INDEX
- Adelie penguin, a solitary, [160]
- Albacore, a shoal of, [55]
- Albatrosses, fishing for, [183], [191]
- Antarctic Circle, weather in the, [139]
- Antarctic exploration, Commander Wild on, [172]
- Argles, Mr., [155], [156], [157], [190]
- Ascension Island, [231]
- intense heat of, [231] et seq.
- Aurora Australis, a glimpse of the, [158]
- Bergs (see [Icebergs])
- Billiards at Gritviken, [194]
- Binney, Mr., and his dog, [194]
- Bird-covered bergs, [118], [119]
- Bird Island, [191]
- Bird-shooting, [207], [210]
- Biscuit-pie, recipe for, [221]
- Bonnivale, a week-end at, [227]
- Bull-fight, a Portuguese, [34]
- Bull-fights, Spanish, [37]
- Bullock-cars, [42]
- Burlings reef, [29]
- Butterfly-hunting at St. Vincent, [52]
- Campbell, Captain Gordon, war work of, [14]
- Cape Saunders, a survey of, [188]
- Cape Town, welcome at, [227]
- Cape Valentine, [174]
- Cape Verde Islands, impressions of, [49], [51]
- Carl (whaler), [108]
- Carr, Major, accident to, [82]
- Christmas in Southern Seas, [82] et seq.
- Clerk Rocks, volcanic eruptions on, [116]
- Coal-sifting, [59]
- Coal-trimming, [15], [18], [47], [79], [155]
- Coaling at Port Olaf Harbour, [190]
- Cod-fishing in South Georgia, [188]
- Compass adjustment, experiences of, [11], [15]
- Cook, Captain, discovers South Georgia, [97]
- Cornwallis Island, [175]
- Crabs on St. Paul’s Rocks, [62], [64]
- Cronk, Mr., and his farm at Ascension Island, [234]
- Cumberland Bay, [196]
- Deer-hunting in South Georgia, [109]
- Dell, Mr., as coal-trimmer, [155]
- Divers, light-fingered, [50]
- Donkey riding at St Vincent, [51], [52]
- Douglas, Mr., [206], [208], [215]
- and a defective harpoon, [143]
- and Sir E. Shackleton’s grave, [194]
- as footballer, [169]
- buys lace at St. Helena, [229]
- geological researches of, [44], [52], [233]
- rejoins Quest, [109]
- replaces Quest’s cook in the galley, [45]
- scientific observations in South Georgia, [77]
- surveys St. Paul’s Rocks, [62], [64]
- Eastern Telegraph Company, cable station on Ascension Island, [231]
- Edinburgh, Tristan da Cunha, [212]
- Elephant Island, in sight, [174]
- Endurance expedition, [171], [174], [175]
- Eriksen, Mr., [62]
- Expedition Topics and its editor, 123, [126]
- Falmouth Bay, Tristan da Cunha, [210]
- Firemen (ship’s), and their duties, [15]
- Fishing in South Georgia, [188], [191], [193]
- Flensing, [99], [177], [188]
- Floating ice, risk of navigation amongst, [120]
- Flying-fish, [63], [230]
- Football on the ice, [166], [168], [170]
- Funchal, bullock-cars of, [42]
- steep streets of, [43]
- Gales in Southern Seas, [88] et seq., [127], [130], [151], [157], [164], [173]
- Glacier ice, dangers of, [177]
- Glass, John, agility of, [207]
- welcomes Quest holiday-makers, [212]
- Glass, John, first settler at Tristan da Cunha, [203]
- “God-be-thanked Well,” Ascension Island, [233], [234]
- Gough Island, [214]
- Green (cook of Quest), [31], [86], [91], [128]
- Green, Henry, a Tristan da Cunha inhabitant, [204]
- Gritviken, harbour of, [98]
- “Growlers,” definition of, [96]
- “Gubbins Alley,” why so called, [198]
- Gulls, Skua, [113]
- Gymnastics extraordinary, [111]
- Hansen, Mr., manager of whaling station at Leith, [110], [111], [186]
- Horn sailing-ship, a famous, [60]
- Housing problem, the, how solved at Tristan da Cunha, [203]
- Hussey, Captain, [62], [64], [83], [102]
- Ice and wind, a rough time with, [177] et seq.
