Nearest the Pole / a narrative of the polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

INDEX

Abruzzi’s “farthest,” 97
- highest, 126
Adams, Mt., Bluffs of, 26
Ahmah, Merktoshah’s wife, 259
Ahngmalokto, 115
“Ahnighito,” meteorite brought home, 295
Ahsayoo, 323
Albert and Polaris, channels navigated, 50
Aldrich’s “farthest,” 174, 188, 190
Almy boilers, 18
Appearance of glacier, see Ice
Arctic autumn night, 57
Arctic, beginning of winter, 47, 48
- canons of navigation, 39
- Circle, 178
- Circle crossed, 19
- day, 16
- exploration, its main purpose, 295
- ice, from Cape Sabine to Grant Land, 30
- life at Godhavn, 20
- library, 11
- maps, 11
- perfect summer night, 20
- purple flowers, grass, moss, 195
- summer, end of, 47
- night;
  - surface of Inglefield Gulf;
  - ice;
  - icebergs and glaciers;
  - slopes of the “great ice”;
  - red-brown bluffs, 26
  - ship, main work of, 362
  - power of, 364
  - wood essential in construction of, 365
- terns, 226
- three degrees beyond Arctic Circle;
  - keen breeze, aspect of water;
  - aspect of cliffs of Disco, 20;
  - “Ultima Thule,” 326
- winter, 317
Alert, winter quarters of, 49
Assizes Harbour, 275
Attainment of the Pole, x
Anoritok, 259
Aurora, seen while lying at Domino Run, 17
Autumn, work of, 299
Bache Island, a peninsula, 300
Barometer, 18
Bartlett, Capt. Robt. A., see personnel of the party under Expedition, 4, 16, 17, 33, 39, 46, 78, 173, 259, 312
- his departure for Cape Hecla, 97
- Samuel, 4
- John, 4
- Harry, 4
- Moses, mate, see personnel of the party under Expedition, 5
Basis of successful national character, viii
Battle Harbour, 275
Battle with the ice, lasting 75 days, 259
Bay, Allman, 298, 302
- Belknap, 57
- Bismarck, 332
- Buchanan, 34, 336
- Carl Ritter, 310
- Chateau, 16
- Cope’s, 298
- Disraeli, 227
- Franklin Pierce, 302
- Hand, 163
- Independence, 332
- Jas. Ross, 233
- Lady Franklin, 43, 307, 334
- Lincoln, 47
- McClintock, 186
- Maury, 36
- Melville, no ice seen in bay, 21
- Musk-ox, 311
- Newman, 40, 43
- North Star, 22
- off Milne, 225
- Parker Snow, last of the Eskimos landed, 266
- Parr, 232
- Porter, 56
- Princess Marie, filled with ice, 297
- sledge trip, 298
- reconnoissance of, 300
- Rawlings, packed with ice, 36, 304
- Richardson, 36, 304
- Rowan, 57
- Sagdlek, 271
- St. Patrick, 311, 334
- Sawyer and Woodward, arms of Princess Marie Bay, 300
- Scoresby, squeezed into, 36, 302
- Shift Rudder, 248
- Wrangel, 46
  - full of slack ice, ship delayed by floe in, 249
- Yelverton, 224
  - full of glaciers, 189
Bear, first seen by the Expedition, 258
- hunt, 336
- Polar, 259
Bears, 300
Bear Camp, 300
Beaumont, 165
Bedford Pim Island, 335
Belle Isle, graveyard of ships, 16
Benedict, E. C., 288
Benedict, H. H., 288
Bergs, see first appearance, under Ice;
- see 68° Lat., under Ice;
- fleet of, see Ice;
- two, see Ice;
- at Cape John Barrow, 303;
- see small berg, under Ice;
- berg-like, see Ice
Bright depot of boats, coal and provisions landed, 34
Big Lead, 135, 143, 144
- ice on northern side, scar of, 142
- open water, 143
Black Cape, 63, 339
- Horn Cliffs, 164
  - fronted by open water, 322
Bliss, Eliphalet W., 288
Blue-top floe-bergs, see Ice
“Bo’sun” bird, 18
Bradford, 4
Brant, 187, 195
- flock of, 208
- at Southwest Camp, 215
Bridgman, Herbert L., 288, 289, 296, 335, 349
Brown children of the ice, 124
Buchanan “Strait,” 300
Cache, 223, 333
- on hummock of old floe, 120
- of musk-ox meat, 163
- of provisions, 199
- deposited at Cape D’Urville, 298
- at Cape Sabine, 315
