South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917/Index

by Ernest Henry Shackleton

INDEX

• Adare, Cape, 325, 327, 347
• Admiralty, xiv, 214
  • Range, 243
• Agag, 203
• Aitken, 247
• Allardyce Range, 193
• Albatross, 175, 186–191
• Allen, James, xv
• Amphipods, 9
• Amundsen, vii
  • (dog), 51
• "Ancient Mariner," 94, 175
• Annewkow Island, 180
• Animal life in Weddell Sea, 11, 12,13, 14, 23, 26, 93. See also Penguins, Seals and Bird Life
• Antarctic Circle, 16, 95, 114, 337
  • Derby, 52
• Argentine, 37
• Armitage, Cape, 281, 299, 301
  • Lieut., 299
• Atmospheric effects, 16, 35, 39, 41,45, 46, 49, 54, 64. See also Mirage and Sun
• Attempt to cut ship out, 34
• Aurora, xiii, 213, 224, 244–249, 264–271, 275, 301, 308–319, 333–345
• Aurora Australis, 46, 319, 320
• Australia, xv, 245, 340

• Bakewell, 89
• Barne Glacier, 272, 273
• Barrier, 24, 25
  • surface, 28, 59, 77
  • Great Ice, 245, 248, 262, 263, 264, 276–286, 290, 314
• Beardmore Glacier, ix, 245, 276, 280,341, 342
• Beaufort Island, 316
• Belgica Straits, 134
• Bergs, 5, 9, 10, 13, 16, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 38, 43, 45, 46, 64, 67, 121, 124, 127, 139, 161, 163
• Bergschrund, 200
• Bernsten, Mr., 316
• Bird life in Weddell Sea, 5, 8, 35, 93, 117, 128, 131, 174
• Black Island, 250
• Blackborrow, 17, 139, 144, 158, 163, 225, 231, 240, 242
• Blizzards, severe, 54, 55, 161, 163, 225, 234, 283–294
• Bluff, 252, 254, 255, 258, 295
  • depot, 281, 282, 283, 288, 291
• Blue Ice Glacier, 307
• Boats, 81, 82, 84, 99, 104, 106, 110, 124, 127, 134, 136, 145, 148, 149, 150, 158
• Bovril, 132, 148, 171, 200, 222, 236
• Brocklehurst, Capt. H. Courtney, 346
• Browning, 94
• Bruce, Dr. W. S., 23, 24
• British territory, 18
• Buenos Ayres, xiv, 222
• Burberry clothing, 79, 131, 132, 195, 275
• Butler Point depot, 341

• Caird Coast, xii, 28, 30
  • Sir James, xii
• Caird, James (boat), xii, xiii, 103, 110, 120, 122–144, 150–153, 160–175, 180–21l
• Candlemas Volcano, 5
• Cape Barne, 273, 310, 311
  • Bernacchi, 342
  • Bird, 313
  • Cotter, 325
  • Crozier, 246, 248, 314
  • Evans, 248, 265–284, 303–321, 333,
  • Hudson, 322
  • Horn weather, 159
  • pigeons, 174, 175
  • Ross, 316
  • Royds, 272–275, 310, 314, 341 285–287
  • Valentine, 146
  • Wild, 151, 225
• Castle Rock, 262, 264, 265
• Cave Cove, 183
• Cheetham, 48, 71, 77, 142, 232, 345
• Chili, xv, 218, 220, 223
• Christmas celebrations, 15, 102, 333
• Clark, 8, 9, 24, 39, 42, 57, 64, 77, 148, 237, 346, 362
• Clarence Island, 117–123, 129, 138, 140
• Coats' Land, 2, 20, 23, 28
• Coal, Antarctic, ix
  • on deck, 4
• Con (dog), 302
• Cook, 156, 162, 239
• Cope, 247, 249, 264, 265, 269, 271, 274, 277, 282, 284, 306, 309, 341
• Corner Camp, 262, 318
• Coulman Islands, 323–324
• Crean, 31, 35, 44, 45, 51, 52, 64, 71, 77, 81, 82, 92, 101, 111, 123, 132, 139, 148, 155, 160, 176, 183, 186, 189, 195, 201, 202, 204, 205, 207, 211, 212
• Current meter, 46
• Cyclone, 50

