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Dash Patrol
164
,
172

David, Edgeworth
217

and AAE
215
,
247
,
253

and Amundsen
135

on Antarctic research
42

on coal
271–2

and funding expeditions
42
,
43
,
215
,
253

and geological samples
77

health of
60

lectures by
66–7

letters home
46

and Mawson
66

and
Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
40
,
45

and Penck
284

and RGS
267–70

on science
35–6
,
299
,
301

and scientific observations
48

and Shirase's Japanese expedition
153
,
155
,
157–8
,
169–70

South Magnetic Pole expedition
56–61

Davis, John King
61
,
121
,
202
,
214
,
298–9

and
Aurora
229–32
,
245–6
,
253

Macquarie Island base
224–5

and Mawson
253

oceanography
232
,
235–6
,
248

de Gerlache, Adrien
27

Debenham, Frank
78
,
82
,
83–4
,
87–8
,
272
,
282

Deception Island
191

dehydration
129

Delprat, Paquita
227
,
249
,
286

Denison, Sir Hugh
228

Deutschland
182
,
184
,
193
,
206

see also
German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)

Devil's Ballroom
128

Discovery
31
,
80

Discovery
expedition
31–3
,
38
,
116

comments on
73–4

dogs
82–3

funding
29
,
31

leader
29

magnetic observations
32
,
48–9

preparations
28–30

weather observations
32
,
73–6
,
119–20

see also
Scott, Robert Falcon

dogs

Amundsen's Norwegian Antarctic expedition
110
,
122
,
124–5
,
128
,
132
,
141

Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)
241
,
242

Discovery
expedition
82–3

German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)
205

Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
52–3

Shirase's Japanese expedition
149–50
,
164
,
169

Terra Nova
expedition
100
,
263

Drake Passage
189
,
278

D'Urville, Jules Sébastien César Dumont
19
,
225–6

Dutch East India Company
9

E

earthquakes
234
,
276

Edmonds, Harry
112–13
,
137

El Niño
265–6

Elephant Island
285

Ellisworth Mountains
3

emperor penguins
32
,
93–5
,
166–7

Enderby, Captain
201

Endurance
285

Engelstad, Ole
113–14

equipment
see
supplies

Erebus, HMS
19–20
,
21

Evans, Edgar
260

Evans, Edward ‘Teddy'
37
,
79
,
80
,
101
,
274
,
288–93

Expedition World
147

exploration and science mix
14
,
30
,
293
,
297–9
,
300–302

F

Farr, C C.
255

fauna
44
,
161–2
,
190
,
192
,
278

see also
penguins

Ferrar, Arthur
287

Ferrar, Hartley
62

Filchner Ice Shelf
207

Filchner, Wilhelm
4
,
175
,
177–9
,
286

Exposé
195
,
210

on future trips
206–7

at Grytviken
193

preparations for expedition
181–6

and Scott
183
,
263

search for land
202–3

To the Sixth Continent
195
,
199

and Vahsel
195–6
,
200

weather observations
208–9

see also
German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)

film rights
165–6

films
165–7
,
170
,
237
,
254
,
283
,
297

Finsås, Ronny
114

Fisher, Andrew
215

Fisher, Osmond
232–3

Fishery Protection Vessel
189–90

flights
221–3

Flinders, Matthew
20

flora
43–4

food
27
,
53

see also
meat

Forster, Johann Reinhold
93

fossils
43–4
,
62
,
65
,
274
,
275
,
276–7
,
279

see also
Glossopteris

Fox Dip Circle
20

Fram
51
,
110
,
114
,
132
,
137
,
149
,
285

see also
Amundsen's Norwegian Antarctic expedition

Fram Museum, Oslo
106

Framheim
115
,
116
,
117

Franklin, Sir John
21
,
25
,
29
,
41
,
105
,
106
,
108
,
144

Franz Josef Land
51–2

French expeditions
19
,
225–6

Freshfield, Douglas
254–5

funding
296–8
,
299

Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)
215–16
,
217–18
,
221–3
,
253

