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Lindstrom, Henrik
118
,
122
,
123

Lloyd-Creak dipping circle
58
,
81

location measurements
23
,
125–7

longitude measurements
102
,
125
,
202

Longstaff, Llewellyn
29
,
36

Lorenzen, Wilhelm
200
,
203
,
205

Lucas sounding machine
234–5

Luitpold Land
194
,
195
,
269–70

Lyttleton, New Zealand
45
,
151

Lyttleton Times
151

M

Mackay, Alistair
56–61

McLean, Archibald
245
,
250

McMurdo Sound
20
,
31
,
47

Macquarie Island
224–6

Madame Tussauds
64

Madigan, Cecil
250

Magellan, Ferdinand
7–8

Magnetic Crusade
18

magnetic fields
15–16
,
18–19

magnetic observations
18–19
,
20
,
31

Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)
220
,
237–9
,
248
,
255–6

Discovery
expedition
32
,
48–9

Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
65–6

Terra Nova
expedition
255–6

magnetic poles
16–18

see also
North Magnetic Pole
;
South Magnetic Pole

Magnetic Union
18

Magnetograph House
237–8

Manchester Guardian
133

maps
2
,
3
,
8–9
,
173–4
,
268–9

Markham, Sir Clements
24–5
,
64
,
121
,
286

and Amundsen
139
,
262–3

Antarctic Manual
31
,
44

on Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)
216

on geological samples
273

and German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)
208

Lands of Silence
67
,
174
,
268

and National Antarctic Expedition
28–9
,
30

and RGS
25
,
71

and Scott
261–2

and Shackleton
67–8

Mawson, David
4
,
43
,
286

and Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
214–15

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
282

calls home
249

and David
66

and Davis
253

Far Eastern Party
240–7

funds
256–7

future expeditions
76–8

health of
244
,
245
,
246–7

Home of the Blizzard
253–4
,
256
,
298

and Jeffryes
250–1

letters home
227

magnetic observations
65–6

and
Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
45

plans to return
213–16

publicity after
253–5

and RGS
234
,
254–5

and Scott
77
,
218

and Shackleton
213–14

and Shirase's Japanese expedition
157

South Magnetic Pole expedition
56–61

and Wilson
77

see also
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)