Cairn, Alert’s, at Floeberg Beach, 50
- record, 55
- at summit of 1,600 ft. record deposited, 207
- at top of Columbia, 183
- built near ice-foot, 210, 219, 240, 329, 332
- Lockyer Island, 298
- at Cape Morris K. Jesup, 329
- Alert’s—Alert’s winter quarters, 339
Cairn Point, ship headed for, 257
Camp, between enormous hummocks, 111
- first, 153
- floe, see Ice
- off Challenger Point, 181
- on outer swell of glacier, 224
Campaign, preparation for spring, 336
Caribou, from Ellesmere Land, 349–351
Cape Albert, 34, 337
- Albert Edward, 189
- Alfred Ernest, 190
- Alexandra, 185
- Alexander, reached at midnight, 265
- Athol, 266
- Anguille, on Newfoundland coast, 15
- Baird, 307, 250
- Beechy, 249
- Benêt, 324
- Brevoort, 40, 321
- Bridgman, latitude of, 328
- Bryant, 324, 43
- Calhoun, sailed into loose ice, 39
- Chalon, 29, 265
- Collision, 337
- Conger, time spent in homely duties, 338
- Cracroft, 307
- Creswell, 177
- Desfosse, 253
- Defosse, 338
- Discovery, 186
- D’Urville, 36, 297
- Dudley Diggs, 266
- Dyer, 270
- Fanshawe Martin, 187
  - same Lat. as Hecla, deep snow, 188, 225
- Farewell and Chidley, in latitude of, 18
- Fraser, 302
  - dog-food and supplies advanced to, 310, 337
- Harrigan, 17
- Harrison, tidal current, 298
- Hecla, 56, 177, 340
  - three marches from Sheridan;
  - time spent there;
  - occupation while there, 97
  - difficulties in reaching, 233
- Henry Cliffs, 234
- Isabella, 34
- John Sparrow, 36
- Joseph Goode, 36
- Joseph Henry, 57, 63, 234
- Lawrence, 304, 306, 336,
- Lieber to Joe Island, 250
- Leopold von Buch, 319, 337
- Louis Napoleon, 301
  - supplies at, 302, 336
- Lupton, 39
- May, 150
- Morris K. Jesup, 147
- Nares, 183
- Neumeyer, 148
- North, young ice on tidal crack, 324
- Norton Shaw, 303
- Parry, 25, 266
- Rawson, 43, 49
- Richardson, 339
- Ramsay, 325
- Carl Ritter, 337
- Sabine, densely packed with ice, 34, 335, 337
- Sheridan, extremity of, ice packed heavily against point of, 50
  - to Cape Hecla, 177
- Stanton, 324
- Summer, 39, 40
- Sumner, 321
- Union, 40, 166
- Wilkes, 36, 304
- York, 16, 21, 22, 269
Celebration, July 4th, 215
Cestus, 369
Chart, notes for, 314
Channels, Kennedy and Robeson, 36
Channel pack, contest with, see ice;
- very large floes, no leads, 247
Channel, Robeson, 166
Christmas Day, 87
Cirro strata, 133
Clark, Chas., fireman, see personnel of the party under Expedition
Clark, with his Eskimos, 148, 149
Clements Markham Inlet, trip into, 63, 178
- condition while crossing, 232
Cliffs, Disco, visible 95 miles away, 19
Clouds, inky, 220
Coast, between Wrangel and Lincoln Bays, 249
Colgate, Jas. C., 290, 356
Columbia, 181
- twin peaks of, its ascent begun, 182
Commander Peary’s reply to President Roosevelt, ix
Conger, 335
Copies of records from cairns, 286
Cosmic boundaries, xi
Cracks, closing of, 125
Crew and firemen, see personnel of the party under Expedition
Crossed second glacier, see Ice
Crozier Island, 340
Cumberland Sound, 270
Darling, Judge, Asst. Secy. of the Navy, 11, 356
Daylight, disappearing, 302
Deer, track in the snow, 204
- development of dew claws, length of hoofs, 205
- numerous in Western Land, 205–8
- skins, 227
Delta, Boat Camp, 43
Diet, preserved eggs and mush, 206
Dennis and Mike, 12
Disk, sun’s, 55
Diana, S.S., despatched to Etah, 315, 316
Distant Cape, 250
Discovery, S.S., 363
Dix, Capt., builder of the Roosevelt, 68
- Capt. Chas. B., 280, 356
Dogs, deaths of, 79
- killed, 132
- the gray, 155
- number of survivors, 174
- their diet changed from pemmican, 205
- maimed from ice, 227
