# The Worst Journey in the World/Index

INDEX
* Abbott, George P., lv, Ivii, 558
* Adam Mountains, 361
* Adare, Cape, xxiii, xxix, xxxiv, 409, 570
* Adélie Land, xxii
* —— penguins. See Penguins, Adélie
* Adventure, the, xviii
* Albatross, capture of, 39
* Alexander Land, xxi
* Alexandra, Queen, 507
* Amundsen, Roald, telegram to Scott, 41; arrives in Bay of Whales, 128; character, 134; letter to King of Norway, 482; forestalls Scott at Pole, 506; reason of success, 544
* 'Antarctic Adventures' (Priestley), lxi
* Antarctic Continent, theories of, xxi
* 'Antarctic Penguins' (Levick), lxi
* Antarctic regions, early explorations, xviii; Ross's expedition, xxv; importance of Scott's work, lxii; marine life, 568
* Anton (pony boy), 224, 429
* Aptenodytes forsteri. See Penguin, Emperor
* Archer, W.W., 429, 438, 472
* Arctic regions, exploration in, xxix-xxxiii
* Arethusa. See Portuguese man-of-war
* Armitage, Cape, 108, 566
* Arrival Bay, xlvi
* —— Heights, 98, 185
* Atkinson, Edward L., his responsibilities, 1; on the Terra Nova, 3 5 character, 4; on South Trinidad, 19; accident to foot, 111; lecture on scurvy, 215; lost in blizzard, 303; Barrier Journey, 324; in command of First Return Party, 381; meets Lashly and Evans, 404; difficulties during Scott's absence, 411; attempts to find Scott, 426; in command of Main Party, 427; journey to Hutton Cliffs, 428; sledge journey, 429; fish-trap, 444; spring journey, 467; reads Burial Service over Scott, 481; lands in New Zealand, 572
* Atmosphere, observations on, 35
* Aurora borealis, 244
* Balloon Bight, xxxiv, 130
* Barne Glacier, 184, 307, 459
* Barrie, Sir J.M., Scott's letter to, 540
* Barrier, the, Ross's journey, xxiii; Scott's survey, 1902, xxxiv; first arrival at, 81; Scott's paper on, 214; snow surface, 239; Wright's lecture, 455; movement, 468
* Beardmore Glacier, journey across, 350–367
* Beaufort Island, 557
* Bellingshausen, xxi
* Bernacchi, Cape, 425
* Biology, marine, importance of Ross's expedition, xxvii; Terra Nova observations, 7, 567
* Bird, Cape, xxiv
* ——, Mt., 558
* —— Peninsula, 409
* Biscuit Depôt, 473
* Black Island, xxv
* Blacksand Beach, 100
* Blizzards, 112,447
* Blubber, uses of, lvi
* Bluff Depôt, 114, 119, 418
* Borchgrevink, xxviii
* Bowers, Lieut. H.R., on Terra Nova, 3; character and personality, 4, 208; at South Trinidad, 16; on Depôt Journey, 105; on Winter Journey, 234; trip to Western Mountains, 306; commencement of Polar Journey, 325; passage of the Beardmore Glacier, 351 seq.; Plateau Journey, 368 seq.; body discovered, 480; journey to Pole, 496 seq.; return from Pole, 511 seq.