• Danger Islands, 117
• Davis, Captain, John K., 340–343
• Daylight saving, 65
• Deception Islands, 120, 133, 159, 211
• Diatoms, 5, 23, 57
• Discovery, 220, 300
  • Bay, 309
  • Mount, 258, 275
• Distances, Ross Sea Party, 301, 302
• Dogs, 2, 4, 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 36, 37, 41, 42, 45, 49, 50–71, 80-85, 104, 109–113, 249–257, 271, 279–309
• Dog Pemmican, 111–113
• Dominican gulls, 117
• Dudley Docker, Mr., xii
• Dudley Docker (boat), xii, 103, 123–153, 228
• Dunlop Island, 316, 343
• Dump Camp, 79, 83, 85, 88

• Eclipse of moon, 306
• Ellaline Terriss, 220
• Elephant Island, xv, 117–163, 178, 179, 188, 198, 204–222, 225-242
• Emma, 218
• Empire Day celebrations, 50
• Encyclopædia Britannica, 93, 229
• Enderby Land, ix, 2
• Endurance, ix, 2–29
  • abandoned, 76
  • beset, 30–35, 36-78, 216
  • crushed, 76-80
  • sunk, 99
• Erebus, Mount, 262, 274, 275, 297
• Expedition ships, xi
  • first made public, xi
  • Mawson, xi, 246, 340
  • Shackleton, 272, 275, 340, 341
  • Scott, xi, 269, 273, 275, 281, 284, 287
  • Swedish, 75

• Falkland Islands, ix, 159, 213, 216, 216, 220, 221
  • wireless listened for, 31, 37, 43
• Farthest South, 35
  • Scott’s, 281, 300
• Filchner, 2, 3, 28, 59
• Financial help, promised, xi
  • appeal for, xii
  • failure to materialize, xii
• Fish, new species, 42
  • dead, 136
  • from sea-leopard, 113
• Föhn effect, 55
• Fortuna Bay, 208, 204, 206
  • Glacier, 203
• Franklin Island, 321–325

• Galley, 89, 108, 156
• Gallipoli, 213
• Garrard, Mr. Cherry, 281
• Gaze, 253, 264, 266, 269, 271, 274–285, 306–309
• Girling tractor-motor, 42, 84
• Glacier Bay, 27
  • Tongue, 269, 307–313, 341, 343
• Glasgow, H.M.S., 217
• Gold, 331, 332
• Graham Land, ix, 2, 63, 161
• Greenstreet, 60, 71, 73, 82, 106, 142, 143, 345
• Grytviken, 4, 9, 210
• Gunner (dog), 302

• Нalfway Camp, 278
• Harding, Mr., 215
• Hayward, 244, 249, 264, 265, 269, 270, 277, 282, 283, 284, 287–306, 341, 342, 346
• Нarрoon, 4
• Hercules (dog), 45, 64
• Hobart, 245
• Holness, 126
• Нooke, 249, 264, 312, 315, 316, 319–320, 327–329, 335
• Норе Вау, 133, 135
  • Mountain, 280, 283, 285, 286, 302
• Howe, 133
• Hudson, 8, 17, 31, 37, 71, 73, 77, 78, 84, 87, 123, 225, 229, 240
• Hurley, 9, 13, 26, 40, 44, 50, 60, 65, 70, 77, 78, 80, 82, 85, 101, 109, 139, 146, 148, 165, 170, 225, 227, 231
• Hurtado, Admiral Muñoz, xv
• Hussey, 10, 12, 15, 77, 78, 84, 95, 111, 233, 239, 240, 345, 346
• Husvik, 193, 194, 195, 202–206, 213, 214
• Hut, Cape Evans, 306, 342, 373
  • Cape Royds, 273, 274, 372
  • Elephant Island, 225–233
  • at Hut Point, 300, 371
• Hut Point, 248–250, 262–266, 270, 275–283, 289–318