- the white, 229
- twelve left, 309
- heard from the shore, 17
- additional number purchased, 29
- food, sent to Cape Sabine, 317
Dobbin Bay, 298
Dory, sent to Cape Louis Napoleon, 310
Drift Point, 322
Domino Run, 16
- lying to, letters left, length of stay—fall of the fog, 17
Dome Cape, 325
Eagle, S.S., used in Arctic exploration of 1886, 6
Ellesmere Land, 314
Episodes, 36
Erik, S.S., 287, 289, 335
- getting aboard, 22
- alongside the Roosevelt, 29
- her arrival at Etah, 29
- Harbour, 336
Ermack, Russian S.S., 362
Eskimo dog, x
Eskimo, settlement, village, 21
- families, 93
- natives taken on board, 25
- dogs and supplies held in readiness, 26
- busy at work, 29
- prosperity of natives, 30
- hunting party sent out, 46, 49
- parties sent out for musk-oxen, return from Black Cliffs Bay, making sledges, 56
- settlements in the interior, 77
- their excitement, 88
- most northerly born babe, 93
- sent to form cache, 102
Eskimos, report of rafted ice, 102
- as trailers, 140–1
- their temperament, 146
- at their meal of musk-oxen, 161
- sent into Cape Bryant region, 163
- dismissed until homeward voyage, 173
- sent overland for skins, 253
- physical characteristics, 375
- return of, 320, 312, 299
- their origin, their inquisitiveness, 375
- as imitators, 376
- their training, their vocabulary, 379
- significance to them of celestial bodies, 380
- gauges for time and location, 380
- sense of humour, 381
- their ingenuity in ornamentation, 381, 382
- staple food of, ideas of cleanliness, 386
- matrimonial arrangement, as regards morals, 387
- their death ceremony, 388
- their amusements, 389
- their religious beliefs, 389
- how useful to the world, 390
Etah, rendezvous at, 297, 315
Expedition, its objective point, opening scenes of the voyage, starting point, Polaris, 4
- the ship, its decks, its quarters, regrets at leaving, 4
- personnel of the party, 4–9
- notice to members, 9
- environment of, 9–11
- time of starting, 11
- course after leaving Domino Run, 17
- southern sub-base, 34–35
- preparation for wintering, 59, 60, 61
- quartered at Hecla, subsistence, 98
- arrival at Etah, 259
- United States Lady Franklin Bay records, 312
- return to New York, results of, 280, 281
- Lady Franklin Bay, 286, 288
Explorer, the true, ix
Fielden Peninsula, 177, 339
Fire, 15
Flags, 135
Flipper, square, 250
Floes, velocity of, see Ice
- heavy floes in rapid motion, see Ice
- big blue, see Ice
- blue-topped, see Ice
- blue hummock kind, see Ice
- 8–10 miles diameter, 258
- driven ashore, see Ice
Floeberg, 20 to 28 feet above the water, see Ice
- and paleocrystic ice, origin of, 333
- birthplace of, 326
Flowers at Cape Aldrich, 231
- in bloom, 211
Fog, 203, 219, dense, 17, 19, 199, 201
- feeling way through the straits, 16
- on uplands of peninsula, 301
- extinguishes trail, 215
“Fog eater,” fog bow, 200
Fort Conger, 36
- door of, 307
- site of, 40
Fragments of floes, see Ice
Fram, S.S., 362, 363
Fossils in the rocks, 234
Foulke Fiord, mouth of, 297
Fox, Danish steamship, 22
Gale, October 16th, 63
Game score, 62
- secured, 314
Gateway, American, 50
Gauss, S.S., 362, 363
Getting ready for rough water, 269
Gifford Peak, 232
Glacier, character of glacial fringe, 189
- Tossuketek, 20
- Heilprin, 25
- Melville, 25
- Petowik, 22
- Tracy, 26
- Snout, see Ice
- composed of hummock ice, 228
Glaciers at head of Sawyer Bay, view from, see Ice
- true characteristics, see Ice
- Disco Bay, see Ice
Glacial fringe, 181
- interesting to glacialists, 240
- surface of, 191
- clay, 200
Gravel, appearance of, 204