British Antarctic expeditions
26

Discovery
expedition
29
,
31

Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
40–3
,
55
,
68–9

fur clothing
54
,
96

G

Galton, Francis
201

Gauss
180

Gauss, Carl Friedrich
18

Gaussberg
219

geographical exploration
25

Geographical Society of London

see
Royal Geographical Society (RGS)

geological samples
31
,
57–8
,
76–7

Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)
241
,
248

French expeditions
270–1

Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
48
,
56
,
298

Shirase's Japanese expedition
167–8
,
171–2

Terra Nova
expedition
101
,
260
,
261
,
271–3

geology
43–4
,
62
,
65
,
101

geomagnetic poles
17

German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)
4
,
175
,
205

base
196–8

dogs
205

at Grytviken
192–3
,
204–5

meets Amundsen's Norwegian Antarctic expedition
186

oceanography
185–6
,
209–10

post-voyage
204–7

preparations
181–6

scientific observations
179
,
180
,
198
,
206
,
207–11
,
296

search for land
202–3

team relationships
198–200
,
203–7

voyage down
186
,
188–9
,
193–6

weather observations
208–9

see also
Deutschland
;
Filchner, Wilhelm

Gerritsz, Dirk
9

Gilbert, William
15–16

Ginkgo biloba
277

Gjøa
106–8

Glossopteris
43
,
80
,
274
,
276–7

gloves
54

Gondwanaland
44
,
275–6
,
278–9

Graham, George
18

Graham Land
137

Gran, Tryggve
82
,
83

Great Ice Barrier
21
,
28
,
32
,
46
,
115
,
172
,
270–1

Gregory, John Walter
30
,
73–4

Grytviken
191
,
192–3

Gunji, Naritada
145–6
,
173

H

Haakon, King
131

Halley, Edmund
17–18

Hamilton, Sir Richard
29

Hamre, Ivar
166
,
174–5

Hann, Julius von
119–20

Hanssen, Helmer
132

Hassel, Sverre
131–2

Hayes, Gordon
257–8

health of explorers
60
,
129
,
131
,
244
,
245
,
246–7

see also
scurvy

Heiberg, Axel
128

Heinemann, William
136

Helland-Hansen, Bjørn
115

Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
4
,
26

Hilary, Sir Edmund
247

Hinks, Arthur
125

Hints to Travellers
(RGS)
23–4
,
88
,
101
,
111
,
201

Hooker, Joseph
19
,
24
,
43

horses
52–3
,
82
,
87
,
100
,
182
,
205
,
263

Hurley, Frank
220–1
,
237
,
247
,
254
,
258
,
285

Huxley, Thomas
47–8
,
298

hypsometers
111
,
128–9

I

IceCube
296

Ikeda, Masakichi
156
,
158
,
173–4

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
284–5
,
299–300

Indo-Australian Pacific Plate
276

International Geographical Congress, Sixth
25–6

International Polar Year
186–7

J

Jackson, Frederick George
52
,
53
,
107

Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
52

Jane
13

Japan Times
155

Japanese expeditions
4

see also
Shirase's Japanese expedition

Japanese government
173
,
175

Japanese Polar Research Institute
175

Jeffryes, Sydney
250–1
,
252

Johansen, Hjalmar
51–2
,
108
,
123
,
140

K

Kainan Bay
162
,
174

Kainan-maru
149
,
151
,
169
,
173

Kaiser Wilhelm Ice Barrier
195

Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
180
,
248

Keedick, Lee
135

Keltie, John Scott
109
,
139
,
141
,
174

Kerguelen Land
202

Kidson, Edward
266–7

King Edward Point
191

King Edward VII Land
28–9
,
32
,
165–9
,
171
,
174
,
269
,
270
,
274–5

king penguins
92

Kishiichi, Kokubo
148

kites, man-bearing
113–14

Kling, Albert
186
,
198
,
202

Kohl, Ludwig
193

König, Felix
183
,
199
,
200
,
202
,
206

Kuril Islands
145–6
,
173

L

land bridge
44–5
,
232
,
234–6
,
274–5

Larsen, Carl Anton
192–3
,
205

Laseron, Charles
229
,
240

Lashly, William
101
,
292–3

latitude measurements
125
,
136
,
202

Le Maire, Jacob
9

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