Meares, Cecil
82
,
83
,
100
,
148
,
289

meat
27
,
60
,
91
,
100
,
182
,
242–3

Meiji Restoration
144–5

Meinardus, Wilhelm
210

Mertz Glacier
228
,
243

Mertz, Xavier
241
,
242–3
,
247

Meteorological Office
73–4

Miisho, Seizo
158

Mill Rise
236
,
274

Mitsuhara, Tsuchiya
148

mittens
54

Moluccas
7

Morrell, Benjamin
201–2

Morrell Land
201
,
268

Mossman, Robert
208

motorcars
55
,
56–7

Mount Betty
171

Mount Buckley
273

Mount Erebus
20
,
48
,
56
,
75
,
89–90

Mount Nobu
174

Mount Okuma
174

M. Pathe film company
165–6
,
170

Murakami Inlet
174

Murray, John
26
,
28–9
,
74–5

N

Nansen, Eva
51

Nansen, Fridtjof
49–52
,
54
,
81–2

and Amundsen
114–15
,
139–40

on equipment
106–7

and Scott
262–3

National Antarctic Expedition
28–33

see also
Discovery
expedition

Natural History Museum, London
273

Nautical Almanac
126
,
127

New South Greenland
201

New South Shetland
12

New York Times
133

New Zealand government
42
,
45
,
221

New Zealand Times
151

Newnes, Sir George
28

newspaper rights
121
,
132–3
,
297

Nimrod
39–40
,
80

Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
52–5

base
47

biological samples
48

collects men
60–1
,
64

conditions
47–8

dogs
52–3

funding
40–3
,
55
,
68–9

geological samples
48
,
56
,
298

horses
52–3

magnetic observations
65–6

preparations
49
,
52–5

and RGS
39–40

South Geographic Pole
61–4
,
68

supplies
53–5
,
58–9
,
63–4

team
45

trip to pole
53–5

voyage down
45–7

weather observations
48–9

see also
Shackleton, Ernest

Ninnis, Belgrave
241–2
,
247

Nomura, Nackichi
153–4
,
156
,
158

Nordenskjöld, Baron Adolf
41

Norman, Robert
15
,
16

North Geographic Pole expeditions
50–1
,
69–70
,
108–9
,
140

North Magnetic Pole
19
,
50
,
106–7

Northcliffe, Lord
216

Northwest Passage
21
,
106–8

Norwegian expedition

see
Amundsen's Norwegian Antarctic expedition

O

Oates, Lawrence ‘Titus'
79
,
87
,
260
,
261

Observer
137
,
153
,
254

ocean properties
187–8

oceanography
182
,
187
,
232–6
,
248

Amundsen's Norwegian Antarctic expedition
115
,
137

Challenger
22

German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)
185–6
,
209–10

Terra Nova
expedition
274–5

Okuma Bay
167
,
174

Okuma, Shigenobu
147
,
155–6
,
157
,
262

One Ton Depot
87
,
99–100

P

Palmer Archipelago
274–5

Palmer Land
27

Palmer, Nathaniel
13

Paramore, HMS
17–18

Parsley Bay
154

Peary, Robert
69–70
,
109
,
111–12
,
121–2

pemmican
53
,
291

Penck, Friedrich Albert
179
,
183–4
,
206
,
284

penguins
32
,
91–5
,
278–9
,
296

Shirase's Japanese expedition
151–2
,
161–2
,
166–7
,
168–9

see also
Adelie penguins
;
emperor penguins
;
king penguins

Pharos
190

photography
66–7
,
78
,
134–5
,
141
,
220–1
,
254

Physical Society of London
74

place names
40–1
,
270

plants
43–4

Pointe Géologie
225

Polar Front
190–1

poles
14
,
16–17

Polheim
130–1
,
134
,
135
,
292–3

ponies
52–3
,
62
,
82
,
87
,
100
,
205
,
263

Ponting, Herbert
78
,
91
,
100
,
283

Prester John
8–9
,
190

Prestrud, Kristian
123
,
124

Priestley, Raymond
40
,
65
,
78
,
282

Prinz Luitpold Land
269

Prinzregent Luitpold Land
194

Przybyllok, Erich
183
,
199
,
206

psychological effects
249–51

Q

Queen Maud Range
127–8

R

Raymond
55

Relief Inlet
60

Resolution, HMS
10

Richards, Sir George
50

Roosevelt Island
117
,
172

Ross Ice Shelf
21
,
270–1

see also
Great Ice Barrier

Ross Island
20
,
32
,
47
,
175

as base
31
,
37
,
38–9

Ross Sea
172
,
174
,
208
,
269
,
270

Ross, Sir James Clark
19–21
,
202

Royal Company's Islands
235

Royal Geographical Society (RGS)
297

and Amundsen
108–9
,
121
,
137
,
140–1

and British Antarctic expeditions
25–6
,
38

and Cape Adare
218

and David
267–70

female fellows
24

formation
22–3

Hints to Travellers
23–4
,
88
,
101
,
111
,
201

and Mawson
234
,
254–5

and National Antarctic Expedition
29–30

and
Nimrod
expedition (BAE)
39–40

and Peary
121–2

and Royal Society
29–30

and Scott
71–2
,
263–4

and Shackleton
39
,
64–5

and Shirase's Japanese expedition
173–4

and
Terra Nova
expedition
98–9
,
288–9
,
291

Royal Meteorological Society
73

Royal Navy (British)
14
,
17
,
19
,
29

Royal Society in London
10
,
17
,
18
,
29–30

Royal Society of New South Wales
157

Royal Society of Victoria
26
,
41
,
41–2

Royds, Charles
73
,
119

S

Sawyer, Arthur
234

science

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

global endeavours
186–7

and sport
35–6
,
299

scientific equipment
14
,
43
,
48
,
76
,
106–7

see also
compasses

scientific expeditions
25
,
30

scientific observations
29
,
32
,
39
,
48–9
,
84
,
87–8
,
89

Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)
239
,
295–6

comments on
73–4

German Antarctic Expedition (Filchner)
179
,
180
,
198
,
206
,
207–11
,
296

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