- reached, 215
Gray dog, 227
“Great day,” in border land of, 18
“Great Ice,” see Ice
“Great Night,” 17
- preparation for, 305
Greely party (1883), 6
Godhavn, Capital of Northern Inspectorate of Greenland; under Cliffs of Disco, 20
“Grand Canal,” 345
Granite erratic at Cape Aldrich, 231
Grant Land, 63
- coast of 190,
- western shore, 202
Greenland, 16
- Mts., snow-clad summit, 147
- shore of, trip given up, 311
- caribou, 351
Grinnell Land, coast of, 299
- shore of unbroken ice, 36
Guillemot, Brunnich’s, flying south, 18
- in the water, 19
Gull, skua, 187, 195
- Burgomaster, 196
Hall Basin, western portion packed with ice, 39
Hamilton Fish Peak, 234
Harbour, Battle, 16
- outside of, 12
- Discovery, 250, 307;
  - winter quarters of Discovery, 40
- Payer, 337
- Repulse, 43, 165
- Thank God, winter quarters of Hall’s Polaris, 40
Hayes, 4
- Point, 35, 334
- halt south of, 319
Hecla, 178
Hebron, Labrador coast, 271
Henson, Matthew, personal attendant of Com. Peary, see personnel of the party, under Expedition
- beside closed lead, 131
- departure from Cape Hecla, 98
- Henson’s farthest, 302
- his report, 311
- sent to Etah, 313
- and Capt. Bartlett, their records, 112
Herbert and Northumberland Islands, 266
Highways, beyond the world’s, 18
Holsteinburg, 19
Hope, 296
- ship used in Arctic exploration in 1898, 6
- Sanderson’s, named by John Davis, 21
Hopedale, 272
Hospital, Bellevue, 6
- St. Vincent’s, 6
Hudson Bay, 4
- River, 119, 120, 125, 127
- Strait, chop sea, 271
Housing of the personnel, 369
Ice, a chaos, 142
- active glacier west of Cape Fanshawe Martin, 226
- against the coast at Domino Run, 17
- along the Grinnell coast, 43
- ancient ice encountered, 34
- appearance of glacier, 188
- berg-like pieces, 131
- big hummock, 166
- blue-topped floe-bergs, 326
- camp floe, 123
- channel pack, 39
- character of, 133
- commotion continuous, 93
- completely flooded, 210
- contest with channel pack, 44
- crossed second glacier, 326
- culmination of its movement, 74
- Disco Bay glaciers, 19
- East Coast, 19
- edge of ice-foot chopped away, 55
- features of the glacial fringe, 181
- field of beautiful icebergs, 16
- first appearance of bergs, 16
- fleet of bergs, 20
- “floeberg,” 20 to 28 ft. above water, 226
- floes, blue hummock kind encountered in March, 124
- floe driven ashore, 307
- one hundred feet in height, 331
- glacial fringe, characteristic of, 189
- glaciers at head of Buchanan Bay, 300
- glacier at head of Sawyer Bay, 314
- glaciers, two, true characteristics, 191
- “Great Ice,” 26
- heavy floes in rapid motion, 49
- heavy pack, 35
- Heilprin glacier, 25
- homogeneous ice, 109
- cap, 129
- foot, north of Cape Union, 167
- foot, 39, 301
- in Nansen’s Strait, 203
- its aspect along Grinnell Land, 36
- its aspect, young ice, 117
- its aspect, 123, 220
- its condition, 342
- its horrible conglomeration, 146
- its separation from the ice-foot, 88
- journey in darkness, 307
- large floes, 34, 297
- large fields moving southward, 36
- loose, 265
- Melville glacier, 25
- middle pack, 270
- narrow shaves from icebergs, 17
- north of Cape Washington, 326
- off Cape Albert, 297
- old floes passed, 131
- pack surging down Smith
- Sound, 33
- peculiar formations of, 187
- Petowik glacier, 22
- Polar pack, 101
- pressed harder with the flood-tide, 55
- rough, 301
- rubble, 117
- rubble ice as nets, 124
- rubble ice half congealed, 143
- sea ice, 187, 301
- shifting, 47
- small berg, 18
- solid edge of, 265
- surging of the pack, 93
- thickness of young ice, 298
