Q
R
- Racovitza, Emile, zoölogist, in advance of expedition,
8,
42;
- arrangements made by,
81,
132,
133,
136;
- discovery of,
143;
- finds sea algae,
175;
- plans of,
192;
- studies,
241,
242;
- kills seals,
243,
244;
- patches pantaloons,
259;
- fishes,
267,
268;
- in the laboratory,
299;
- plans a book,
300;
- humor of,
337;
- plays whist,
344;
- sees new bird,
377;
- gets specimens,
391;
- remark of,
395,
405
- Raleigh, Walter, Sir,
83
- Recreation,
239
- Recuperation, backwardness in,
365,
366
- Regions, disheartening series of,
351
- Renewed interest,
342
- Resting place for the night,
150
- Results,
390,
391
- Retribution, H. M. S.,
32
- Reynard, H. I., Mr., originator of first Magellanic sheep farming,
77,
78
- Rhodes,
91
- Ridges,
272,
273
- Rio de Janeiro, city of,
10–12
- Rio de la Plata, importance of the,
22,
23;
- in the,
59,
60
- Rio, from Madeira to,
17
- Rio Grande do Sul, province of,
20
- Rising, difficulty of,
303,
304
- Ross seals,
392
- Routine, regular,
301
- Royal Geographical Society opens subscription list,
41
S
- Sail Rock,
125,
126
- Samples of sea life,
299
- Sanarelli, I., Dr., Italian bacteriologist,
33–35
- Sandy Point, first sight of,
79
- Schollaert, Mr., Minister of the Interior,
44
- Schouten, navigator,
83
- Scene, a despairing,
196;
- fairy-like,
352
- Scientific staff, short excursions of,
227;
- return home of,
405
- Sea algae,
175,
217,
286
- Sea-ice,
229,
230
- Sea lanes,
217
- Sea-leopard,
210,
211
- Seals,
186,
198,
201,
202,
210,
328,
329;
- examine tent,
360;
- killed,
277;
- means of obtaining,
382
- Sealers, Norwegian,
40
- Sealing,
27
- “Seal, new,”
180
- Seal shooting,
293
- Securing game, efforts in,
364
- Sensation, a strange,
199
- September 8th, temperature,
363
- Settlement, penal,
84,
85
- Sheep farming,
73–76,
86,
89,
100,
102
- Ship arranged for the winter,
271,
272
- Short-lived hilarity, cause of,
372,
373
- Sierra Du Fief,
147
- Sight, an exciting,
204–206
- Signs, constant,
203;
- deceptive,
186;
- of nearness to open sea,
275,
276
- Silence,
343
- Situation, a curious,
199
- Ski, on,
235,
239,
248,
274,
306,
319,
320,
329,
353,
384
- Ski-travelling, excellent,
239
- Skis and sledges, difficulty of using,
242
- Skis, Norwegian,
228
- Sledge journeys,
349
- Sledges, lesson learned regarding,
244
- Sledging party, return of,
359,
362
- Sledge-shoeing,
351
- Sledging-party,
349
- Sledge travelling,
350–353,
355,
356,
359–362
- Sleep, character of,
201
- Sleeping bag,
212,
214
- Smith Island,
123
- Snowfall, total,
379
- Snow, filled with,
371,
372
- Snowhouse, building the second,
356,
357;
- sojourn in,
358
- Snow made adhesive,
242
- Snow-shoes,
222;
- travel on,
228
- Snow showers,
376
- Social enthusiasm worn out,
385,
386
- Society, Rio Geographical,
10,
12
- Solid ground, longing for,
386
- Solvay, Mr., promoter of science,
40
- Sophie Rocks, opposite,
144
- Sounding,
202;
- deep-sea,
189
- Soundings,
121,
122
- South America, milk and butter in,
60,
61;
- most noted man in,
33
- South American cities, growth of,
25
- Southern cross,
315
- South polar exploration, season for,
43
- South polar lands shielded,
203
- South Shetland Islands,
121–125,
128,
129
- Special feast,
313
- Star, first south polar,
162
- Steaming slowly westward,
152
- Staten Island, final adieu at,
121
- Steubenrach, Mr.,
100
- Storm, a melancholy,
126–128;
