Watches run down, II, 172, 175, 176.
Comparison with Jackson’s chronometer, II, 544.
Water-samples, examination of, I, 303.
Waving star-fish, I, 298.
Wedding-day anniversaries, I, 207, 528.
Weight of members of expedition—
Decrease, II, 628.
Increase, I, 390, 542; II, 692.
Weyprecht and Payer expedition (1872–74), I, 12.
Whales, II, 231, 407, 558, 633, 688 (see also “Narwhals”).
Wharton, Captain, favorable view of proposed expedition, I, 45.
Whey-powder and water, beverage on sledge journey, II, 147.
White Island, I, 153.