S
- 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]
T
- 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]
U
- 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]
V
- 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]
W
- 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]