- through rafters and rubble, 124
- Tossuketek glacier, 20
- Tracy glacier, 26
- trail over young ice, 102
- trash ice, 63
- traversed in March, 201
- traversed fragments of old floes, 327
- trouble with, 36
- twenty-seven bergs in 68° Lat., 19
- two bergs, 18
- two big blue floes, 44
- velocity of floes, 47
- ice window (in igloo), 105
- winter’s ice still intact, 40
- young ice across the lead, 144
- young ice, 265, 266
  - (formed), 298
Ice-bergs, see Narrow shaves from, under Ice; also see Field of, under Ice
- ice boats, 359
- ice-cap, 129
- ice-foot, 39, 301
  - edge of, 55
Ice-foot, 306, 320, 340, 341
- Alpine in character, 303
- a broad deep lake, 239
- a trail along, 322
- found by Egerton, Rawson and Parry, 339
- hewing road along, 322
- reaching from (reaching low-sloping “spit”), 224
Igloos, 303, 319, 382
- abreast of Cape Albert, 337
- at Hecla, 101
- built of floe, 105
- building of, 125
- “Christmas,” 36
- Henson’s, 123
- first, 102
- Henson’s igloo shattered, 125
- snow, 306
Igludiahni, 29
Inaloo, 384
Independence Bay, 161
Inlet, Clements Markham, 56
Intermediate Point, difficulties encountered, 214
Inueto, 101
Island, Bache, 299
- Beaumont, 154
- Bellot, 307
- Britannia, 150
- Crozier, 39, 233
- Duck, (whaler’s lookout on summit), 21
- Eagle, 6
- Ellison, 150
- Franklin, 39
- Hare, 20
- Harvard, 26
- Herbert, 26
- Josephine Peary, 26
- Joe, 39
- Littleton, 33
- Meteorite (Eskimo taken aboard), 21, 22
- Norman Lockyer, 298
- Red, (passed afternoon of second day out), 15
- Saunders (bird cliffs), 25
- Stephenson, 161
- Sukkertoppen, 19
- Ward Hunt, 184
- Williams, 174, 235
Ittibloo, 25
Jesup, Morris K., 288, 355
- Founder of the Expedition, 11
- President of the Peary Arctic Club, 282
Jesup Land, 189
- attainment of, 203
Journey, down Baffin’s Bay, 270
July 30th, reached the S.S. Roosevelt, 240
Kamiks, 240, 308
Kangerdlooksoah, 25, 317
- deep pastures of, 26
Kane Basin filled with Polar pack, 297
Karnah, 29
- six tents located here, 25
Kayak, 388
Kennedy Channel, 306
Kittiwakes, 19
Kolguev, 208
Kookan, landing of Eskimos, 265
Kooletah (deerskin coat), 154
Koolootingwah and Ooblooyah sent to reconnoitre, 196
Kyo, Anangabok (medicine man), 383
- with hunting party, 383
Labrador, on the coast of, 16
Lake, a deep blue, 223
- Hazen, 56
Lamps, in commission, 63
Large floe, see Ice
Latitude from noon sights, 19, 21
- reached, 134
Lead, 126, 343
- across Robeson Channel, 40
- crossed on young ice, 145
- eleven, 131
- fifty feet wide, 132
- its closing (the “Hudson River”), 118
- its extent, 97
- young ice cut by, 146
Leaving last camp, 211, 212
Lemming burrows, 199
- fauna of Jesup Land, 210
Library, 9
Lieber, Cape, 320
Lincoln Bay, 334
Line of demarcation, 225
Lockwood’s record, 330
Malone, Murtaugh J., asst. engineer, see personnel of the party under Expedition, 5
Mary Murray Island, 325
Marvin, Ross G., secy. and asst., see personnel of the party under Expedition, 6
Marvin, 62, 78, 97, 173
- his report of musk-oxen, 93
- his return with the Eskimos, 93
- his report of the Roosevelt, 235
- his westward compass, 236
March, distance covered, 200
- from S. W. Camp, 213, 214
- plan of, 153
- the first, 131
- the last outward, 139
Mascart Inlet, 148
Medical College (Cornell University), 6
Meigs Fiord, 325
Melville Bay, 4, 362
Moons (winter), duration, 77
Moraine material, camp on, 219
Mount, Camel, 178
- Cheops, 63
- Daly (red-brown bluffs of), 26
- Saddle, 178
- Streaked, 178
- Twin, 178
- Wistar, 328
Mountains, Greenland, 19
Musk-oxen, 35, 60, 142, 181, 300
