Varsina river, the, i.
Varthema, Luduvico de, ii.
Vasa Murrhina, ii.
Vaygats Island, i.
,
;
Veer, Gerrit de, i.
;
Vega, the, purchased, i. 8;
position when frozen in, i. 468;
action of cold on, i. 466;
prepared for wintering, i. 469;
Vessels, Norse, i.
;
Russian, on the Polar sea, i. 219
Vlamingh, i.
Volcanic dust in Scandinavia, i.
Volcanoes, ii.
Vulpes lagopus
, see
——
vulgaris
, see
W
Waern, C. F., i.
Waldburg-Zeil, Count, i.
Walden Island, i.
Walrus, i.
Walton, Lieut., ii.
Wax tree, the Japanese, ii.
Waxel, Lieut, ii.
Weasel, ii.
Werchojansk, i.
Werkon, the river, ii.
Weyprecht, i.
Whales, on the coast of Norway, i.
;
scarce at Novaya Zemlya, i, 168;
fear of, in ancient times, i. 169;
with European harpoons, found in the Pacific, i. 264
Whale bones on Spitzbergen, i.
;
sub-fossil at Pitlekaj, i. 520;
used is building materials, ii. 223;
at St. Lawrence Island, ii. 253
Whale-fishing, described by Albertus Magnus, i.
;
Whale
mummy
at Pitlekaj, i.
White-fronted goose, i.
White Island,
see
White Sea, the, i.
White whale, the, i.
,
Widmark, H. A., ii.
Wiemut, Julian, ii.
Wiggins, J., i.
,
;
Wilkoffski, ii.
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, i.
,
;
portrait, i.
Willoughby's, Land, i.
Wilui river, the, i.
Wood, Captain, i.
Wosnessenski, conservator, ii.
Wrangel, Ferdinand von, i.
,
,
;
Wrangel Land, i.
,
,
; ii.
,
,
;
Wrestlers, Japanese, ii.
Wulfstan's travels, i.
Y
Yakovieva, i.
Yakuts, i.
; ii.
Yakutsk, i.
,
,
,
,
;
ii.
,
,
Yalmal, exclusion to, i.
;
origin of the name, i. 203;
Yana River, the, i.
Yanimoto, ii.
Yefremov Kamen, i.
Yekargauls, i.
Yelmert, i.
Yelmert Land, i.
Yenisej, the, voyages of the
Fraser
and the
Empress
, up, i.
;
ascent of, in 1875, i. 387;
Russian navigation on, in former times, i. 243;
Russian sea, expeditions to, ii. 185;
Minin's voyages on, ii. 186;
Yenisej, mouth of the, map of, i.
;
formerly inhabited, i. 193;
Yettugin, ii.
,
,
Yii gate, the, ii.
Yinretlen, i.
Ymer
(steamer), i.
,
,
,
Yokohama, ii.
;
Yokosuka, ii.
Yoldia Artica
, i.
Young, Sir Allen, ii.
Yugor Schar, i.
;
expedition passes, i. 171;
rules for sailing through, i. 172;
origin of the name, i. 172;
Pet did not sail through, i. 228;
Yukagires, ii.
Yukagir dwellings, remains of, on the New Siberian Islands, ii.
Z
Zaritza
(steamer), i.
Zeno, i.
Ziegler's map of the north, i.
Zivolka, A. K., i.
;