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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910–1913, Volume Two
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Index
3997191The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910–1913, Volume Two — IndexApsley Cherry-Garrard

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; embryology, 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


  • X Cairn, 120

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