INDEX
- Adélie Land, 23
- Amundsen, Captain Roald, 166, 170, 242
- Animals, land, absence of, in Antarctic, 109–110
- Antarctic Regions, extent of, 15, 17–18, 32, 93; coasts of, 19, 22–23; connection with adjacent continents, 20–22, 125–127, 173; continental character of, 197, 234–235; former climate of, 126–127; interior of, 19
- Atmosphere, transparency of, 214–215
- Aurora, 220–233
- Bacteria, 85–87
- Balloons for meteorological purposes, 210–216
- Barents Sea, 166, 170, 201, 203
- Bathymetrical survey, 169–176, 195–196
- Bay Ice, 54–56
- Bear, Polar, 74–76, 111–116
- Beardmore Glacier, 39–43
- Beaufort Sea, 244
- Ben Nevis Observatory, 193–194, 215, 221
- Bipolarity, 147–148
- Birds In Antarctic, 137–146; in Arctic, 134–137
- Black ice, 56
- Black snow, 83
- Blue mud, 173, 191–192
- Brown, Dr. Robert, 79, 130
- Brown, Dr. R. N. Rudmose, 78, 91–95
- Buchan, Dr. Alex, 224, 233
- Buchanan, J. Y., 38, 70, 182–185
- Burn, Murdoch, W. G., 29
- Cape pigeon, 142–144
- Challenger, 51–62, 149, 171–172, 175, 182–185, 186, 190
- Charcot, Dr. Jean, 20, 81, 90, 94, 165, 198, 229–230
- Coats, Major Andrew, 166, 170
- Coats Land, 19, 23–25, 172, 186, 196
- Cook, Captain James, 42
- Currents, cold, 182–190; warm, 180–184, 187. See also Ocean currents.
- Deeps, ocean, 172–173, 175
- Density of sea-water, 176–178
- Deposits of sea bottom, 190–192
- Diatoms of sea, 77–80, 159–160; on ice, 76–77; ooze, 80, 190–192
- Discoloured ice, 74–77
- Dredging in Antarctic, 151–152
- Driftwood in Arctic, 85–92
- Drygalski, Dr. von, 23
- Edward Land, 37
- Emperor penguin, 137–138
- Enderby Land, 19, 24, 151
- Equipment for expeditions, 110
- Expedition, organisation of, 239–242, 248–251
- Exploration, aims of, 236–254
- Exploration of sea, importance of, 169, 245–247
- Fauna, characteristics of marine, 89
- Fauna of Antarctic and relations with other faunas, 148
- Ferns in Antarctic, 94
- Field ice, 58, 65
- Floe ice, 58, 60
- Flowering plants in Antarctic, 90, 93–94; in Arctic, 90, 95–102
- Föhn winds, 196
- Food in Polar expeditions, 103–108
- Foxes, Arctic, 122–124
- Fram, 77, 112, 189, 200, 239, 242
- Franklin expedition, 104, 110
- Franz Josef Land, 59, 80–81, 84, 91, 96, 99, 106, 115, 118, 179, 181, 200–201, 221–224, 225–229, 231
- Freezing-point of sea-water, 64, 71
- Graham Land, 19–22, 24, 38, 41, 45, 81, 90, 94
- Green snow, 83
- Greenland, 100, 116, 134, 188–189
- Greenland Sea, soundings in, 170–176; physics of, 177–178, 180–181, 201
- Grinnell Land, 100, 116, 124
- "Growlers," 46
- Gulf Stream, 181
- Hansa, 189
- Hare, 121
- Health in Arctic regions, 85–87
- Hummocks, 61
- Hunters, 120, 122, 130, 133, 243
- Ice, discoloured, 74–77; formation of, 54–58; islands, 35; movements of, 60–65; navigation, 65–67; pack, 60–68; pancake, 57–58
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