• Ice-Blink, 225
• Ice-hole, 161
• Inaccessible Island, 272, 274, 307, 342
• Instituto de Pesca, xv, 216, 218

• Jack, 249, 253, 264, 265, 269, 270, 272, 276, 277, 282, 284, 306, 341, 343
• Jaeger sleeping bags, 80, 228
• Јames, 31, 52, 77, 78, 225, 231, 345
• Joinville Land, 117, 118
• Joyce, 244, 245–251, 253–263, 265, 269–293, 305–308, 341, 342

• Kavenagh, 322
• Kelvin sounding machine, 59
• Kerr, 48, 77, 228, 231, 345
• Khyber Pass, 52, 54
• Killer Whales, 22, 23, 35, 39, 83, 85, 105, 126, 128, 131, 324
• King George V, flag, xiv, 89
  • to inspect Endurance, xiii
  • telegram from, 216
  • telegram to, 319
• King Haakon Bay, 181, 184, 186, 190, 193, 198, 210

• Lambton, Miss Elizabeth Dawson, xii
• Lamps, 171, 229, 259, 265
• Larkman, 328
• Leap Year day, 111
• Lees, 15, 77, 112, 142, 143, 227, 231
• Leith, 193
• Lucas sounding machine, 59
• Luitpold Land, 28
• Lusitania, 212

• Mackintosh, xiii, 244, 245, 248–251, 253–259, 264–265, 269–290, 293–309, 341, 342, 345
• Macklin, 44, 52, 65, 77, 82, 106, 108, 109, 111, 142, 160, 163, 231, 238, 240, 241, 345–346
• Macquarie Island, 246, 315, 316, 320, 327, 328, 335
• Magnetic Pole, viii, 320
  • storm, 50
  • variation, 31
• Magellan Straits, 224
• Marston, 44, 77, 148, 223, 227, 229, 230, 231, 238, 241
• Mauger, 247, 331, 345
• McCarthy, 148, 160, 161, 177, 179, 189, 193, 195, 214, 241
• McDonald, Allen, 218
• McIlroy, 44, 52, 65, 77, 105, 139, 152, 160, 163, 231, 238, 240, 326
• McLeod, 142
• McMurdo Sound, 248, 265, 270, 272, 303, 310, 312, 313, 315, 317
• McNab, Dr., xv, 340
• McNeish, 77, 160, 187, 194, 195, 196, 214
• Meteorology, 353
• Midwinter's Day celebrations, 53, 238
• Minna Bluff, 276, 280
• Mirage, 34, 41, 42, 60, 99, 118
• Monte Video, 216, 224
• Morell Land, 60
  • farthest south, 61
• Motor crawler, 33
  • sledge, 81
  • tractor, 249, 264, 275, 309
• Mount Haddington, 117
  • Melbourne, 318, 319, 321, 322
  • Murchieon, 323
  • Sabine, 243, 326, 327
• Mugridge, 328
• Mutton Island, 202

• New South Greenland, 61
• New Year Island, 37
• New Zealand, xv, 224, 245, 314, 315,
• 317, 325, 333, 339, 340, 343
• Nigger (dog), 257
• Nimrod, vii, 24
• Ninnis, 247, 249, 264, 309, 312, 316, 320, 330, 322
• Nordenskjold, 116, 229
  • Ice Tongue, 320
• North Polar Basin, 3
• Norwegian Whalers, 213
• Nurse Cavell, 111

