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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

Chapter 31: INDEX
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An Antarctic expedition intended to cross the continent is interrupted when the expedition ship becomes trapped and is crushed by pack ice, forcing a prolonged struggle for survival. The narrative follows the crew as they camp on drifting ice, haul boats and sledges to a distant shore, and make a perilous open-boat voyage across stormy seas to reach a mountainous island and summon rescue. Parallel coverage recounts a shore party tasked with depot-laying that endures isolation and the loss of their vessel. The account emphasizes leadership decisions, practical improvisation, scientific observations, and the eventual series of rescues that bring the men home.

INDEX

Adare, Cape
Admiralty
    Range
Agag
Aitken
Albatross
Allardyce Range
Allen, James
Amphipods
Amundsen
    (dog)
“Ancient Mariner,”
Animal life in Weddell Sea
    See also Penguins Seals and Bird life
Annewkow Island
Antarctic Circle
    Derby
Argentine
Armitage, Cape
    Lieut.
Atmospheric effects
    See also Mirage and Sun
Attempt to cut ship out
Aurora,
Aurora Australis
Australia

Bakewell
Barne Glacier
Barrier
    Great Ice
    surface
Beardmore Glacier
Beaufort Island
Belgica Straits
Bergs
Bergschrund
Bernsten, Mr.
Bird life in Weddell Sea
Black Island
Blackborrow
Blizzards, severe
Blue Ice Glacier
Bluff
    depot
Boats
Bovril
British territory
Brocklehurst, Capt. H. Courtney
Browning
Bruce, Dr. W. S.
Buenos Ayres
Burberry clothing
Butler Point depot

Caird Coast
    Sir James
Caird, James (boat)
Candlemas Volcano
Cape Barne
    Bernacchi
    Bird
    Cotter
    Crozier
    Evans
    Horn weather
    Hudson
    pigeons
    Ross
    Royds
    Valentine
    Wild
Castle Rock
Cave Cove
Cheetham
Chile
Christmas celebrations
Clarence Island
Clark
Coal, Antarctic
    on deck
Coats’ Land
Con (dog)
Cook
Cope
Corner Camp
Coulman Islands
Crean
Current meter
Cyclone

Danger Islands
Davis, Captain John K.
Daylight saving
Deception Islands
Diatoms
Discovery
Discovery Bay
    Mount
Distances, Ross Sea Party
Dog-pemmican
Dogs
Dominican gulls
Dudley Docker Mr.
Dudley Docker (boat)
Dunlop Island
Dump Camp

Eclipse of moon
Elephant Island
Emma
Empire Day celebrations
Encyclopædia Britannica
Enderby Land
Endurance
    abandoned
    beset
    crushed
    sunk
Erebus Mount
Expedition ships
    first made public
    Mawson
    Scott
    Shackleton
    Swedish

Falkland Islands
    Wireless listened for
Farthest South
    Scott’s
Filchner
Financial help, appeal for
    failure to materialize
    promised
Fish, dead
    from sea-leopard
    new species
Föhn effect
Fortuna Bay
    Glacier
Franklin Island

Galley
Gallipoli
Garrard, Mr. Cherry
Gaze
Girling tractor-motor
Glacier Bay
    Tongue
Glasgow, H.M.S.
Gold
Graham Land
Greenstreet
Grytviken
Gunner (dog)

Half-way Camp
Harding, Mr.
Harpoon
Hayward
Hercules (dog)
Hobart
Holness
Hooke
Hope Bay
    Mountain
Howe
Hudson
Hurley
Hurtado, Admiral Muñoz
Hussey
Husvik
Hut, Cape Evans
    Cape Royds
    Elephant Island
    at Hut Point;
Hut Point

Ice-blink
Ice-hole
Inaccessible Island
Instituto de Pesca

Jack
Jaeger sleeping-bags
James
Joinville Land
Joyce

Kavenagh
Kelvin sounding machine
Kerr
Khyber Pass
Killer whales
King Haakon Bay
King George V, flag
    to inspect Endurance
    telegram from
    telegram to

