INDEX
- Adelie penguin, a solitary, 160
- Albacore, a shoal of, 55
- Albatrosses, fishing for, 183, 191
- Antarctic Circle, weather in the, 139
- Antarctic exploration, Commander Wild on, 172
- Argles, Mr., 155, 156, 157, 190
- Ascension Island, 231
- intense heat of, 231 et seq.
- Aurora Australis, a glimpse of the, 158
- Bergs (see Icebergs)
- Billiards at Gritviken, 194
- Binney, Mr., and his dog, 194
- Bird-covered bergs, 118, 119
- Bird Island, 191
- Bird-shooting, 207, 210
- Biscuit-pie, recipe for, 221
- Bonnivale, a week-end at, 227
- Bull-fight, a Portuguese, 34
- Bull-fights, Spanish, 37
- Bullock-cars, 42
- Burlings reef, 29
- Butterfly-hunting at St. Vincent, 52
- Campbell, Captain Gordon, war work of, 14
- Cape Saunders, a survey of, 188
- Cape Town, welcome at, 227
- Cape Valentine, 174
- Cape Verde Islands, impressions of, 49, 51
- Carl (whaler), 108
- Carr, Major, accident to, 82
- Christmas in Southern Seas, 82 et seq.
- Clerk Rocks, volcanic eruptions on, 116
- Coal-sifting, 59
- Coal-trimming, 15, 18, 47, 79, 155
- Coaling at Port Olaf Harbour, 190
- Cod-fishing in South Georgia, 188
- Compass adjustment, experiences of, 11, 15
- Cook, Captain, discovers South Georgia, 97
- Cornwallis Island, 175
- Crabs on St. Paul’s Rocks, 62, 64
- Cronk, Mr., and his farm at Ascension Island, 234
- Cumberland Bay, 196
- Deer-hunting in South Georgia, 109
- Dell, Mr., as coal-trimmer, 155
- Divers, light-fingered, 50
- Donkey riding at St Vincent, 51, 52
- Douglas, Mr., 206, 208, 215
- Eastern Telegraph Company, cable station on Ascension Island, 231
- Edinburgh, Tristan da Cunha, 212
- Elephant Island, in sight, 174
- Endurance expedition, 171, 174, 175
- Eriksen, Mr., 62
- Expedition Topics and its editor, 123, 126
- Falmouth Bay, Tristan da Cunha, 210
- Firemen (ship’s), and their duties, 15
- Fishing in South Georgia, 188, 191, 193
- Flensing, 99, 177, 188
- Floating ice, risk of navigation amongst, 120
- Flying-fish, 63, 230
- Football on the ice, 166, 168, 170
- Funchal, bullock-cars of, 42
- steep streets of, 43
- Gales in Southern Seas, 88 et seq., 127, 130, 151, 157, 164, 173
- Glacier ice, dangers of, 177
- Glass, John, agility of, 207
- welcomes Quest holiday-makers, 212
- Glass, John, first settler at Tristan da Cunha, 203
- “God-be-thanked Well,” Ascension Island, 233, 234
- Gough Island, 214
- Green (cook of Quest), 31, 86, 91, 128
- Green, Henry, a Tristan da Cunha inhabitant, 204
- Gritviken, harbour of, 98
- “Growlers,” definition of, 96
- “Gubbins Alley,” why so called, 198
- Gulls, Skua, 113
- Gymnastics extraordinary, 111
- Hansen, Mr., manager of whaling station at Leith, 110, 111, 186
- Horn sailing-ship, a famous, 60
- Housing problem, the, how solved at Tristan da Cunha, 203
- Hussey, Captain, 62, 64, 83, 102
- Ice and wind, a rough time with, 177 et seq.