* Bowers, Mrs., Scott's letter to, 539
* Browning, Frank V., lv, lvi, lvii, lviii
* Brown Island, xxv
* Bruce, Wilfred M., 565
* Buckley Island, 362
* Butter Point, 425
* Campbell, Victor, at Inexpressible Island, lii seq.; on Terra Nova, 2; character, 4; Terra Nova attempts to relieve, ​409; possibility of rescuing, 441; rescued, 493
* Cardiff, Wales, i
* Castle Rock, xxxv, 152, 185, 434
* Cephalodiscus rarus, 569
* Challenger Expedition, xxviii, 568
* Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, functions, 2; on Winter Journey, 233 seq.; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351 seq.; journey with dogs, 416 seq.; illness, 427; work on penguins, 559
* Christmas Day celebration, 1911, 373
* Clissold, Thomas, 309, 383, 429
* Cloudmaker, 356, 359, 382
* Colbeck, Cape, 129
* Cook, Captain James, Antarctic explorations, xviii, xix, xx, xxi
* Corner Camp, 112, 122, 135, 166, 306, 468, 473
* Crater Heights, 98, 162
* Crean, Thomas, Depôt Journey, 104 seq.; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351 seq.; Plateau Journey, 368 seq.; snow-blindness, 385; journey for help, 406; duties, 438; on search journey, 472
* Crozier, Capt., xxix
* Crozier, Cape, discovery, xxiii, xl, 252, 558
* Darwin, Mt., 366, 388
* David, Professor, xlvii
* Davies, Francis, 92
* Day, Bernard C, 310, 383, 429
* Debenham, Frank, 217, 309, 437, 438, 465, 472, 557
* Dellbridge Islands, 169
* De Long, G. W., xxix
* Derrick Point, 98
* Dickason, Harry, liv, Iviii, 557
* Diet, Cook's precautions, xviii; experiments on Winter Journey, 256; importance of good cooking, 330; effects of unsuitability, 552
* Dimitri (dog boy), 104, 310, 323, 404, 419, 420, 428, 467
* Disaster Camp, 160
* Discovery, Mt., 151, 186
* Discovery Expedition, 1 901-1904, xxxiii seq., 456
* Discovery hut, 97, 185
* Dogs, on Scott's first expedition, xxxvi; on board ship, 49; effect of blizzards, 113; ponies as food for, 339; successful use, 353; rate of return, 383; new batch, 410; hospital, 437; behaviour in camp, 440; accommodation, 450; diet, 452; disease among, 453; behaviour while driving, 469
* Dolphins, observations on, 37
* Dominion Range, 362, 370
* Drake, Frank, 3, 97, 565
* Drygalski Ice Tongue, Iviii
* Dunedin, N.Z., 48
* Dunlop Island, 307
* D'Urville, Dumont, xxii
* Emperor Penguin. See Penguin, Emperor
* Enderby, Messrs., xxi
* Equator, crossing of, 10
* Erebus, Mt., discovery, xxiii; first glimpse of, 81; activity, 184; ascent of, 557
* Erebus, the, xxii, xxix
* Eskers, the, 432
* Evans, Lieut. Edward, functions, 2; character, 4; on Depôt Journey, 104 seq.; lectures, 217; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351 seq.; Plateau Journey, 368 seq.; snow-blindness, 391; symptoms of scurvy, 393; illness, 399; sent home, 423; returns on Terra Nova, 565
* ——, Seaman Edgar, on Discovery Expedition, xxxix; as Neptune, 10; trip to Western Mountains, 306 seq.; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351 seq.; Plateau Journey, 368 seq.; accident to hand, 378; journey to Pole, 496 seq.; return from Pole, 511 seq.; death, 528
* Evans, Cape, xlviii, 86, 96, 181, 317, 434, 444, 447, 493, 502
* —— Coves, l, liii, 409, 569
* Fahrt, 458
* Ferrar Glacier, xxxviii
* Fire, outbreaks of, 462
* Fodder Depôt, 109
* Forde, Robert, 104, 306, 429
* Forster, Mr., xx
* Fram, the, xxix seq., xlviii, 46, 133
* Franklin, Sir John, xxix
* Franklin Island, 557, 570
* Franz Josef Land, xxxii
* Funchal, Madeira, 3
* Gap, the, 98
* Gateway, the, 339, 351
* Geelmuyden, Professor, xxxi
* Glacier Tongue, 152, 185, 430, 449
* Gran, Tryggve, 4, 104 seq., 429, 434, 438, 447. 472, 558, 567
* Granite Harbour, Iviii, 409, 567
* —— Pillars, 393
* Great Razorback Island, 169, 186
* Greely, A. W., xxix, xxx
* Haig, Sir Douglas, Scott's letter to, 410
* Halley, Edmund, 11 ​
* Hare, xxxv
* Hell's Gate, 570
* Helminthology, 17
* High Peak, 183
