Simpson Strait, 168, 206, 214 Sinclair, George, 166 Sirovatskof, 107 Sitka Sound, 134 Sledges and sledge-work, 184, 252 Smeerenberg, 24 Smith, Benjamin Leigh, 44, 72 Smith Sound, 234, 235 Snow, William Parker, 183 Snow houses, 198, 211 Sodankyla, 273 _Sofia_, The, 44 Somerset House, 202 Somerset, North, 180 Sonntag, August, 242 _Sophia_, The, 183 Spangberg, Martin, 131 Spinks, Robert, 37, 158 Spitsbergen, 12, 15, 16, 18, 24, 104 Steamship, The first Arctic, 194 _Stella Polare_, The, 76 Sterlegof, Cape, 85 Stoat, 188 Stolbovoi, 107 Stuxberg, 85 _Sunshine_, The, 224, 229, 232 Sverdrup, Otto, 104, 185, 261 Svjatoi Nos, 89 Tanana, The, 144 Tananas, The, 145 _Tegetthoff_, The, 64 Teplitz Bay, 69, 77 _Terror_, H.M.S., 171, 183, 203, 205 Thaddeus Island, 107, 117 _Thames_, The, 87 Thermometer, The deep-sea, 30 _Thetis_, The, 278 Thirkill, Launcelot, 4 _Thomasine_, The, 16 Thorne, Robert, 5 Tiger, 126 _Tigress_, The, 247 Toll, Baron E., 126 Torell, Otto, 43 _Trent_, H.M.S., 33 Treurenberg Bay, 40 Tripe-de-roche, 156 Tschirikof, Alexei, 131 Tundra, The, 86, 113 Turnagain, Point, 155, 167 Tyndall Glacier, 244 Umivik, 262 _Union_, The (boat), 157, 158 _United States_, The, 239 Upernivik, 232 _Valorous_, H.M.S., 248 Veer, Gerrit de, 10, 49 _Vega_, The, 87 Victoria, Cape, 211 Victoria Land, 168 Victoria Sea, Queen, 75 Victoria Strait, 206 _Victory_, The, 194 Victory, Point, 212 Vinland, 3 Vlamingh, Willem de, 62 Vrangel', Ferdinand, 108 Wager River, 190 Waigatz Island, 7 Wainwright Inlet, 139 Walden Island, 40 Walker Bay, 176 _Walnut Shell_, The (boat), 157, 159 Walrus, 12, 13, 20, 31, 34, 57, 73, 82, 88, 93, 101 Walsingham, Francis, 224, 229, 231 Washington Irving Island, 250 Welden, Captain, 13 Wellington Channel, 180 Wentzel, 150, 151, 154 West England, 220 Weyprecht, K., 64, 272 Whale fishery, The, 15, 17 Whale, Greenland, 14, 15, 31, 265 Whale Island, 148 Whale, White, 88, 148, 188 Whaling trade begins, 15 White Man's Island, 223 White Sea, The, 6 White Shirt, 2 Whymper, Edward, 266 Whymper, Frederick, 142 Wiggins, Joseph, 87 Wijde Bay, 17 Wilberforce Falls, The, 155 Wilczek Island, 66 William Land, King, 163, 214 _William_, The, 8 Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 5 _Windward_, The, 76, 103 Winter Harbour, 174, 181 Winter Island, 192 _Winthont_, The, 10 Wollaston Land, 158 Wolstenholme, Cape, 234 Wolverine, 144 Women Islands, The, 233 Wrangell, Ferdinand Von, 108 Wrangell Island, 116, 141 Yakuts, The, 115 Yalmal, 85 Yenesei, The, 85 _Ymer_, The, 87 Young, Allen, 75, 116, 208, 213 Young's Foreland, 14 Yugor Strait, 8 Yukon, Fort, 142, 144 Yukon, The, 142 PLYMOUTH WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PRINTERS