Peter (dog)
petrels
See also
bird life
Pinkey (dog)
Plankton
Pompey (dog)
porpoises
Port Chalmers
positions
of Ross Sea Party
Possession Bay
Possession Isles
“Potash and Perlmutter,” 101
Pram Point
pressure:
in Ross Sea
in Weddell Sea
See also
pack ice
Prince George Island
program of Expedition
public schools
Punta Arenas
pups
Queen Alexandra
Quest
Radiolaria
rain
rats on South Georgia
Rampart Berg
Razorback Island
refraction.
See
atmospheric effects
reindeer
Richards
Rickenson
Rio Secco
Rocky Mountain Depot
Ross
Ross Island
Ross Sea
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Safety Camp
Saint (dog)
Sally (dog)
Samson (dog)
Sanders Island
Santiago
Saunders, Edward
scientific observations commenced
scientific work proposed
Scotia
Scott, Robert Falcon
sea elephants
sea leopard
seal blubber
seal meat
seals
crab-eater seal
Ross seal
Weddell seal
semaphore:
for sledging parties
on bridge
shags
Shackleton, Sir Ernest
shoaling, of sea floor
shore party
sledging parties, proposed
Snapper (dog)
Snow Hill
Soldier (dog)
Sorlle, Mr.
South Georgia
South Orkneys
South Sandwich Islands
Southern Sky
Spencer-Smith
splitting ice floes
Stained Berg
Stancomb Wills, Dame Janet
Stancomb Wills
(boat)
Stenhouse, Lieut. J. R.
Stevens
stove
Stromness
Sue (dog)
sun:
disappears
sets twice
See also
atmospheric effects
swells
temperature, air
sea
Tent Island
tent orderlies
tents
terns
See also
bird life
Terriss, Ellaline
“The Ritz,” 39
Thom, Captain
Thompson
tide rip
tobacco substitutes
Towser (dog)
Transcontinental party
Tripp, Leonard
Tulloch, Mr.
Turks’ Head
Uruguayan government
Vahsel Bay
Victoria Mountains
Vincent
Vinie’s Hill
Virol
wave, enormous
weather:
at Cape Evans
at Elephant Island
at Ocean Camp
at Patience Camp
See also
temperature
Weddell Sea
ice conditions in ,
Weddell Sea (
cont.
)
ice conditions in (
cont.
) 95
plateau
winds in
Western Mountains
whales
blue
humpback and finner seen
sperm
See also
killer whales
Wilhelmina Bay
Willywaw
Wild, Ernest
Wild, Frank
Wordie
World War
Worsley
wreckage at South Georgia
yaks
Yelcho
Young, Douglas
Young Island
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