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f the ice was carrying him daily back, almost as much as they were able to make in the day's work. Retreat was therefore begun.
Parry's accomplishments, marking a new era in polar explorations, created a tremendous sensation. Knighthood was immediately bestowed upon him by the King, while the British people heaped upon him all the honors and applause with which they have invariably crowned every explorer returning from the north with even a measure of success. In originality of plan and equipment Parry has been equaled and surpassed only by Nansen and Peary.
In those early days, few men being rich enough to pay for expeditions to the north out of their own pockets, practically every explorer was financed by the government under whose orders he acted. In 1829, however, Felix Booth, sheriff of London, gave Captain John Ross, an English naval officer, who had achieved only moderate success in a previous expedition, a small paddle-wheel steamer, the Victory, and entered him in the race for
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storms, 166;
Sea, 345.
Grinnell, Henry, xxii.
Grinnell Land, 49.
Grosvenor, Gilbert H., xxxii.
Gulf of St. Lawrence, 101.
Gushue, Thomas, 23, 112, 326.
Hakluyt Island, 73. Hall Basin, xxii. Hall, Chas. Francis, xxii, 3, 180, 328. Hares, arctic, 54, 110, 127, 138, 182, 189, 315. Hareskin stockings, 257. Harkness, 34, 35. "Harrigan," 132, 203, 253, 319. Harris, R. A., 337. Harrison, 345. Hawks Harbor, 34. Hayes, 38, 180. Hecla, Cape, 141, 159, 190, 217, 226, 280. Henry VIII of England, xv. Henson, Matthew, at the Pole, 296; career, 20; celebrating, 184; chosen for final dash, 272; hunting trips, 141, 179; hunting walrus, 81; interpreter, 109; moving supplies, 191; pioneer division, 241; repairing sledge, 246; teaches igloo building, 172; visits Eskimos, 73. House where Peary wintered in 1901-2, 93. Hubbard, General Thomas H., 16, 25, 124. Hubbard Memorial Hall, 363. Hubbardville, 124, 128. "Hudson, the," 226. Hudson, Henry, xv, 298; Strait, 169. Hungarian Geographical Society, medal of, 365.
Ice cake ferry, 250, 308. Ice, dynamiting the, 115. Iceland, 345. Igloo, construction of snow, 172, 173; construction of stone, 54, 57. Imperial Austrian Geographical Society, medal of, 365. Imperial German Geographical Society, medal of, 365. Independence, Bay, xxix, 18, 99, 151, 276; Bluff, 215. Inglefield, 180; Gulf, 73. Indian Harbor, 334. Indies, xv, xvi. Inighito, 141, 160, 167. Instrument used for observation at the Pole, 288. Ikwah, 52, 271. Italian record, 252, 269. Island, Beaumont, 337; Bennett, 344, 346; Blackwell, 25, 26; Brevoort, 90; Cary, 38; Duck, 37-39; Eagle, 27, 28, 31; Flaxman, 344, 345; Hakluyt, 73; New Siberian, 49, 344; Northumberland, 73; Prince Patrick, 346; Salvo, 72; Spitzbergen, 341, 342; Turnavik, 35. Itiblu Glacier, 74.
Jackman, Captain, 28. Jackson, xxvi. James Ross Bay, 143, 144, 155, 179. Jamestown, xv. Jeannette, s.s., xxiv, xxv, 101, 345. Jefferds, 334. Jesup Land, 295. Johansen, xxv. Johnson, 76. Joseph Henry, Cape, 92, 222, 337. Joyce, Patrick, 23, 326.
Kallistenius, 38. Kamiks, 132, 209, 257. Kane Basin, 36, 53, 73, 94, 342, 343. Kane, Elisha Kent, xxii, 38, 180, 298. Kangerdlooksoah, 74. Karko, 141, 203, 253, 266. Karnah, 74. Kayaks, 42, 68. Kennedy Channel, 102, 331, 342, 343. Keshungwah, 141, 168, 203, 253, 266. King William Land, xx, xxi. Kislingbury, Lieut., 329. "Kitchen boxes," 131, 139. Kite, s.s., xxviii. Knitting breaks in trail, 207. Koldewey, 180. Kookan, 74. Koolatoonah, 142, 146, 148, 153, 155. Kooletah, 131. Koolootingwah, 235. Kudlooktoo, 213, 218, 220, 231, 253, 319. Kyoahpahdo, 65. Kyutah, 141, 218, 220, 223, 227.