- cows, 182
- killing of, 154, 333
- tracks in the snow, 204
- twenty-one killed, 320
Murphy, John, boatswain, see personnel of the party under Expedition, 5
Mystery of the North, xi
Nain, 272
Nansen, 126
- Nansen’s Strait, 202
Nordenskjold Inlet, 324
Nares Land, 150
Narksami, 266
Narwhal, 250
- school of, 43
National Geographic Society, vii
- Hubbard Medal of, vii
Natives, property of, see Eskimos
- report of Melville Bay, 269
- taken on board, see Eskimos
Navy Department, leave of absence granted Com. Peary, 295
Neptune, Canadian Government Steamer, 4
Newfoundland, ice, pilots, 5
Newman Bay, 321
New land, 195
Nicaragua, 6
North Coast Mts., 330
North Pole, value of attainment, x
Norwegians, 359
- and Americans, 360
Nungwoodie, the gray dog, 228
Observatory Pinnacle, 118
Observation Camp, 214
- with sextant and transit, 117
Old floes, see ice
Omens, of the ship’s position, 74
Onkilon, Siberian tribe, 375
Ooming-muksue (musk-oxen), 154
Oomunui, 266
Oatah, 141
Open leads, region of, 132
Open water, 92, 331, 342
- see “big lead,” 143
- alongside of the ice-foot, 181
- in shape of leads and lakes, 74
- its extent, 97
Orography of the glacial fringe, 231
Outward track, impracticable, 210
“Paleocrystic” floes, 228
Panama, Stars and Stripes planted, xi
Panikpah, 145
Panther, 4
Payer Harbour, 335, 337
Pemmican, 78, 186
- supply exhausted, 227
Peninsula, Bache, 34
Percy, Chas., steward, see personnel of the party under Expedition
Peary Arctic Club, ix, 282
- contributors to, 290
- founders of, 288
- history of, 285
- incorporators of, 289
- its officers, 286
- its charter, 288
- object of, 285
- organisation of, 286
Personnel of the party on return, 276, 279
Petersen, Danish interpreter, 55
Piblocto, 384
Plan accomplished, 182
Point Armour Light, 16
Point Moss, 178
- 20 miles west of Cape Hecla, 97
Polar, ocean, x
- middle pack, 20
- Polar pack, 331, 340
  - contest with, 341, 342
- gateway to the Polar sea, 63
- mystery, ix, 17
- Sea, 4, 102, 332
Polaris, left by Hall’s party, 43
- boat camp, 321
Poppies, at Cape Aldrich, 231
Potentilla, growing at Cape Aldrich, 231
Pot Rocks, coast of Labrador, 271
Pressure ridges, 129, 143
Primus stoves, 215
Programme, for spring work, 318
Ptarmigan, 196
Pumice and slag, 213
Rafters and rubble, see Ice, of Alpine character, 144
Rainbow Hill, 185
Rangifer Pearyi, 351
- Grænlandicus, 351
Range, United States, 56, 63
Reconnoissance, along the ice-foot, 298
- from Cape Frederick VIII, 249
- for spring route, 62
Record, in cairn, 329
- in North cairn, 329
Records, at Cape D’Urville, 318
Reindeer, found on Fielden Peninsula, 57
Report, to Peary Arctic Club, 295
River, Ruggles, 77
- Shelter, south of Cape Union, 48
Roosevelt, S.S., a crucial moment, 58, 59;
- arrival in New York, 289;
- as a sea boat, 280
- a splendid ice-fighter, 45
- at Etah, 29
- beginning her fight with ice, 33
- capacity, 11
- channels navigated as far as Cape Sheridan, 50
- construction and launching, 289
- christened by Mrs. Peary, 370
- departed from Etah, 260
- desperate fight with the big floes, battle won by brute force, 44, 45
- departure for North, 289
- features of her model, 363
- forced ashore by large floes, 47
- forced ashore a second time, 48
- forcing way through dense barrier of ice, 49
- forced on to heavy floe, 250
- furnishings of her rooms, 9, 10, 11
- general construction, 366–369
- goes direct to Etah, 25
- heading for Thank God Harbour, 249
- headed for Cape Isabella, 265
- held up by the ice, 249, 257
- her decks on leaving North Sydney, 11
