff, short excursions of, [227];
return home of, [405]
Sea algae, [175], [217], [286]
Sea-ice, [229], [230]
Sea lanes, [217]
Sea-leopard, [210], [211]
Seals, [186], [198], [201], [202], [210], [328], [329];
examine tent, [360];
killed, [277];
means of obtaining, [382]
Sealers, Norwegian, [40]
Sealing, [27]
“Seal, new,” [180]
Seal shooting, [293]
Securing game, efforts in, [364]
Sensation, a strange, [199]
September 8th, temperature, [363]
Settlement, penal, [84], [85]
Sheep farming, [73–76], [86], [89], [100], [102]
Ship arranged for the winter, [271], [272]
Short-lived hilarity, cause of, [372], [373]
Sierra Du Fief, [147]
Sight, an exciting, [204–206]
Signs, constant, [203];
deceptive, [186];
of nearness to open sea, [275], [276]
Silence, [343]
Situation, a curious, [199]
Ski, on, [235], [239], [248], [274], [306], [319], [320], [329], [353], [384]
Ski-travelling, excellent, [239]
Skis and sledges, difficulty of using, [242]
Skis, Norwegian, [228]
Sledge journeys, [349]
Sledges, lesson learned regarding, [244]
Sledging party, return of, [359], [362]
Sledge-shoeing, [351]
Sledging-party, [349]
Sledge travelling, [350–353], [355], [356], [359–362]
Sleep, character of, [201]
Sleeping bag, [212], [214]
Smith Island, [123]
Snowfall, total, [379]
Snow, filled with, [371], [372]
Snowhouse, building the second, [356], [357];
sojourn in, [358]
Snow made adhesive, [242]
Snow-shoes, [222];
travel on, [228]
Snow showers, [376]
Social enthusiasm worn out, [385], [386]
Society, Rio Geographical, [10], [12]
Solid ground, longing for, [386]
Solvay, Mr., promoter of science, [40]
Sophie Rocks, opposite, [144]
Sounding, [202];
deep-sea, [189]
Soundings, [121], [122]
South America, milk and butter in, [60], [61];
most noted man in, [33]
South American cities, growth of, [25]
Southern cross, [315]
South polar exploration, season for, [43]
South polar lands shielded, [203]
South Shetland Islands, [121–125], [128], [129]
Special feast, [313]
Star, first south polar, [162]
Steaming slowly westward, [152]
Staten Island, final adieu at, [121]
Steubenrach, Mr., [100]
Storm, a melancholy, [126–128];
demons, [62–64];
effect of, [220–224];
off Patagonia, [61–64];
on edge of the pack, [194–197]
Storms, temperature after, [227]
Stoves, [316–318]
Strait of Magellan, in the, [69–71]
Suits, different styles of, [347]
Summer nightless days, [373], [374]
Sun, a peep at the, [224];
unreliable as a fixed point, [261];
sight of the returning, [339–342];
normal face of the, [344], [345];
highest altitude of, [387]
Sun effect, [283], [284]
Sunset phenomena, [187], [188], [190];
strikingly beautiful, [19], [20]
Sunday jaunt, [293]
Sunday, observance of, [296]
Sunburst, slight suggestion of, [277], [278]
Sunshine, rarity of, [376]
Surroundings, new charms of, [201]
Surprise, ornithological, [171]
Survey, [145]
System, American Sigsbee, [54]

Tabular iceberg, deceptive nearness of, [352];
distance and appearance of, [355], [356];
reached, [383–385]
Task, first large, [121]
Temperature, [137], [209], [210], [218], [224], [333];
maximum and minimum, [363], [372], [373];
normal, [377], [383]
Temperatures at various depths, [189]
Tent pitched, [353], [354], [360], [361]
Tents, [348]
Terre de Danco, [149]
Thaw coming, [222]
Tierra del Fuego, [186], [390]
Tollefsen, [179];
permanently deranged, [385]
Top line, [287]
Tonite, [53];
explosive power of, [394], [395]
Torro, the, gunboat, [92]
Tracks, [335]
Transformation, rapid, [208], [209]
Treatment, system of, [332]
Trenches, cutting, [393], [394]
Triangulation, sights made for, [138]
Trophies, [385]
Tropical night, approach of, [16]
Twilight, bright blue, [344];
midday, [288], [299]
Two days gale, [370–372]
Two Hummock Islands, [136]

Undercurrent, suggestion of an, [375]
Uruguay, sandy beds of, [27], [28];
population, [31];
imports, [32];
fruit and vegetables of, [60]
Ushuaia, small town of, [97]

Van der Steen, Count, Minister of Belgian Legation, [3], [4], [6], [8], [9], [12], [16]
Van Mirlo, desperate effort of, [361]
Van Wyck Island, [148]
Van Wyck, Mayor, [148]
View, general aspect of, [272], [273]
Vapour, peculiar, [287]
Ventilation, best means of, [256]
Vessel, desperate attempt to reach, [361], [362]
View, superb, [136], [137]
Volunteers called for, [141]
Visit of penguins and seals, [210]

Walk, awkward, [402], [403]
Wandel, Commander, of Copenhagen, [43]
Warm weather, constant complaints of, [277]
Watches, [355]
Water-sky, [171], [185], [187], [217], [305]
Water supply, [139], [140]
Wauwermans Islands, [147]
Weather unendurable, [308]
Weddell sea-leopards, [356]
Weddell Sea, search for opening into, [135]
Welcoming the day, [342]
Westerly, a chance to push, [193]
Whaleboat Sound, in, [94], [95]
Whist, game of, [304]
White House, [8]
White rainbow, or fog-eater, [262]
White Squadron, [32]
Wiencke, loss of, [126–128]
Wiencke Island, [147]
Wild life, stirs of, [165]
Wilhelmina Bay, [143]
Wilhelmina, Queen, [46], [386]
Wilke, [266]
“Williwaws,” [93]
Wind, fury of the, [20], [21];
weather depending on the, [258], [310];
service of, [388]
Winter campaign of work, [241]
Wintering in the pack, opposition to, [191], [192]
Work, first and most important, [271]
Women, first glimpse of, [403]

Yacht Club, Antwerp, [46]
Yahgans, [99]
Yankee Harbour, [192]
Yellow fever, germ of, [33–35]