Labrador, 32, 34, 35, 77. Lady Franklin Bay, 78, 168, 329. Lake Hazen, 118, 127, 141, 179, 182, 188. Land in unknown Arctic, 339. Larned, Walter A., 76. Leads, 196, 207, 221, 222, 236-285, 305. Leffingwell, 345. Lena, xxv. Lieber, Cape, 102. Lincoln, Bay, 93, 106, 110, 112, 117, 118; Sea, 91, 342. Lions of the North, 79. Lockwood, xxiii, 321, 337. Long night, 162. Long, Thomas, xxiv. Low Point Light, 29. Lunar hours, 341. Lunitidal interval, 340.
McClintock, Leopold, xxi. McClure, Robert, xxi. McCormick Bay, xxix. MacMillan, Prof. Donald B., career, 21; entertains Eskimos, 231; expedition to Clements Markham Inlet, 157; finds Greely relics, 329; his Eskimos overcome, 158; hunting walrus, 81, 82, 83; ill with grip, 128, 140; moving supplies, 191; reached ship, 325; reconnoitering, 117; sent back for supplies, 227; sounding, 222; takes charge of sports, 185; tidal observations, 167; turns back, 236. Magellan, xxxii. Manchester Geographical Society, honorary membership, 365. Markham, Sir Clements, xxiii, xxx, 49, 180, 222, 337. Marvin, Prof. Ross G., appreciation of his work, 319; celebrating, 184; comes back with supplies, 235; delayed by leads, 308; facsimile of certificate, 356-358; facsimile of observations, 351-355; last message, 321; news of his death, 318; pioneer division, 237, 241, 243; replaces Alert's record, 129; returns to "Crane City," 223; return from Cape Bryant, 191; soundings, 222; starts for Greenland coast, 187; starts south, 253; takes supplies to Cape Belknap, 138; taking observations, 168, 249, 252; teaching igloo building, 172; tidal igloo split by pressure, 177. May, Cape, 337. Mayen, Jan, xv. Mayflower, s.s., 26. Medals, 364, 365. Melville Bay, 36, 37, 39, 40, 53. Melville, G. W., xxv., 298. Meridian observations, method of taking, 288. Meteorological observations, 339. Meteorology, 346. Method for loading sledge, 209. Mikkelsen, 345. Mills, Hugh Robert, 180. Mongolian types among Eskimos, 49. Monument to Marvin, 321. Morris K. Jesup, Camp, 290; Cape, 13, 21, 253, 254, 295, 326, 328, 338, 348. Murphy, Denis, 23, 82, 326. Murphy, John, 20, 23, 75, 76. Musk-oxen, 110, 151-157, 183, 189-191.
Nansen, Dr., v, xxv, xxix, xxx, 12, 121, 180, 244, 251-254, 308. Nares, George, xxiii, xxx, 180. Narkeeta, s.s., 26. Narwhal, 87, 132. National Geographic Society, medal of, 365; report on Peary's record, 363; resolutions, 364. "Nautical Almanac and Navigator," 289. Navy League, 80. Nelson, xvi. Nerke, 74, 332. New Bedford, 27. Newfoundland, 76. New Land, xxiv. Newman Bay, 188. New Siberian Islands, 49, 344. New York, 2, 3, 6, 12, 25, 26, 34, 37, 42, 53, 76, 92, 111, 121. NordenskjΓΆld, 11, 180. North America, xvi, xix. Northeast Passage, xvi. Northern Greenland, 53. North Grant Land, 90, 128, 194. North Pole, defined, 291; flag, 335; hill, 309; magnetic xvii, xix. North River, 92. North Star, s.s., 27, 38. North Star Bay, 38, 73. North Sydney, 29. Northumberland Island, 73. Northwest Passage, xvi, xviii, xx, xxi. Norton, George S., 76. Norway, 345. Norwegian record, 250, 251. Note to Marvin, 232. Nova Zembla, xxvii. Nunatoksoah, 74.