- her cargo, 11
- her cargo on leaving Etah, 30
- her detour to the east, 34
- her struggle with the ice north of C. Lupton, 40
- her crucial time, 247
- her moorings, 275
- impending peril, 91
- imprisoned among heavy floes, 257
- official measurements, 370
- on board after backward journey, 167, 168
- propeller loose, 258
- race with incoming pack, 50
- readings of the log, 15
- ready for fight with Arctic Sea, 30
- repaired at Etah, 260
- restowed her supplies, 30
- return to Sydney, 276
- severing connection with the civilised world, 33
- sight at Cape Rawson, 167
- size, 361
- special features of, 370, 372
- travelling under difficulties, 248
Roosevelt, President, etching of, 11
Ross Bay, 335
Routes, two feasible, 306
Rubble ice, see Ice
Sabine, Cape, 5
St. George, Cape, 15 fiord, 162
St. Mary’s school ship, 6
St. Paul’s Light, 12
Sandpiper, 187, 189
Saunders Island, 266
Scotch, 359
Scotchmen, 360
Sea, 18
- East Greenland, 148
- ice, 203
  - attempt to sledge over, 298
Seal, 133, 189
- near ice-foot, 215
- seen on ice, 228
- six, 259
September 5th, a memorable day, 49
Sextant, 286
Shelter River, mooring of the Roosevelt, 236
Sheridan Point, 57
Sherard Osborn fiord, 162
Ship, for Arctic and Antarctic navigation, 359
- held by ice, 249
- motion of, 19
Sinnipahs, 382
Sipsu, 125
- dog killed, 230
Sipsu and his wife, 248
Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society, 375
Sledges, carried on backs of the party, 304
- repaired and strengthened, 125, 207, 305, 318
- journey for spring, 77, 78
Smith Sound, 260, 364
Snow, 47, 178, 181, 188, 269, 299
- blindness, 140
- bunting, 199
- snowshoeing, 185, 186, 203, 208
- snowy owl, 199
Society, Seamen’s Friend, 9
Sound, Whale, 25
- Wolstenholm, 25
Soundings, 259, 265
“Spits,” 188
Spring, campaign, 299
Squalls, 207
Steamers, two, 16
Storm Camp, 130, 140
Stoves, 62
Strait, Cabot, 12
- Davis, 16
Streams, two negotiated, 228
Summits, snow-clad of distant land, 207
Sun, 63, 109
Sverdrup’s “farthest,” 174
Sverdrup, 210
Swells, rolling, 185
Sydney, 20
Talus, 178
Temperature, 112, 220, 298, 299, 304, 309, 322
Tidal crack, 214
Tides, 125
Tigress, 4
Thermometer, 112
Trail, 123
Transit, 208
Tree, 148
Trevor-Battye, 208
Tumulus, 220
Tupiks, 382
Twilight, 93
- arc, 101
Twin Peaks of Columbia, 230
Very River, 333
Victoria Head, 34
Victoria Inlet, 154
View, from Lookout Hill, from bluffs, 211
- of peaks from Cape Alfred Ernest, 224
- from Cape Hawkes, 298
View Point, 177, 234, 339
Waigatt, 20
Walrus, first appearance of, 20
- grounds, 26
- out to the grounds, 29
- number secured, 265, 266
- in Buchanan Bay region, 300
Wardwell, Geo. A., chief engineer, see personnel of the party under Expedition, 5
- his report, 18
Water, 58
Water sky, 339
Water-smoke, 105
Weather, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 47, 48, 55, 56, 91, 98, 105, 106, 110, 114, 118, 123, 125, 126, 129, 132, 139, 141, 183, 192, 195, 201, 209, 215, 219, 223, 247, 257, 266, 305, 319, 322, 341, 342
Western trip, 174, 240
Whales (two), first appearance of, 20
Whale Sound glaciers, 189
Whaling Station, 275
Windward, S. S., 4, 35, 286, 296, 315, 316, 334, 349
Winds, 62, 91
Winter, 73, 74, 93, 299
- Arctic, atmospheric conditions, 73
Wolfe, Dr. Louie J., surgeon, see personnel of the party under Expedition, 78, 97, 173
Work accomplished, 315, 317
Zone of high ridges of rubble ice, 343

Nearest the Pole / a narrative of the polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

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