D
- 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]
E
- 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]
F
- 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]
G
- 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]
H
- 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]