The Worst Journey in the World/Index

by Apsley 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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