Observations, tidal and meteorological, 168, 188, 211, 243, 248, 266, 268, 284, 287, 289, 290, 318, 329, 337, 339, 342,
Hakluyt Island, 73. Hall Basin, xxii. Hall, Chas. Francis, xxii, 3, 180, 328. Hares, arctic, 54, 110, 127, 138, 182, 189, 315. Hareskin stockings, 257. Harkness, 34, 35. "Harrigan," 132, 203, 253, 319. Harris, R. A., 337. Harrison, 345. Hawks Harbor, 34. Hayes, 38, 180. Hecla, Cape, 141, 159, 190, 217, 226, 280. Henry VIII of England, xv. Henson, Matthew, at the Pole, 296; career, 20; celebrating, 184; chosen for final dash, 272; hunting trips, 141, 179; hunting walrus, 81; interpreter, 109; moving supplies, 191; pioneer division, 241; repairing sledge, 246; teaches igloo building, 172; visits Eskimos, 73. House where Peary wintered in 1901-2, 93. Hubbard, General Thomas H., 16, 25, 124. Hubbard Memorial Hall, 363. Hubbardville, 124, 128. "Hudson, the," 226. Hudson, Henry, xv, 298; Strait, 169. Hungarian Geographical Society, medal of, 365.
Ice cake ferry, 250, 308. Ice, dynamiting the, 115. Iceland, 345. Igloo, construction of snow, 172, 173; construction of stone, 54, 57. Imperial Austrian Geographical Society, medal of, 365. Imperial German Geographical Society, medal of, 365. Independence, Bay, xxix, 18, 99, 151, 276; Bluff, 215. Inglefield, 180; Gulf, 73. Indian Harbor, 334. Indies, xv, xvi. Inighito, 141, 160, 167. Instrument used for observation at the Pole, 288. Ikwah, 52, 271. Italian record, 252, 269. Island, Beaumont, 337; Bennett, 344, 346; Blackwell, 25, 26; Brevoort, 90; Cary, 38; Duck, 37-39; Eagle, 27, 28, 31; Flaxman, 344, 345; Hakluyt, 73; New Siberian, 49, 344; Northumberland, 73; Prince Patrick, 346; Salvo, 72; Spitzbergen, 341, 342; Turnavik, 35. Itiblu Glacier, 74.
Jackman, Captain, 28. Jackson, xxvi. James Ross Bay, 143, 144, 155, 179. Jamestown, xv. Jeannette, s.s., xxiv, xxv, 101, 345. Jefferds, 334. Jesup Land, 295. Johansen, xxv. Johnson, 76. Joseph Henry, Cape, 92, 222, 337. Joyce, Patrick, 23, 326.
Kallistenius, 38. Kamiks, 132, 209, 257. Kane Basin, 36, 53, 73, 94, 342, 343. Kane, Elisha Kent, xxii, 38, 180, 298. Kangerdlooksoah, 74. Karko, 141, 203, 253, 266. Karnah, 74. Kayaks, 42, 68. Kennedy Channel, 102, 331, 342, 343. Keshungwah, 141, 168, 203, 253, 266. King William Land, xx, xxi. Kislingbury, Lieut., 329. "Kitchen boxes," 131, 139. Kite, s.s., xxviii. Knitting breaks in trail, 207. Koldewey, 180. Kookan, 74. Koolatoonah, 142, 146, 148, 153, 155. Kooletah, 131. Koolootingwah, 235. Kudlooktoo, 213, 218, 220, 231, 253, 319. Kyoahpahdo, 65. Kyutah, 141, 218, 220, 223, 227.
