Baths—
Fram, I, 405.
Vadsö, I, 102.

Bears, I, 171, 203, 265, 283, 285, 286, 338, 341, 435, 437, 496, 514, 522, 572; II, 20, 218, 233, 253, 310, 335, 345, 355, 370, 371, 383, 389, 392, 402, 413, 421, 424, 433, 466, 472, 476, 478, 490, 541, 638, 675, 688, 690, 691.
Hansen, Blessing, and Johansen attacked by, I, 260.
Johansen’s narrow escape from, II, 329.

Bear’s-flesh—
Daily meal during winter in hut, II, 428.
Excellence of, II, 314.

Bearskin bed, II, 309.

Bear-trap, I, 337, 338.

Beian, Sverdrup and Professor Brögger join the Fram at, I, 98.

Bek, Andreas, stories of, I, 378, 379.

Belemnites, II, 553.

Bentzen, Bernt, member of expedition, I, 80, 101.

Bering Strait—
Current (see that title).
Expedition taking route, I, 12, 13.
Future expedition through, probable value of, II, 712.
Ice-drift, north of, II, 708.