Nares, Captain George S., R.N., resolves to take the middle pack, [44]; visits Life-boat Cove and Littleton Island, [53]; constant vigilance, [66]; visits Hannah Isle, [101]; ascends hill above Cape Morton, [102]; selects winter quarters for “Discovery,” [107]; observes opening in the pack, [114]; catches a lemming, [115]; desirous of finding a more sheltered spot for winter quarters, [128], [135]; his account of sledge travelling, [140]; lecture on astronomy, [169]; gives name to the Palæocrystic Sea, [200]; excellent health and spirits of those under his command at the commencement of the New Year, [204]; lecture on sledging experiences, [215]; arrangement for opening communication with “Discovery,” [246]; unjust attack upon, regarding lime-juice, [237]; absurdity of the charge against him, [238]; his Union Jack taken with northern division, [258]; at Cape Joseph Henry Depôt, [321]; leaves hares for northern division, [321]; comes to the relief of the northern division, [325], [327]; decision to return home, [337], [346]; anxiety for safety of Beaumont, [349]; accepts offer of coal at Egedesminde, [363]; lands at Valentia, [367]; satisfaction of the Admiralty with his conduct of the Expedition, [368].
Narwhal hunting, [59].
Naturalist, zeal in a gale of wind, [19]; visit to Ovifak, [31]; finds Eskimo remains at Cape Beechey, [69]; ascends hill in Bessels Bay, [101]; at distant Cape, [110]. (See Feilden, Captain.)
“Nellie,” Commander Markham’s black retriever, coveted by Eskimos at Proven, [39]; dislike of Eskimo dogs, [78]; surprise at the tabogganing, [188]; stood the cold well, [188], [189]; adventure with, in the unifilar house, [209], [210]; eats the lemmings, [212]; followed by a wolf, [228].
Nelson, Lord, an old Arctic officer, [179].
New Year’s day, [202], [203], [204].
Nip, preparations for, [65], [71], [83]; off Cape M‘Clintock, [94]; south of Cape Beechey, [348]. (See Ice.)
Norman-Lockyer Island, Eskimo remains on, [69], [74]; visited, [73].
North extreme, camp, [307], [308]; farthest point ever reached, [309], [311].
“North Water,” of Baffin Bay, [47]; of Smith Sound, [72], [97].