INDEX

• Aarberg, Dr., 180, 186, 190
• Aarberg, Mrs., 69, 180, 190, 194
• Admiralty, 7, 10, 314, 344, 348
• Air Ministry, 7, 13, 340, 343
• Albatross, 49, 52, 83, 186-189, 190, 294, 296, 363, see also Appendix iii
  • Island, 186
• Albuera, 66, 67, 190
• Amphipods, 101
• Andersen, Mr., manager, Husvik, 76
• Anenkov Island, 172
• Argles, H. J., 48, 49, 83, 92, 118, 139, 141, 145, 148, 186, 197, 272, 327
• Ascension Island, 287, 301-309, 327
• Atmospheric effects, 116, 126, 156, 290
• B
• Baden-Powell, Sir Robert, 170, 232
• Barlas, Mr., Assistant Magistrate, South Georgia, 67
• Barrier, Great Ice, 78, 83
• Bay of Biscay, 19, 341
  • Isles, 185
• Beaufort Sea, 2
• Becker, Sir Frederick, ix, 3
• Begbie, Mr. Harold, viii
• Binnie, Mr., Resident Magistrate, South Georgia, 176, 196
• Bird life, Elephant Island, 335
  • Gough Island, 272, 337-338
  • St. Paul’s Rocks, 329
  • St. Vincent, 328
  • at sea, 52, 83, 329, 334-335, 339
  • South Georgia, 330-333
  • Tristan da Cunha, 213, 336
  • Zavodovski Island, 334
• Birdwood Bank, 7
• Biscoe, John, voyage of, 130
• Blendon Hall, wreck of, 211
• Blubber as fuel, 106, 108, 137, 145, 168
• Bostock, Mr., manager, Prince Olaf Harbour, 185, 189
• Bouvet Island, 6, 79, 91
• Bransfield Strait, 72
• Bridgland, Captain F., 17
• Buenos Aires, 264
• C
• Canadian Government, 3, 4
• Cape Colony, 205, 292, 345
• Cape George, 347
  • of Good Hope, 205, 290
  • Lindsay, 348
  • Lookout, 157, 162
  • Roca, 29
  • Valentine, 155
  • Wild, 156, 158, 162, 165-167
• Cape hen, 52, see also Appendix iii
  • pigeon, 52, 83, 159, 190, see also Appendix iii
• Cape Town, 6, 13, 46, 72, 73, 75, 137, 148, 214, 216, 237, 243, 254, 256, 262-264, 271, 284, 287-294, 343
• Cape Verde Islands, 34
• Carr, C. R., 14, 27, 38, 49, 50, 52, 61, 80, 82, 83, 91, 100, 105, 118, 140, 142, 148, 149, 157, 159, 167, 185, 186, 190, 197, 202, 206, 212, 231, 327
• Cascaes, 29
• Caves, ice, 89
  • Gough Island, 280, 283
  • Middle Island, 324
  • Zavodovski Island, 87, 334, 347
• Challenger, 206, 321
• Christmas celebrations, 50-52
• Clarence Island, 154, 155, 156, 317
• Clark, Mr. R. S., of Endurance, 308, 331 (notes), 332 (notes), 333
• Clerk Rocks, 82, 347
• Clothing, 76, 358, 361
• Coats Land, 78, 314
• Continental Shelf, 120
• Cook, Mr. James A., x, 290, 295
• Cooper Bay, 80, 82, 316, 347
  • Island, 346, 347
• Cornwallis Island, 155
• Cotton, Miss Betty, 241
• Crayfish, 274, 278, 280, 349, 363
• Crozet Island, 6
• Cumberland Bay, 60, 346
• D
• Deception Island, 91, 137, 140, 168, 182
• Dell, J. W., 14, 27, 38, 49, 54, 77, 83, 91-93, 104, 120, 132, 140, 147, 169, 178, 196, 209, 265, 287-289, 327, 343
• Diatoms, 101
• Diego Alvarez Island, see Gough Island
• Diet, 353-357
• Discovery, 14, 68, 308, 365
• Dogs, sledge, 364
• Dominican gull, 112, 159, see also Appendix iii
• Dougherty Island, 7