* Hobart, Tasmania, xxii
* Hooker, Sir Joseph D., xxv
* Hooker, Mt., 186
* Hooper, F. J., 15, 28, 310, 383, 438, 472, 477, 558
* Hooper, Mt. See Upper Barrier Depôt
* Hope, Mt., 343, 393
* —— Island, xlvii
* Horses. See Ponies, Manchurian
* Horseshoe Bay, 98
* Hut Point, lix, 97, 157, 461, 566
* —— Point Peninsula, xxiv, xxxiv, 185
* Hutton Cliffs, 169, 185, 428
* Hyperoodon rostrata. See Whale, bottle-nosed
* Ice, Cook's observations, xx; the Fram, xxx; formation of pack, 59; movement, 440
* —— cap, Antarctic, xxxviii
* Icebergs, 61, 570
* "Igloo back," lvii
* Inaccessible Island, 186, 434
* Inexpressible Island, conditions on, liii
* Island Lake, 182
* Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, xxxii, 216
* Jeannette, the, xxix
* Johansen, Lieut., xxx, 132
* Jones, Cape, 557
* Kayaks, Nansen's use of, xxxi
* Keltie Glacier, 358
* Keohane, Patrick, 104 seq., 353, 382, 426, 428, 434, 438, 473
* Killer whale. See Whale, killer
* King Edward VII.'s Land, xxxiv, xlviii
* Kinsey, Mr. J. J., 48
* Knight, E. F., 12, 18
* Knoll, the, xl, 252, 260
* Kyffin, Mt., 352
* Land crabs, at South Trinidad, 14, 18
* Lashly, W., on Discovery Expedition, xxxviii; diary, 311 seq.; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351 seq.; nurses Lieut. Evans, 393 seq.; duties, 438; on Search Journey, 472
* Levick, G. Murray, liii, 3
* Lillie, Denis G., 4, 565, 569
* Lister, Mt., 186
* Little Razorback Island, 171, 186, 449
* Lower Glacier Depôt, 352
* Lyttelton, N.Z., 2, 44, 573
* M'Clintock, Sir F. L., xxix
* McMurdo Sound, xxiv, xxxiv, 409
* Magnetic Pole, South, xxii, xxv
* Markham, Sir Clements, xxix
* Markham, Mt., 337
* Marshall Mountains, 362
* Meares, Cecil H., 97, 104, 213, 310, 323, 347, 353, 382, 429
* Melbourne, Mt., 1, 557
* Middle Barrier Depôt, 338
* Mill Glacier, 362
* Milne, A. A., on Scott's character, Ix
* Minna Bluff, xxiv, 186
* Mirage, 118, 386, 423
* Morning, Mt., 186
* Morning, the, xxxvii
* Mules, use of, 410, 450, 462, 473, 475, 478, 490
* Nansen, Fridtjof, Arctic explorations, xxix seq.; on scurvy, 216; on equipment, 456
* Nansen, Mt., 570
* Nares, Sir G. S., xxix
* Neale, W. H., 28
* Nelson, Edward W., 4, 215, 383, 438, 445, 472, 477
* North Bay, 172, 438, 444, 445
* Oamaru, N.Z., 572
* Oates, Capt. L. E. G., on Terra Nova, 2, 4; Depôt Journey, 104 seq.; care of ponies, 179, 318; lecture on horses, 217; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351; Plateau Journey, 369; suggests use of mules, 410; death, 485; commemorative inscription, 487; journey to Pole, 497
* Observation Hill, 98, 565
* Œstrelata arminjoniana. See Petrel, black-breasted
* —— trinitatis. See Petrel, white-breasted
* Oil, shortage of, 550
* Oil fuel, its advantages, 46
* One and a Half Degree Depôt, 502
* One Ton Depôt, 116, 314, 326, 383, 398, 413, 418
* Orca gladiator. See Whale, killer
* Pagoda Cairn, 117
* Parry, Sir W. E., xxix
* Peary, R. E., xlviii
* Penguin, Adélie, appearance, xxxix; Levick's book, lxi; habits, 63, 561; rookery discovered, 83; curiosity, 86; embryos obtained, 559; breeding, 562; feeding of young, 563
* ——, Emperor, eggs, xxii, 299 5 habits and breeding, xxxix seq., 82; embryo​logy, 234; discovery of rookery, 252, 268; care of young, 269; eagerness to sit, 270
* Pennell, Harry L. L., liii, 3, 4, 8, 565, 572
* Petrel, Antarctic, 63
* ——, black-breasted, 13
* ——, giant, 50
* ——, snowy, xix, 50
* ——, white-breasted, 13
* Plankton, 6, 69
* Pole, South, Scott's final arrangements, 379; altitude, 502; Amundsen's arrival, 506; Scott's arrival, 506; characteristics of area, 508
* Polheim (camp), 507
* Polychaete worms, 568
* Ponies, Manchurian, on board ship, 49; their uses, 88; effect of blizzards on, 113; Scott's care of, 114; behaviour on ice, 141; fodder, 179; exercising, 190; treatment and diseases, 218; Scott's decision, 327; weights lightened, 331; difficulties on march, 342; destroyed, 349