• Orita, 218
• Orwell, 213
• Oscar (dog), 300, 302

• Pack-Ice, 5, 6, 8, 9, 21, 24, 29, 32, 35, 38, 43, 54, 55, 63, 69, 87, 121, 122, 136, 150, 163, 164, 166, 215, 217, 219, 233, 234, 235, 248, 315, 333, 338, 342
  • described, 11, 16. See also Pressure
• Paddies, 236
• Pardo, Captain Luis, xv
• Paulet Island, 75, 77, 79, 95, 116
• Peak Berg, 46
• Peak Foreman, 322
• Pegotty Camp, 191, 193, 197, 210
• Peter (dog), 112
• Petrels, 8, 13, 20, 23, 92, 136. See also Bird Life
• Penguins, 13, 27, 64, 90, 93, 108, 113, 333
  • Adelie, 8, 12, 20, 23, 93, 109, 111, 334
  • Emperor, 10, 20, 25, 48, 49, 59, 68, 74, 106, 111, 274, 316, 323, 332, 333
  • Gentoo, 155
  • Ringed, 147, 150, 154, 237
• Pinkey (dog), 257, 258
• Plankton, 39, 64
• Pompey (dog), 257
• Port Chalmers, 339, 341
• Positions, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 41, 47, 58, 50, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 190
• Ross Sea Party, 245, 254, 319, 326, 327, 331, 334, 336
• Possession Bay, 190, 198
  • Islands, 326
• Porpoises, 174
• Potash and Perlmutter, 105
• Pram Point, 265
• Pressure in Weddell Sea, 3, 40, 44, 54, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 71–76, 80–82, 104, 117
  • in Ross Sea, 286, 311, 316, 317, 322–328. See also Pack-ice
• Prince George Island, 120, 129
• Programme of Expedition, viii
• Public Schools, xiii
• Pump, Coats', 170
• Punta Arenas, 218, 219, 220, 221,223, 235
• Pups, 45, 51, 64, 81, 82

• Queen Alexandra, 83

• Radiolaria, 15
• Rain, 116
• Rampart Berg, 40, 46, 60, 61
• Rats on South Georgia, 194
• Razorback Island, 342
• Reeling Berg, 127-129, 133
• Refraction. See Atmospheric Effects
• Reindeer, 205
• Richards, 244, 245, 263, 264, 266, 269–272, 276–279, 284–295, 299–309, 341
• Rickenson, 77, 85, 152, 225, 227, 345
• Rio Secco, 223
• Rocky Mountain Depot, 258
• Ross, 20, 22
  • Island, 310
  • Sea, х, 14, 53, 316, 317, 319, 341
  • Sea Party, 213, 224, 244, 325, 341
• Royal Geographical Society, xii
• Ryan, Lieut., R.N.R., 218

• Safety Camp, 252, 262, 277–281, 290, 301, 302
• Saint (dog), 38
• Sally (dog), 36, 81
• Samson (dog), 45
• Sanders Island, 5, 6
• Santiago, 234
• Saunders, Edward, 245
• Scientific work proposed, viii
• observations commenced, 39, 267
• Scott, vii, 254, 266, 289, 292, 300
• Scotia, 24, 25
• Seals, 13, 25, 26, 27, 36, 39, 64, 90, 93, 103, 104, 108, 111, 113, 129, 145, 146, 149, 155, 158, 161, 265, 269, 290, 343
  • Стаb-еater, 10, 20, 32, 35, 38, 39, 64, 65, 66, 81
  • Ross, 8
  • Weddell, 8, 32, 38, 39, 47, 65, 81, 106
  • Sea-elephants, 153, 155, 158, 190, 192, 193
  • Sea-leopard, 20, 112
  • seal-blubber, 111, 112, 119, 158, 237
  • seal-meat, 39, 45
• Semaphore, on bridge, 7
  • for sledging parties, 32
• Shags, 179
• Shackleton, Sir E., 48, 111, 142, 242, 333
• Shoaling, of sea-floor, 43
• Shore Party, 2
• Sledging Parties, proposed, ix
• Snapper (dog), 82
• Snow Hill, 114
• Soldier (dog), 48
• Sorlle, Mr., 208, 210, 212, 213
• South Orkneys, 114, 354
• South Sandwich Group, 1, 3, 4
• Southern Sky, 213, 214, 215
• South Georgia, xiv, 1, 95, 116, 117, 158, 159, 168, 174, 175, 177, 179, 184, 193, 196, 206, 211, 214
• Spencer-Smith, 244, 249, 253, 263, 264, 269, 271, 276, 277, 281, 285–290, 295–302, 308, 309, 341, 346
• Splitting ice-floes, 17
• Stained Berg, 65
• Stancomb-Wills, Dame Janet, xii
• Stancomb Wills (boat), xii, 106, 110, 123, 124, 126, 127, 130, 132, 133, 134–144, 147–151, 162–166, 226
• Stenhouse, 244, 246, 266, 268, 309, 310, 312, 313, 316, 331, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 340, 346
• Stevens, 249, 266, 269, 271, 273, 274, 279, 282, 306-309, 341
• Stove, 86, 109, 228, 265, 304
• Stromnese, 188, 193, 198, 202, 203, 204, 206, 211, 213
• Sue (dog), 81
• Sun disappears, 46
  • sets twice, 45. See also Atmospheric Effects
• Swell, 9, 33, 125, 133, 139, 150, 165, 167