• Douglas, G. V., 15, 22, 27, 38, 49, 59, 77, 80, 82, 83, 94, 100, 124, 134, 139, 142, 146, 148, 149, 157, 163, 179, 197, 206, 231, 287, 292, 304, 309, 343, 348, 351
  • diary, 208, 209, 210, 212, 214
  • geological observations, 314-318
• Dredging, 149, 296
• Drygalski Fiord, 82
• E
• East India Company, 205, 297, 300
• Elephant Island, 81, 91, 137, 145, 153-168, 171, 178, 183, 273, 317-318, 335, 342, 347-348, 350
• Enderby Brothers, 5
  • Land, 73, 314
  • Quadrant, 7, 292
• Endurance, 3, 61, 68, 90, 99, 117, 119, 152, 155, 183, 194, 308, 350, 354, 357, 360, 364
• Equipment, general, 15, 72, 76
  • scientific, 10-13, 341, 343
• Eriksen, 15, 27, 36, 38, 48
• Euphausiae, 101, 111
• Expedition, Bellingshausen’s, 86
  • Canadian Arctic, 14, 344
  • Deutschland, 46, 196
  • German Transit of Venus, 197
  • Imperial Trans-Antarctic, 1
  • Mawson, 87
  • Shackleton, 1914-16, 348
  • Shackleton-Rowett, 6
• Expedition Topics, 93, 97
• F
• Falkland Islands, 79, 184
• Falmouth Bay, Tristan da Cunha, beacons, 349
• Foca I, see Quest
• France, 37
• Frost-bite, 353, 357-360
• G
• Garrard, Mr. A. Cherry, 355, 356
  • The Worst Journey in the World, 355
• Glaciers, Elephant Island, 158, 161, 317
  • South Georgia, 197, 198, 316
  • Zavodovski Island, 86
• Glass, Corporal William, 222, 238-239, 248, 259
• Gough Island, 6, 215, 265-286, 287, 291, 319-320, 337-340, 343, 348, 350, 351
• Gould, Lieut. Comdr., 7
• Graham Land, 72, 74, 75
• Green, C. J., 20, 24, 26, 36, 49, 51, 54, 81, 83, 97, 190, 191, 194, 197, 202, 294, 296, 302, 309
• Gritviken Harbour, 59, 60, 67, 69, 76, 192, 195
• Growlers, 132, 152
• H
• Hansen, Mr., manager, Leith Harbour, 67, 76, 77, 109, 172, 176, 179, 180, 182, 190, 333
• Harmsworth, Mr. A. C., 5
• Heard Island, 6
• Hodson, Mr., of Discovery, 308
• Hussey, L. D. A., 14, 23, 27, 33, 38, 40, 43, 49-52, 61, 65, 67, 69, 76, 84, 172, 178, 182, 185, 194
  • account of the burial of Sir E. Shackleton, 173-177
• Husvik Harbour, 76, 185
• I
• Ice, fresh water from sea, 118
  • pack, 79, 98-100, 102, 104, 107, 112, 118, 129-133, 136, 143, 149, 150, 152, 350
  • pancake, 135, 136 see also Growlers and the Pack
• Icebergs, 58, 83, 85-91, 93, 96, 141, 142, 149, 152, 156, 159, 350
• Ice-blink, 98, 136
• Illness, prevention of, 352
• Inaccessible Island, 6, 203, 205, 206, 211-213, 239, 324-325, 351
• J
• Jacobsen, Captain, of Professor Gruvel, 67, 74
• Jacobsen, Mr., manager, Gritviken, 61, 66, 75, 80, 261
• Jeffrey, D. G., 14, 23, 27, 38, 43, 48, 49, 52, 77-82, 83, 85, 87, 103, 105, 122, 142, 146, 149, 163, 166, 178, 186, 187, 191, 196, 197, 202, 206, 209, 231, 266, 309, 343
• K
• Kelp, 82, 191, 209, 214, 274, 346, 348, 363
• Kelvin sounding machine, 12, 84, 318, 344
• Kerr, A. J., 14, 17, 28, 29, 34, 42, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56, 74, 78, 83, 87, 92, 109, 122, 128, 136, 149, 151, 157, 159, 179, 194, 202, 292, 303, 308