* Ponting, Herbert G., 90, 173, 213, 320, 429
* Portuguese man-of-war, 7
* Pram, 17, 19
* Pram Point, 98, 162, 466, 566
* Priestley, Raymond E., liii, 130, 558
* Ptomaine poisoning, lvii
* Pulleyn, Lieut. George, 410
* Ramp, the, 168
* Rennick, H. E. de P., 3, 565
* Resolution, the, xviii
* Roberts, Cape, lviii, 425
* Ross, Sir James C., xxii, 11, 12
* Ross Island, xxiii
* —— Sea, xxiii, xxviii, xlii
* Royal Society Range, 493
* Royds, Cape, xlv, xlvii, 98, 183, 461, 559
* Sabine, Mt., xxiii, 80
* Safety Camp, 110, 122, 136, 306
* St. Paul, island, 33
* Scott, Capt. R. F., on early explorations, xx; on Ross, xxvii; first expedition, 1901–1904, xxxiii; excellence of equipment, lxii; commencement of second expedition, 1; visits South Trinidad, 1901, 12; joins Terra Nova, 31; Depôt Journey, 104; character and achievements, 200, 573; paper on Barrier, 214; trip to Western Mountains, 306; Barrier stage of Polar Journey, 319 seq.; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 350 seq.; Plateau Journey, 368; strength of team, 377; alteration in units, 379; tries new sledge runners, 457; body discovered, 480; burial, 483; his account of journey to Pole, 496 seq.; return from Pole, 511 seq.; message to the public, 541; drawbacks of his plan, 545
* 'Scott's Last Expedition,' lix
* Scurvy, lvii, 215, 393
* Sea, freezing of, 448
* Sea-cucumber, 568
* Sea-leopard, 65, 66
* Sea-urchins, 567
* Seal, 66, 67, 162
* ——, crab-eating, 67, 68
* ——, Ross, 66
* ——, Weddell, 66, 67, 161, 464, 466
* Shackleton, Sir Ernest, xxxvii, xlvii
* Shambles Camp, 349, 502
* Simon's Bay, 31
* Simpson, G. C., 4, 215, 306 seq., 429, 502, 504
* Ski, use of, 355, 458, 498
* Ski Slope, 152
* Skua gulls, 464, 499
* Skua Lake, 95, 182
* Sledge meters, 385, 417, 461
* —— runners, Nansen on, 456, 457
* Sledges, Nansen's innovation, xxx; motor, 88, 92, 321
* Smoking, limitations on, 195
* Snow-blindness, 353
* South Bay, 447
* 'South Polar Times,' 437, 445
* South Trinidad, landing, 13; bird life, 13, 14; land crabs, 14; difficulty of leaving, 15, 18
* Southern Barrier Depôt, 338
* Sverdrup, O. N., xxx
* Taylor, Griffith, lxi, 215, 307, 308, 317, 429
* Temperature, of polar plateau, 505; effect on Polar party, 553
* Tent Island, 186, 439, 566
* Terra Australis, belief in existence of, xviii
* Terra Nova Bay, 493
* Terra Nova, the, on Scott's first expedition, xlv; commencement of voyage, 1910, 1; crew, 2; arrangement of cabins, 3; defects in pumps, 5, 28; plankton nets, 6; fire on board, 6; biological observations, 7; lack of fresh water, 8; refits at Lyttelton, 44; overloading, 50; suitability for ice work, 73; anchorage, 10 1; arrival with mails, 409; defects, 548; expedition finally relieved, 564; trawling, 567
* Terror, Mt., xxiii, xxiv, xli, 252, 558
* Terror, the, xxii, xxix ​
* Terror Point, 253
* Tersio peronii, 37
* Three Degree Depôt, 502
* Tremasome, parasitic growth on, 444
* Turk's Head, 185
* Turtleback Island, 434
* Upper Barrier Depôt, 333
* —— Glacier Depôt, 369, 502
* Victoria Land, xxxiv
* Vince's Cross, xxxv
* Waves, height of, 58
* Weddell, James, xxv
* Western Mountains, 151, 306, 567
* Whale, 37
* ——, blue, 70, 71
* ——, bottle-nosed, 156
* ——, killer, 69, 90, 142, 154
* ——, piked, 70
* Whales, Bay of, xlviii, 128, 130
* White Island, xxiv, 111, 493
* Wild, Frank, xxxv
* Wild Mountains, 362
* Wilkes, Charles, xxii
* Williamson, Thomas S., 429, 438, 472
* Wilson, Dr. E. A., on Emperor penguins, xli; functions, 2; character and personality, 4, 203; Depôt Journey, 104; Winter Journey, 233 seq.; Beardmore Glacier Journey, 351; Plateau Journey, 368; body discovered, 480; journey to Pole, 496 seq.; return from Pole, 512 seq.
* Wilson, Mrs., Scott's letter to, 539
* Wind Vane Hill, 95, 182
* Wright, Charles S., 4, 215, 319, 351, 381, 382, 429, 434, 438, 447, 455, 472, 481, 489
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