Lambton, Miss Elizabeth Dawson
Lamps
Larkman
Leap Year Day
Leith
Lucas sounding machine
Luitpold Land
Lusitania

Mackintosh
Macklin
Macquarie Island
Magnetic Pole
    storm
    variation
Magellan Straits
Marston
Mauger
McCarthy
McDonald, Allen
McIlroy
McLeod
McMurdo Sound
McNab, Dr.
McNeish
Meteorology
Midwinter’s Day celebrations
Minna Bluff
Mirage
Montevideo
Morell Land
Morell’s Farthest South
Motor crawler
    sledge
    tractor
Mount Haddington
    Melbourne
    Murchison
    Sabine
Mugridge
Mutton Island

New South Greenland
New Year Island
New Zealand
Nigger (dog)
Nimrod
Ninnis
Nordenskjold
    Ice Tongue
North Polar Basin
Norwegian Whalers
Nurse Cavell

Orde-Lees
Orita
Orwell
Oscar (dog)

Pack-ice
    described
    See also Pressure
Paddies
Pardo, Captain Luis
Paulet Island
Peak Berg
    Foreman
Peggotty Camp
Penguins
    Adelie
    Emperor
    Gentoo
    Ringed
Peter (dog)
Petrels
    See also Bird life
Pinkey (dog)
Plankton
Pompey (dog)
Porpoises
Port Chalmers
Positions
Possession Bay
    Islands
Potash and Perlmutter
Pram Point
Pressure in Ross Sea
    in Weddell Sea
    See also Pack-ice
Prince George Island
Programme of Expedition
Public Schools
Punta Arenas
Pups

Queen Alexandra

Radiolaria
Rain
Rats on South Georgia
Rampart Berg
Razorback Island
Reeling Berg
Refraction,   See Atmospheric effects
Reindeer
Richards
Rickenson
Rio Secco
Rocky Mountain Depot
Ross
    Island
    Sea
    Sea Party
Royal Geographical Society
Ryan, Lieut. R.N.R.

Safety Camp
Saint (dog)
Sally (dog)
Samson (dog)
Sanders Island
Santiago
Saunders, Edward
Scientific observations commenced
    work proposed
Scotia
Scott
Sea-elephants
Sea-leopard
Seal blubber
    meat
Seals
    Crab-eater
    Ross
    Weddell
Semaphore for sledging parties
    on bridge
Shags
Shackleton, Sir E.
Shoaling, of sea-floor
Shore party
Sledging parties, proposed
Snapper (dog)
Snow Hill
Soldier (dog)
Sorlle, Mr.
South Georgia
    Orkneys
    Sandwich Group
Southern Sky
Spencer-Smith
Splitting ice-floes
Stained Berg
Stancomb Wills, Dame Janet
Stancomb Wills (boat)
Stenhouse
Stevens
Stove
Stromness
Sue (dog)
Sun disappears
    See also Atmospheric effects
Swell

Temperature, air
    sea
Tent Island
Tents
    orderlies
Terns, See also Bird life
Terriss, Ellaline
“The Ritz”
Thom, Captain
Thompson
Tide-rip
Tobacco substitutes
Towser (dog)
Transcontinental party
Tripp, Mr. Leonard
Talloch, Mr.
Turk’s Head

Uruguayan Government

Vahsel Bay
Victoria Mountains
Vincent
Vinie’s Hill
Virol

Wave, enormous
Weddell Sea
    ice conditions in
    plateau
    winds in
Weather at Cape Evans
    at Elephant Island
    at Ocean Camp
    at Patience Camp, See also Temperatures
Western Mountains
Whales
    blue
    humpback and finner seen
    sperm
Wilhelmina Bay
Willywaw
Winston Churchill
Wild, Ernest
    Frank
Wordie
Worsley
Wreckage at South Georgia

Yaks
Yelcho
Young, Mr. Douglas
Young Island