- Ice, football on the, 166, 168, 170
- Icebergs, 117
- “Ice-blink,” 96
- Ice-water, and how obtained, 147, 154
- Inaccessible Island, 199
- a landing on, 209
- Jamestown, 229
- Jeffrey, Mr., 62, 124, 152
- Kelvin sounder, the, 113, 114, 183
- Kerr, Mr., engineer, 143
- Killer whales, 133, 135, 165
- Kipling, Rudyard, his understanding of the sea, 71, 82, 122
- Lace-buying at St. Helena, 229
- La France becalmed, 60
- wrecked off New Caledonia, 61
- Land-crabs, 235
- Larsen Harbour, and its cliffs, 115
- Leith Harbour, South Georgia, 186, 187, 193
- Lifeboats, daily overhaul of, 126
- Lisbon, a remarkable cinema exhibition in, 32
- Locomotion, primitive, 204
- London’s farewell to Quest, 6
- Lysaght, Mr., a farewell dinner to, 50
- Macklin, Dr., 62, 178, 179
- Macleod, 131, 156
- Madeira, first sight of, 40
- Mailbags delivered at Tristan da Cunha, 201
- Mal de mer, and its terrors, 19 et seq., 39, 173
- Marr, Scout, alone on Gough Island, 220
- as butcher, 134
- as helmsman in a gale, 88
- as lamp-trimmer: Sir E. Shackleton’s hints, 25
- Christmas Day on Quest, 84
- experiences miseries of mal de mer, 19 et seq., 39, 173
- first day among pack-ice, 133
- first meeting with Shackleton, 2
- football on the ice, 163, 169, 170
- fraternizes with Lisbon Scouts, 38
- his wages increased, 49
- joins Quest, 4
- meets brother Scouts at Plymouth, 14
- on the sick list, 150
- presents Sir R. Baden Powell’s flag to Tristan Scouts, 205
- reaches home, 239
- selected for Quest expedition, 1
- Shackleton and, 55, 56, 66, 97
- sight-seeing in Madeira and St. Vincent, 42, 51
- Mason, a martyr to seasickness, 39, 40
- leaves Quest, 41
- McIlroy, Dr., a game of billiards at Gritviken, 194
- and Shackleton’s cairn 195
- tends Worsley, 124
- Meteorological experiments, and how conducted, 66
- Mice-hunting on Gough Island, 218
- Middle Island, 208
- Mirages, Antarctic, 162, 163, 174, 181
- Monte Video, Shackleton’s body taken to, 105, 180
- Moon-blindness, 57
- Mooney, Scout Norman E., his duties, 10
- Motor rides in Lisbon, 33
- Mountaineering on Inaccessible Island, 210
- Naisbitt (cook’s mate), edits Expedition Topics, 123
- Napoleon I at St. Helena, 229, 230
- Nautilus, first sight of a, 80
- Navigation among floating ice, dangers of, 120
- Neko enters Leith Harbour, 189
- Nelson, Admiral, his tendency to seasickness, 20
- New Year’s Day (1922), 94
- Nightingale Island, 206
- Octopus, a baby, 211
- Oil on troubled waters, 91
- Oompah (see Young)
- Pack-ice, 153
- Pagoda Rock, 125
- Pancake ice, 110
- Parcels, unaddressed, 213
- Parr, Mr., addresses Scout officers, 14
- “Peggying,” definition of, 111
- in a gale, 130
- Penguin, a, witnesses football on the ice, 166
- Penguin-chasing and its humour, 163
- Penguin hunting in South Georgia, 114
- Penguins, 95, 163
- and how they resented rocket-fire, 119
- Perth at Stromness, 189, 190
- Petrels, photographing, 113
- Phosphorescent fish, 226
- Pig, a, Query and, 196
- Pilots, Portuguese, 30
- Plymouth welcomes the Quest, 14, 15
- Plymouth Sound, Quest anchors in, on her return home, 239
- Polar exploration ships, accommodation on, 4
- Porpoise, a shoal of, 58
- Portugal, first sight of, 29
- Portuguese bull-fight, a, 34
- “Portuguese man-o’-war,” a, 80
- Portuguese Sunday, a, 230
- Prince Olaf Harbour, 190, 192, 193
- Professor Gruvel, Sir E. Shackleton’s body conveyed on, 105
- Pumping, the rigours of, 122, 145
- Query (wolf-hound puppy), and a killer whale, 161
- Quest, a blaze aboard, and its cause, 143
- a description of, 12
- a nigger volunteer for, 101
- a rough time with ice and wind, 177 et seq.
- alfresco meals on, 46
- amongst floating ice, 120
- anchors in Funchal Harbour, 41
- arrives home, 239
- en route for Cape Verde, 44
- engine trouble, 28, 40, 47, 55, 71, 79, 92
- first impressions of, 3, 4
- hemmed in by ice, 134, 141, 165
- her wireless installations, 13
- leaves Lisbon, 39
- London’s good-bye to, 6 et seq.
- makes for Elephant Island, 171
- narrow escapes of, 120, 121
- Plymouth’s welcome to, 14
- runs into ice, 95 et seq.