• Temperature, air, 10, 14, 15, 32, 33, 35, 39, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 59, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 78, 85, 96, 97, 99, 105, 113, 114, 132, 135, 137, 142, 182, 200, 214, 226, 230, 258, 260–262, 265, 289, 276, 280, 295, 289, 301, 302, 318, 319, 329
  • sea, 10
• Tents, 96, 98, 130, 145, 153, 155, 161, 225, 292, 302
  • parties, 93
  • orderlies, 81, 93
• Tent Island, 307, 309
• Terns, 23. See also Bird Life
• Thom, Captain, 211, 214
• Thompson, 321
• "The Ritz," 40, 47, 53, 79
• Tide-rip, 124, 141
• Tobacco substitutes, 242
• Towser (dog), 302
• Trans-Continental Party, viii
• Tripp, Mr. Leonard, 245
• Tulloch, Mr., 246
• Turk's Head, 307

• Uruguayan Government, xv, 216, 217, 224

• Vahsel Bay, 2, 26, 47
• Victoria Mountains, viii
• Vincent, 148, 160, 165, 166, 177, 187, 195, 214
• Vinie's Hill, 304
• Virol, 171

• Wave, enormous, 177
• Weddell Sea, viii, ix, x, 1, 2, 3, 30, 47, 95, 279, 344
  • plateau, 59
  • ice conditions in, 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 57, 59, 60, 63, 66, 67, 68, 76, 80, 83, 95, 98, 105, 106, 109, 110, 116, 120, 121, 124, 128, 165, 166, 215
  • winds in, 3, 53
• Weather at Cape Evans, 267, 268
  • at Elephant Island, 153-15ő, 233–235
  • at Ocean Camp, 96–99
  • at Patience Camp, 113–117. See
  • also Temperatures
• Western Mountains, 274, 316
• Whales, 23, 26, 28, 71, 109, 128, 362–370
  • sperm, 20
  • humpback and finner, seen, 7
  • blue, 10, 12, 13, 20, 22
• Wilhelmina Bay, 61, 161
• Willy-waws, 150
• Winston Churchill, xiv
• Wild, Ernest, 244, 245, 249, 253, 254, 259–261, 263, 265, 269–274, 277, 280, 281, 287–290, 294, 298–303, 306, 307, 341, 343, 345
• Frank, 7, 8, 10, 17, 44, 49, 52, 55, 85, 66, 71, 77, 79, 89, 91, 101, 103, 105, 106, 110, 123, 126, 128, 131, 133, 139, 142, 145, 146, 148, 149, 158, 159, 161, 164, 166, 168, 204, 222, 225, 226, 227, 230, 232, 234, 237, 240, 241, 242, 345
• Wordie, 28, 35, 39, 40, 49, 77, 84, 231, 345
• Worsley, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 21, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 45, 52, 55, 59, 66, 70, 71, 72, 77, 84, 85, 96, 103, 105, 112, 118, 123, 128, 132, 133, 139, 141, 146, 152, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 174, 176, 177, 188, 194, 195, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 210, 211, 218, 221, 224, 346, 358
• Wreckage at South Georgia, 196

• Yaks, 119
• Yelcho, xv, 218, 221, 222, 223, 224
• Young Island, 332
• Young, Mr. Douglas, 215