- Ice, football on the, [166], [168], [170]
- Icebergs, [117]
- “Ice-blink,” [96]
- Ice-water, and how obtained, [147], [154]
- Inaccessible Island, [199]
- a landing on, [209]
- Jamestown, [229]
- Jeffrey, Mr., [62], [124], [152]
- Kelvin sounder, the, [113], [114], [183]
- Kerr, Mr., engineer, [143]
- Killer whales, [133], [135], [165]
- Kipling, Rudyard, his understanding of the sea, [71], [82], [122]
- Lace-buying at St. Helena, [229]
- La France becalmed, [60]
- wrecked off New Caledonia, [61]
- Land-crabs, [235]
- Larsen Harbour, and its cliffs, [115]
- Leith Harbour, South Georgia, [186], [187], [193]
- Lifeboats, daily overhaul of, [126]
- Lisbon, a remarkable cinema exhibition in, [32]
- Locomotion, primitive, [204]
- London’s farewell to Quest, [6]
- Lysaght, Mr., a farewell dinner to, [50]
- Macklin, Dr., [62], [178], [179]
- Macleod, [131], [156]
- Madeira, first sight of, [40]
- Mailbags delivered at Tristan da Cunha, [201]
- Mal de mer, and its terrors, [19] et seq., [39], [173]
- Marr, Scout, alone on Gough Island, [220]
- as butcher, [134]
- as helmsman in a gale, [88]
- as lamp-trimmer: Sir E. Shackleton’s hints, [25]
- Christmas Day on Quest, [84]
- experiences miseries of mal de mer, [19] et seq., [39], [173]
- first day among pack-ice, [133]
- first meeting with Shackleton, [2]
- football on the ice, [163], [169], [170]
- fraternizes with Lisbon Scouts, [38]
- his wages increased, [49]
- joins Quest, [4]
- meets brother Scouts at Plymouth, [14]
- on the sick list, [150]
- presents Sir R. Baden Powell’s flag to Tristan Scouts, [205]
- reaches home, [239]
- selected for Quest expedition, [1]
- Shackleton and, [55], [56], [66], [97]
- sight-seeing in Madeira and St. Vincent, [42], [51]
- Mason, a martyr to seasickness, [39], [40]
- leaves Quest, [41]
- McIlroy, Dr., a game of billiards at Gritviken, [194]
- and Shackleton’s cairn 195
- tends Worsley, [124]
- Meteorological experiments, and how conducted, [66]
- Mice-hunting on Gough Island, [218]
- Middle Island, [208]
- Mirages, Antarctic, [162], [163], [174], [181]
- Monte Video, Shackleton’s body taken to, [105], [180]
- Moon-blindness, [57]
- Mooney, Scout Norman E., his duties, [10]
- Motor rides in Lisbon, [33]
- Mountaineering on Inaccessible Island, [210]
- Naisbitt (cook’s mate), edits Expedition Topics, [123]
- Napoleon I at St. Helena, [229], [230]
- Nautilus, first sight of a, [80]
- Navigation among floating ice, dangers of, [120]
- Neko enters Leith Harbour, [189]
- Nelson, Admiral, his tendency to seasickness, [20]
- New Year’s Day (1922), [94]
- Nightingale Island, [206]
- Octopus, a baby, [211]
- Oil on troubled waters, [91]
- Oompah (see [Young])
- Pack-ice, [153]
- Pagoda Rock, [125]
- Pancake ice, [110]
- Parcels, unaddressed, [213]
- Parr, Mr., addresses Scout officers, [14]
- “Peggying,” definition of, [111]
- in a gale, [130]
- Penguin, a, witnesses football on the ice, [166]
- Penguin-chasing and its humour, [163]
- Penguin hunting in South Georgia, [114]
- Penguins, [95], [163]
- and how they resented rocket-fire, [119]
- Perth at Stromness, [189], [190]
- Petrels, photographing, [113]
- Phosphorescent fish, [226]
- Pig, a, Query and, [196]
- Pilots, Portuguese, [30]
- Plymouth welcomes the Quest, [14], [15]
- Plymouth Sound, Quest anchors in, on her return home, [239]
- Polar exploration ships, accommodation on, [4]
- Porpoise, a shoal of, [58]
- Portugal, first sight of, [29]
- Portuguese bull-fight, a, [34]
- “Portuguese man-o’-war,” a, [80]
- Portuguese Sunday, a, [230]
- Prince Olaf Harbour, [190], [192], [193]
- Professor Gruvel, Sir E. Shackleton’s body conveyed on, [105]
- Pumping, the rigours of, [122], [145]
- Query (wolf-hound puppy), and a killer whale, [161]
- Quest, a blaze aboard, and its cause, [143]
- a description of, [12]
- a nigger volunteer for, [101]
- a rough time with ice and wind, [177] et seq.
- alfresco meals on, [46]
- amongst floating ice, [120]
- anchors in Funchal Harbour, [41]
- arrives home, [239]
- en route for Cape Verde, [44]
- engine trouble, [28], [40], [47], [55], [71], [79], [92]
- first impressions of, [3], [4]
- hemmed in by ice, [134], [141], [165]
- her wireless installations, [13]
- leaves Lisbon, [39]
- London’s good-bye to, [6] et seq.