• Killer whales, 93, 102, 111-114, 125, 131, 132, 143, 146, 335
• L
• Larsen Harbour, 82, 331 (note 2), 347
• Least, Captain, of Woodville, 69, 174
• Leith Harbour, 66, 76, 77, 80, 172, 190
• Lisbon, 29, 30, 32, 78, 341
• Lucas sounding machine, 12, 91, 92, 289, 344, 350
• Lysaght, Mr. Gerald, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25
• M
• McIlroy, J. A., 14, 19, 27, 49, 52, 61, 65, 67, 80, 83, 91, 92, 95, 100, 104, 118, 126, 129, 140, 141, 149, 157, 159, 168, 170, 185, 194, 197, 201, 202, 232, 292
• Macklin, A. H., x, 3, 6, 14, 23, 27, 38, 40, 45, 48, 49, 52, 61, 62, 67, 75, 80, 81, 83, 89, 91-95, 98, 103-105, 112, 118, 126, 132, 139, 140, 142, 147-152, 157, 159, 163, 166, 167, 185, 188, 191, 194, 196, 197, 202, 204, 214, 216, 270, 284, 292, 298, 302, 303, 309
  • diary, 57, 64, 122, 135, 141, 145, 153, 164, 186-188, 191, 199, 275, 294-296, 302, 304-308
  • medical, 352-365
  • Tristan da Cunha, 219-264
• Macleod, T. F., 14, 19, 27, 49, 52, 77, 83, 92, 100, 123, 140, 152, 163, 169, 178, 187, 194, 201, 290
• Macquarie Island, 87, 273
• Madeira, 17, 19, 31, 34, 310
• Manson, Captain, of Albuera, 67, 190
• Marion Island, 6
• Marr, J. W. S., 15, 21, 23, 30, 32, 36, 38, 49, 52, 77, 80, 81, 83, 84, 91, 118, 132, 140, 146, 150, 163, 169, 178, 186, 197, 202, 206, 212, 232, 304, 327
  • diary, 33, 94, 144, 207
• Mason, J. C. Bee, 14, 23, 27-29, 31, 32
• Middle Island, 205, 208, 210, 324, 351
• Mill, Dr. H. R. viii, 3
• Mollymauk, 213, 245, see also Appendix iii
• Moltke Harbour, 197
• Monte Video, 67, 69, 173-177
• Mooney, N. E., 15, 21, 22, 28-32
• Mount Paget, 315
• N
• Naisbitt, C., 48, 49, 52, 77, 83, 93, 97, 98, 118, 148, 270, 278
• Natural History Museum, British, 163, 314
  • New York, 164
• Neko, floating factory, 177, 178, 182, 185, 186
• New Zealand, 7, 285
• Newnes, Sir George, 5
• Nightingale Island, 6, 205-210, 211, 212, 322-324
• O
• Orwell, oil transport, 76, 288
• P
• Pack, the, 73, 101, 110, 113, 117, 122, 146
• Paddy birds, 159, 163, 363, see also Appendix iii
• Pagoda Rock, 79, 96, 348
• Palmer Archipelago, 74, 183
• Pediunker, 213, 253
• Penguin Island, 286, 348
  • rookeries, 81, 87, 213, 274, 284
• Penguins, 80, 86, 93, 102, 156, 162, 166, 295, 363
  • Adelie, 115, 143, 145, 148
  • Emperor, 108-109, 111, 124
  • Gentoo, 81, 158, 160, 167
  • King, 87, 108, 334
  • Ringed, 81, 85, 141, 158, 334
  • Rockhopper, 213, 274, 284 see also Appendix iii
• Personnel, 14-15, 48, 366
• Perth, oil transport, 184
• Petrels, 99
  • Antarctic, 93, 111, 112, 131, 141, 143
  • Giant, 83, 129, 131, 186, 187
  • Mother Carey’s Chickens, 52, 83, 131
  • Snow, 111, 112, 124, 143, 145
  • Wilson’s, 111 see also Appendix iii
• Plant life, Ascension Island, 305
  • Gough Island, 268, 272, 285, 338-339