- Sir E. Shackleton’s cabin, 48
- top speed of, 22
- Revolutions, and how fostered, 68
- Rigg, Mr., entertains crew of Quest, 227
- Rio de Janeiro, 67
- “Rio Doctor,” the, 74
- Rogers, Rev Martyn, and his wireless station, 211
- and the Scout movement, 205
- Ross (stoker), 169
- Rowett, John Quiller, a dinner to officers and crew of Quest, 15
- Royal Bay, 196
- Saddle-soreness, an experience of, 230
- Sailing-ships, mysteries of, 19
- St. Helena, 228
- St. Paul’s Rocks, a call at, 61
- St Vincent, and its harbour, 50
- Quest at, 238
- San Miguel, 238
- Scouts, a troop at Tristan da Cunha, 205
- Scurvy, and how it is encouraged, 137
- Sea-birds of St. Paul’s Rocks, 63
- Sea-elephants, a school of, 112
- Sea-leopard, a discreet, 145
- Sea-leopards, pugnacity of, 176
- Seasickness, reflections on, and remedies for, 19
- Seal-hunting, 153
- Seal-shooting, 134
- Seals, schools of, 112, 136
- Shackleton, Lady, her wishes as to funeral of her husband, 105, 186, 187
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest, a dictum of, 156
- a motto of, 45
- a pen-picture of, 2
- and author, 55, 56, 66, 97
- death of, 102
- his cabin on Quest, 48
- his makeshift berth, 93
- his thought for his men, 77, 94
- hints on common-sense sailorizing by, 25, 26
- inspects candidates for Quest adventure, 1
- last resting-place of, 186, 194, 195
- sudden indisposition of, 75
- talks of a previous expedition, 97, 98
- Shark-fishing, 208
- Sheerness, Quest at, 9
- Shetlanders as barbers, 111
- Ships, essential discipline of, 7 et seq.
- Simon’s Town, Quest at, 227
- Skua gulls as food, 115
- Sleep as recreation, 23
- Smithers, Mrs. A. H., hospitality of, 227
- Snow petrels, 155
- Sounding under difficulties, 183, 184
- Soundings, fruitless, 121, 122, 125
- South American ports, rules as to entry and leaving, 67
- South Georgia, discovery of, 97
- South Sandwich Islands, 118 et seq.
- Southern Isles, 190
- Spanish bull-fights, 37
- Stars of tropical skies, 46
- Stenhouse, Mr., his farewell to Quest, 16
- Steering, reflections on, 21
- Stoker, first experiences as, 15
- Stores, shifting, 7
- Stream-ice encountered, 131
- Stromness whaling station, 189
- Sugar-cane groves in Madeira, 42
- Sugar Loaf, the, 67
- ascent of, 73
- Table Bay, Quest at, 226
- Tobacco-pipe, an unusual, 220
- Tree parasites, 217
- Tristan da Cunha, a spell on, 198 et seq.
- Turtleopolis (see Ascension Island)
- Tussock grass, rank growth of, 207, 210
- Vao d’Assucar (see Sugar Loaf)
- Volcanic islands, 119, 120
- Water, fresh, need for conserving, 57, 87
- Waterfalls, 210, 214
- Water-sky, a, and its cause, 139
- Watts (of Quest), and a wireless aerial, 211
- plays football on the ice, 169
- Wearing a ship, method of, 148
- Weddell Sea ice, 163
- Western Telegraph Company as hosts, 43, 53
- Whalers and whaling, past and present, 99 et seq.
- Whales, a school of, 153
- Whaling stations, 98, 188 et seq.
- Wideawake Valley, Ascension Island, 232
- Wild, Frank (Commander), an attack of influenza, 227
- and a runaway boat, 124
- averts a disaster to Quest, 120
- birthday celebrations, 190
- contracts a chill, 178
- imparts news of death of Sir E. Shackleton, 102
- on Antarctic exploration, 172
- plays football on the ice, 169
- seal-shooting by, 134
- seamanship of, 125
- shoots a porpoise, 59
- takes command of Quest, 103, 106 et seq.
- Wilkins, Mr., a narrow escape from death, 180
- Wilson’s Island, 74
- Wireless in Tristan da Cunha, 211
- Woodville at Stromness, 189, 190
- Worsley, Captain, accident to, 124
- “Young ice,” 110
- Young, stoker of Quest (“Oompah”), 169, 190, 211
- Zavodovski, island of, 118