- makes for Elephant Island, [171]
- narrow escapes of, [120], [121]
- Plymouth’s welcome to, [14]
- runs into ice, [95] et seq.
- Sir E. Shackleton’s cabin, [48]
- top speed of, [22]
- Revolutions, and how fostered, [68]
- Rigg, Mr., entertains crew of Quest, [227]
- Rio de Janeiro, [67]
- “Rio Doctor,” the, [74]
- Rogers, Rev Martyn, and his wireless station, [211]
- and the Scout movement, [205]
- Ross (stoker), [169]
- Rowett, John Quiller, a dinner to officers and crew of Quest, [15]
- Royal Bay, [196]
- Saddle-soreness, an experience of, [230]
- Sailing-ships, mysteries of, [19]
- St. Helena, [228]
- St. Paul’s Rocks, a call at, [61]
- St Vincent, and its harbour, [50]
- Quest at, [238]
- San Miguel, [238]
- Scouts, a troop at Tristan da Cunha, [205]
- Scurvy, and how it is encouraged, [137]
- Sea-birds of St. Paul’s Rocks, [63]
- Sea-elephants, a school of, [112]
- Sea-leopard, a discreet, [145]
- Sea-leopards, pugnacity of, [176]
- Seasickness, reflections on, and remedies for, [19]
- Seal-hunting, [153]
- Seal-shooting, [134]
- Seals, schools of, [112], [136]
- Shackleton, Lady, her wishes as to funeral of her husband, [105], [186], [187]
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest, a dictum of, [156]
- a motto of, [45]
- a pen-picture of, [2]
- and author, [55], [56], [66], [97]
- death of, [102]
- his cabin on Quest, [48]
- his makeshift berth, [93]
- his thought for his men, [77], [94]
- hints on common-sense sailorizing by, [25], [26]
- inspects candidates for Quest adventure, [1]
- last resting-place of, [186], [194], [195]
- sudden indisposition of, [75]
- talks of a previous expedition, [97], [98]
- Shark-fishing, [208]
- Sheerness, Quest at, [9]
- Shetlanders as barbers, [111]
- Ships, essential discipline of, [7] et seq.
- Simon’s Town, Quest at, [227]
- Skua gulls as food, [115]
- Sleep as recreation, [23]
- Smithers, Mrs. A. H., hospitality of, [227]
- Snow petrels, [155]
- Sounding under difficulties, [183], [184]
- Soundings, fruitless, [121], [122], [125]
- South American ports, rules as to entry and leaving, [67]
- South Georgia, discovery of, [97]
- South Sandwich Islands, [118] et seq.
- Southern Isles, [190]
- Spanish bull-fights, [37]
- Stars of tropical skies, [46]
- Stenhouse, Mr., his farewell to Quest, [16]
- Steering, reflections on, [21]
- Stoker, first experiences as, [15]
- Stores, shifting, [7]
- Stream-ice encountered, [131]
- Stromness whaling station, [189]
- Sugar-cane groves in Madeira, [42]
- Sugar Loaf, the, [67]
- ascent of, [73]
- Table Bay, Quest at, [226]
- Tobacco-pipe, an unusual, [220]
- Tree parasites, [217]
- Tristan da Cunha, a spell on, [198] et seq.
- Turtleopolis (see [Ascension Island])
- Tussock grass, rank growth of, [207], [210]
- Vao d’Assucar (see [Sugar Loaf])
- Volcanic islands, [119], [120]
- Water, fresh, need for conserving, [57], [87]
- Waterfalls, [210], [214]
- Water-sky, a, and its cause, [139]
- Watts (of Quest), and a wireless aerial, [211]
- plays football on the ice, [169]
- Wearing a ship, method of, [148]
- Weddell Sea ice, [163]
- Western Telegraph Company as hosts, [43], [53]
- Whalers and whaling, past and present, [99] et seq.
- Whales, a school of, [153]
- Whaling stations, [98], [188] et seq.
- Wideawake Valley, Ascension Island, [232]
- Wild, Frank (Commander), an attack of influenza, [227]
- and a runaway boat, [124]
- averts a disaster to Quest, [120]
- birthday celebrations, [190]
- contracts a chill, [178]
- imparts news of death of Sir E. Shackleton, [102]
- on Antarctic exploration, [172]
- plays football on the ice, [169]
- seal-shooting by, [134]
- seamanship of, [125]
- shoots a porpoise, [59]
- takes command of Quest, [103], [106] et seq.
- Wilkins, Mr., a narrow escape from death, [180]
- Wilson’s Island, [74]
- Wireless in Tristan da Cunha, [211]
- Woodville at Stromness, [189], [190]
- Worsley, Captain, accident to, [124]
- “Young ice,” [110]
- Young, stoker of Quest (“Oompah”), [169], [190], [211]
- Zavodovski, island of, [118]
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