  • Nightingale Island, 207
  • St. Helena, 299, 300
  • South Georgia, 334
  • Tristan da Cunha, 213, 240, 244, 252, 320
• Plymouth, 17, 293, 308
  • Sound, 18, 312
• Ponta del Gada, 310
• Portugal, 29
• Positions, 20, 21, 22, 50, 79, 98, 104, 108, 110, 116, 117, 120, 128, 131, 136, 141, 143, 144, 147, 288, 342, see also Appendix v
• Possession Bay, 346
• Prince Olaf Harbour, 185, 188, 189, 346
• Prion, see Whale bird
• Professor Gruvel, 67, 74, 173
• Q
• Queen Mary’s Land, 114
• Query, dog, 17, 20, 26, 62, 100, 107, 122, 143, 145, 148, 153, 196, 201, 265, 278, 284, 289
• Quest, adaptation and equipment, 8-13;
  • voyage to Rio, 16-37, 42-43;
  • overhauled, 44-47;
  • first visit to South Georgia, 48-63, 72-74, 76-79;
  • pushing South, 80-98;
  • in the ice, 98-144;
  • beset, 145-152;
  • visits Elephant Island, 153-172;
  • second visit to South Georgia, 177-190;
  • visits Tristan da Cunha group, 199-203, 206-209, 213, 224, 231, 233, 235, 243, 252;
  • Gough Island, 265-270, 279-284;
  • Cape Town, 287-293;
  • homeward voyage, 294-296, 301, 308-313;
  • alluded to, vii, 314, 316, 318, 340, 341, 351, 353, 365
• R
• Raratonga, 7
• Reef, sounding for reported, 288, 349
• Rio de Janeiro, 43-48, 53, 63, 77, 78, 85, 140, 182, 341, 345
• “Roaring Forties,” the, 179, 199, 203
• Rogers, Rev. Martin, 214, 217, 227, 232, 235, 236, 243, 248, 263
• Rogers, Mrs. Martin, 235-237, 243, 248
• Ross, G. H., 83, 142, 197
• Ross’s Appearance of Land, 91, 137, 144, 145, 350
• Rowett, Mr. J. Q., viii, 3, 5, 9, 15-17, 51, 52, 57, 66, 72, 73, 77, 173, 174, 176, 177, 204, 215, 217, 287, 290, 312, 328, 340, 365
• Rowett, Mrs. J. Q., ix, 51, 52, 176
• Royal Bay, 197, 316, 347
• Royal Geographical Society, 2
• S
• St. Helena, 287, 296-301, 327
• St. Paul Rocks, 6, 38-42, 325-327, 328, 345
• St. Vincent, 35, 42, 62, 78, 287, 308, 309, 327, 328, 341
• San Miguel Azores, 310, 327
• Sapp, Captain, of Southern Isles, 185
• Scilly Isles, 19, 30
• Scotia, 267, 348
• Scott, Captain, 14, 355, 364
• Scurvy, 104-106, 353-357, 365
• Sea-elephants, 81, 137, 156, 157, 159, 162-164, 186, 272, 333, 337, 363
• Sea hen, see Skua
• Sea-leopards, 93, 112, 125, 149, 333, 335, 363
• Sea life, St. Paul Rocks, 38-42
  • Tristan da Cunha, 336
  • tropical, 36
• Seal meat, 103-105, 108, 125, 363
• Seal Rocks, 166
• Seals, 81, 107, 111-115, 143, 295, 337, 360
  • Arctic and Antarctic, 125
  • Crab-eater, 101, 114, 124, 131, 132, 139, 145, 335, 363
  • Weddell, 118, 333, 363
• Sea-sickness, 31, 353
• Shackleton, Lady, 8, 66, 67, 69, 173, 174, 176, 194
• Shackleton, Sir E. H., vii-ix;
  • plans and finance, 1-10, 14-15;
  • on the Quest, 16-38, 41-43, 48-59;
  • at Rio, 44-48;
  • arrival at South Georgia, 60-63;
  • death, 64-67, 365;
  • arrangements for burial, 67-70, 173;
  • memorial service, 174;
  • funeral, 176;
