Two Years in the Antarctic; Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX A Ada Be, Cape, 5, 40 Allan's camp, 180, 183 Antarctic Circle, 34 Armitage, Cape, 09 Auckland Islands, 29, 294 Aurora Australia, 121, 22!) Borealis, 229 Azores, the, 297 B Bacteriology, 98 Balleny Islands, 293 Balloon ascents, 60 Barrow's dip circle, 187, 301 Beaufort Island, 50 Biological holes, 92 Black Island, 140 Blizzard, the, 88 Blizzards, 74, 97, 118, 137, 145 Box kite, 19 C Cape Town, 22 Castle Rock, 69, 75 Catarrh, 148 Christchurch, 30, 296 Christmas Day, 34, 175, 191, 275 Clothing, 304 Coal, 257, 290 Colheck, Captain, 7, 193 Coulman Island, 41, 48, 293 Crampons, 76, 174, 217 Crater Hill, 69 Crevasses, 141, 172, 177, 181, 183 Crozier, Cape, 50, 52, 146, 233 D Dailey Islands, 133, 267 Dehates, 95 Dellbridge Islands, 123, 250 Descent Pass, 171, 188 Discovery, the, 7, 8, 9, 26; officers, 11; warrant officers, 101, 118; petty officers, 104; blue-jackets, 106 Dogs, Siberian sledge-, 30, 78, 83, 210, 213, 254 puppies, 218, 232, 240 Dredge, 35, 50 Dunedin, 32 E Eclipse, 94, 238 Erebus Island, 49 Erebus, Mount, 50,62, 63, 254,290 Eskere, 130 Explorers, previous, 1-7 Explosions, 243, 253, 272, 287 F Falkland Islands, 297 Farthest South of Discovery, 55 sledge journey, 144, 153, 156, 197, 210 Ferrar Glacier, 166, 170, 181, 237, 279 Fish, 71, 239 Food, 308 Fossils, 229, 270 Franz-Josef Land, 219 Frostbites, 77, 135, 230 G Gap, the, 70 Glacier, decadent, 203, 204 face, 133, 207 movement, 187, 250 termination, 237 Glissading, 171 Granite, 48 'Guarantee party,' 120 H Huggins, Mount, 133, 170 Hut Point, 69, 288, 289 I Ice Barrier, 52, 53-69, 214,252,209 Icebergs, 34, 55, 58, 294 Ice cliffs, 44 fall, 176, 186 formation, 94, 205 navigation, 45 pack, 35-37, 49, 220, 285 saw, 255,272, 274 thermometers, 241 Ice, pinnacle, 128, 263 Insect...