“Hercules,” H.M. sledge, Lieut. W. H. May, R.N., [137], [217].
Hilgard, Cape, Eskimo remains on, [69].
Hoskins, Commodore A. H., sledging flagstaff presented by, [307].
Housing for winter quarters, [154], [155], [156].
Hudson’s Bay Company’s Taboggans, suitable in soft snow, [281].
Hummocks, difficulty of marching over, on the Polar Sea, [278], [279], [281], [284], [301]; discoloured by mud, [301]; great barrier of, [303]; great size, [304], [305]; different colours of, [316].
Hunt, Wm., ward-room cook, H.M.S. “Alert,” songs by, [214].
Hydrostatics, lecture on, by Lieut. May, [169].
Ice, first seen, [22]; stream of, near Cape Farewell, [23]; the middle pack, [44], [45]; dangers, [65], [66]; occupations when detained by, [66]; ships stopped by, [57], [65], [73], [82], [90], [95], [103], [110], [113], [121], [344]; amusements on the, [77]; dock cut in the, [86]; great height of, [89]; increasing thickness, [96]; extending across Hall Basin, [100]; pressure on Cape Frederick VII., [114]; of the Polar Ocean, [127], [147], [200]; the dangerous state of the, in autumn travelling, [141]; movement of, during winter, [184]; character of, in travelling over the Polar Ocean, [284], [291], [300]; symptoms of disruption, [315], [320]; state of, on the voyage southward, [344]. (See Palæocrystic, Blasting, Floe-bergs, Hummocks.)
Ice navigation, most important maxim in, [45]; uncertainty of, [57], [64]; qualities required for, [82].