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Peter (dog)

petrels

See also
bird life

Pinkey (dog)

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

 

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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Ryan, Lieut., R. N. R.

 

Safety Camp

Saint (dog)

Sally (dog)

Samson (dog)

Sanders Island

Santiago

Saunders, Edward

scientific observations commenced

scientific work proposed

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

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

Young, Douglas

Young Island

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