- demons,
62–64;
- effect of,
220–224;
- off Patagonia,
61–64;
- on edge of the pack,
194–197
- Storms, temperature after,
227
- Stoves,
316–318
- Strait of Magellan, in the,
69–71
- Suits, different styles of,
347
- Summer nightless days,
373,
374
- Sun, a peep at the,
224;
- unreliable as a fixed point,
261;
- sight of the returning,
339–342;
- normal face of the,
344,
345;
- highest altitude of,
387
- Sun effect,
283,
284
- Sunset phenomena,
187,
188,
190;
- strikingly beautiful,
19,
20
- Sunday jaunt,
293
- Sunday, observance of,
296
- Sunburst, slight suggestion of,
277,
278
- Sunshine, rarity of,
376
- Surroundings, new charms of,
201
- Surprise, ornithological,
171
- Survey,
145
- System, American Sigsbee,
54
T
- Tabular iceberg, deceptive nearness of,
352;
- distance and appearance of,
355,
356;
- reached,
383–385
- Task, first large,
121
- Temperature,
137,
209,
210,
218,
224,
333;
- maximum and minimum,
363,
372,
373;
- normal,
377,
383
- Temperatures at various depths,
189
- Tent pitched,
353,
354,
360,
361
- Tents,
348
- Terre de Danco,
149
- Thaw coming,
222
- Tierra del Fuego,
186,
390
- Tollefsen,
179;
- permanently deranged,
385
- Top line,
287
- Tonite,
53;
- explosive power of,
394,
395
- Torro, the, gunboat,
92
- Tracks,
335
- Transformation, rapid,
208,
209
- Treatment, system of,
332
- Trenches, cutting,
393,
394
- Triangulation, sights made for,
138
- Trophies,
385
- Tropical night, approach of,
16
- Twilight, bright blue,
344;
- midday,
288,
299
- Two days gale,
370–372
- Two Hummock Islands,
136
U
- Undercurrent, suggestion of an,
375
- Uruguay, sandy beds of,
27,
28;
- population,
31;
- imports,
32;
- fruit and vegetables of,
60
- Ushuaia, small town of,
97
V
- Van der Steen, Count, Minister of Belgian Legation,
3,
4,
6,
8,
9,
12,
16
- Van Mirlo, desperate effort of,
361
- Van Wyck Island,
148
- Van Wyck, Mayor,
148
- View, general aspect of,
272,
273
- Vapour, peculiar,
287
- Ventilation, best means of,
256
- Vessel, desperate attempt to reach,
361,
362
- View, superb,
136,
137
- Volunteers called for,
141
- Visit of penguins and seals,
210
W
- Walk, awkward,
402,
403
- Wandel, Commander, of Copenhagen,
43
- Warm weather, constant complaints of,
277
- Watches,
355
- Water-sky,
171,
185,
187,
217,
305
- Water supply,
139,
140
- Wauwermans Islands,
147
- Weather unendurable,
308
- Weddell sea-leopards,
356
- Weddell Sea, search for opening into,
135
- Welcoming the day,
342
- Westerly, a chance to push,
193
- Whaleboat Sound, in,
94,
95
- Whist, game of,
304
- White House,
8
- White rainbow, or fog-eater,
262
- White Squadron,
32
- Wiencke, loss of,
126–128
- Wiencke Island,
147
- Wild life, stirs of,
165
- Wilhelmina Bay,
143
- Wilhelmina, Queen,
46,
386
- Wilke,
266
- “Williwaws,”
93
- Wind, fury of the,
20,
21;
- weather depending on the,
258,
310;
- service of,
388
- Winter campaign of work,
241
- Wintering in the pack, opposition to,
191,
192
- Work, first and most important,
271
- Women, first glimpse of,
403
Y
- Yacht Club, Antwerp,
46
- Yahgans,
99
- Yankee Harbour,
192
- Yellow fever, germ of,
33–35
Transcriber’s Notes:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been
corrected silently.
2. Where hyphenation is in doubt, it has been retained as in the
original.
3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have
been retained as in the original.