Labrador, 32, 34, 35, 77. Lady Franklin Bay, 78, 168, 329. Lake Hazen, 118, 127, 141, 179, 182, 188. Land in unknown Arctic, 339. Larned, Walter A., 76. Leads, 196, 207, 221, 222, 236-285, 305. Leffingwell, 345. Lena, xxv. Lieber, Cape, 102. Lincoln, Bay, 93, 106, 110, 112, 117, 118; Sea, 91, 342. Lions of the North, 79. Lockwood, xxiii, 321, 337. Long night, 162. Long, Thomas, xxiv. Low Point Light, 29. Lunar hours, 341. Lunitidal interval, 340.
McClintock, Leopold, xxi. McClure, Robert, xxi. McCormick Bay, xxix. MacMillan, Prof. Donald B., career, 21; entertains Eskimos, 231; expedition to Clements Markham Inlet, 157; finds Greely relics, 329; his Eskimos overcome, 158; hunting walrus, 81, 82, 83; ill with grip, 128, 140; moving supplies, 191; reached ship, 325; reconnoitering, 117; sent back for supplies, 227; sounding, 222; takes charge of sports, 185; tidal observations, 167; turns back, 236. Magellan, xxxii. Manchester Geographical Society, honorary membership, 365. Markham, Sir Clements, xxiii, xxx, 49, 180, 222, 337. Marvin, Prof. Ross G., appreciation of his work, 319; celebrating, 184; comes back with supplies, 235; delayed by leads, 308; facsimile of certificate, 356-358; facsimile of observations, 351-355; last message, 321; news of his death, 318; pioneer division, 237, 241, 243; replaces Alert's record, 129; returns to "Crane City," 223; return from Cape Bryant, 191; soundings, 222; starts for Greenland coast, 187; starts south, 253; takes supplies to Cape Belknap, 138; taking observations, 168, 249, 252; teaching igloo building, 172; tidal igloo split by pressure, 177. May, Cape, 337. Mayen, Jan, xv. Mayflower, s.s., 26. Medals, 364, 365. Melville Bay, 36, 37, 39, 40, 53. Melville, G. W., xxv., 298. Meridian observations, method of taking, 288. Meteorological observations, 339. Meteorology, 346. Method for loading sledge, 209. Mikkelsen, 345. Mills, Hugh Robert, 180. Mongolian types among Eskimos, 49. Monument to Marvin, 321. Morris K. Jesup, Camp, 290; Cape, 13, 21, 253, 254, 295, 326, 328, 338, 348. Murphy, Denis, 23, 82, 326. Murphy, John, 20, 23, 75, 76. Musk-oxen, 110, 151-157, 183, 189-191.
Nansen, Dr., v, xxv, xxix, xxx, 12, 121, 180, 244, 251-254, 308. Nares, George, xxiii, xxx, 180. Narkeeta, s.s., 26. Narwhal, 87, 132. National Geographic Society, medal of, 365; report on Peary's record, 363; resolutions, 364. "Nautical Almanac and Navigator," 289. Navy League, 80. Nelson, xvi. Nerke, 74, 332. New Bedford, 27. Newfoundland, 76. New Land, xxiv. Newman Bay, 188. New Siberian Islands, 49, 344. New York, 2, 3, 6, 12, 25, 26, 34, 37, 42, 53, 76, 92, 111, 121. NordenskjΓΆld, 11, 180. North America, xvi, xix. Northeast Passage, xvi. Northern Greenland, 53. North Grant Land, 90, 128, 194. North Pole, defined, 291; flag, 335; hill, 309; magnetic xvii, xix. North River, 92. North Star, s.s., 27, 38. North Star Bay, 38, 73. North Sydney, 29. Northumberland Island, 73. Northwest Passage, xvi, xviii, xx, xxi. Norton, George S., 76. Norway, 345. Norwegian record, 250, 251. Note to Marvin, 232. Nova Zembla, xxvii. Nunatoksoah, 74.
Observations, tidal and meteorological, 168, 188, 211, 243, 248, 266, 268, 284, 287, 289, 290, 318, 329, 337, 339, 342,
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