  • memorial cairn and grave, 192-195;
  • alluded to, 71-79, 88, 105, 155, 156, 171, 183, 188, 312, 314, 342, 344, 350, 354-356, 362, 364
  • diary, 18-23, 58-59
  • South, 1, 155, 333
• Sharks, 38-41, 209, 295, 337
• Sinclair, Captain, of Neko, 182, 183
• Skua, 80, 81, 129, 159, 213, 268, 272, see also Appendix iii
• Smith, C. E., 15, 49, 83, 84, 92, 292
• Snow-blindness, 353, 361-362
• Sorlle, Mr., manager, Stromness Harbour, 183, 184
• Soundings, 84, 92, 96, 104, 110, 116, 117, 120, 128, 131, 141, 143, 144, 147, 171, 189, 197, 199, 214, 274, 279, 283, 286, 288, 318, 327, see also Appendix v
• Southampton, 8, 17, 177
• South Georgia, first visit, 60-63, 80-82;
  • second visit, 168-172, 178-198;
  • geology, 315-317;
  • natural history, 329-334;
  • hydrographic work, 345-347;
  • alluded to, 8, 57, 67, 69, 72, 73, 77-79, 91, 94, 137, 138, 173-176, 197, 201, 328, 342, 350
  • Sandwich Group, 347, 350
  • Shetlands, 183, 317
  • Trinidad Island, 6, 43, 287
• Southern Isles, oil transport, 185
• Southern Sky, 184
• Sperry gyroscopic compass, 11, 344
• Stefansson, 2, 14, 105, 357
• Stoltenhoff Island, 205, 210, 212, 324
• Stromness Harbour, 183-185
• Surveys, 38, 87, 279, 285, 286, see also Appendix v
• T
• Tagus, river, 29, 31
• Temperatures, 52, 129, 143, 144, 145, 146, 150, 342
• Terns, 131, 268, see also Appendix iii
• Traill-Smith, Comdr., 18, 293
• Tristan da Cunha, 6, 179, 190, 198, 199, 203-206, 213-264, 266, 274, 291, 320-322, 336, 342, 349-351
• U
• Uruguay, Republic of, 174, 194
• Uruguayan Government, 173-175
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs, 175, 177
• V
• Vitamines, 354-358, 363, 364
• Volcanic appearances, 82, 86, 347
• W
• Wallis Island, 60
• Water sky, 98, 107, 111, 150
• Watts, H., 15, 27, 49, 66, 83, 92, 120, 140, 149, 160, 296
• Weddell Sea, 72, 91, 100, 119, 142, 350
• Whale birds, 52, 83, 213, see also Appendix iii
  • food, 101-102
  • hunting, 182-183
• Whales, 101, 102, 132, 171, 333, 363
• “Wideawake Valley,” 302-303
• Wild, Frank, 55, 122, 142, 153, 200, 221, 223, 231-233, 236, 238, 295, 296, 342, 364
• Wilkins, G. H., 14, 23, 27, 35, 37, 38, 50, 59, 77, 87, 92, 103, 108, 115, 134, 140, 149, 157, 163, 169, 179, 186, 187, 197, 206, 207, 212, 231, 285, 292, 304, 309, 327, 330, 333, 337, 340
• Wind at Gough Island, 281, 283
  • South Georgia, 184
  • Tristan da Cunha, 213, 228, 251, see also Appendix iv
• Wireless, 10, 19, 22, 66, 140, 344-345, 348
• Woodville, 69, 174, 175, 178, 189
• Worsley, F. A., 14, 23, 27, 42, 49, 52, 54, 57, 60, 65, 76, 77, 82-85, 90-92, 94-96, 98, 103, 110, 117, 120, 122, 123, 128, 131, 133, 136, 141, 143, 144, 147-149, 161, 166, 171, 172, 183, 184, 187, 189, 194, 197, 202, 204, 214, 265, 266, 288, 294, 343
• Wounds, treatment of, 362
• Y
• Young, S. S., 48, 49, 52, 83, 92, 163
• Z
• Zavodovski Island, 85-87, 318, 334, 347