"Alert," H.M.S., 1, 2; special fittings, 3; departure from Portsmouth, 9; leaves Berehaven, 12; commencement of the voyage, 15; a lively ship, 17; arrival at Godhavn, 26; departure from Godhavn, 34; on shore, 43; proceeds to Cary Islands, 48; Port Foulke, 51, 56; perilous position of, 65, 91; at Hannah Island, 100; in Discovery Harbour, 104, 108, 293; on shore near Cape Beechey, 112; in the palæocrystic ice, 117, 118; crosses the threshold of the unknown region, 119; danger at Floe-berg Beach, 125, 134; precarious winter quarters, 125, 135, 136; housed in, 154; internal winter arrangements, 156; printing establishment, 165; departure of sledges from, 257; scurvy breaks out on board, 321; succour from, reaches N. division, 325; freed from winter quarters, 342; forced on shore, 351; afloat again, 347; at Valentia, 367. (_See_ Winter Quarters.) "Alexandra," H.M. sledge, 217, 259, 263. Alexandra Bay, 61, 63. Amusements in winter quarters, 167; importance of, 163. (_See_ Theatricals.) _Anonyx nugax_: crustacea brought up at the extreme northern point, 309 (_n._). Arctic Circle crossed by the expedition, 26. Arctic Highlanders, 48. (_See_ Eskimo.) Arctic school, 166, 167, 213. Arctic theatre. (_See_ Theatricals.) "Arctic," whaler, reminiscences of, 360. Astronomical observatory, 153, 180. Astronomy, lecture on, by Captain Nares, 169; by Commander Markham, 169. Atanekerdluk, fossil plants at, 36. Atlantic, gales of wind in, 17, 18. Auks, Little. (_See_ Rotges.) Autumn depôt. (_See_ Depôts.) Autumn travelling, 128, 129, 133, 137 to 150; discomfort, 141; severe work, 147, 148; return from, 148, 149; results, 149. Auxiliary sledges, 234. Ayles, Adam, song by, 216. Bache Island, of Hayes, not an island, 64. Baffin, William, gave name to Woman Isles, 41. Bag (sleeping), 139, 233, 235, 240, 279, 283, 287. Baird Inlet, 57. Baird, Cape, stopped by ice off, 103. Banks Island, heavy pack on west coast, 200. Bantry Bay. (_See_ Berehaven.) Bardin Bay, 359. Barrow, Cape John, 93. Bears, hunt in Melville Bay, 46; recent tracks, 86. Beaumont, Lieutenant, H.M.S. "Discovery," his journey along the north coast of Greenland, 346; return of, 350. Beechey, Cape, Eskimo remains at, 69; lane of water in direction of, 102, 112, 113; rounded, 114. Beer at Godhavn, 363. Bellot, Cape, 103, 112; Island, 112, 351. Berehaven, expedition at, 12. Bessels Bay, entrance passed, 100; description of, 101. Bessels, Dr., observation as to meetings of tides at Cape Fraser, 92; coast-line correctly delineated by, 99. Beverley, crimson cliffs of, 48. Bide-a-wee Harbour, 58. (_See_ Payer Harbour.) Bills of fare, 185, 186, 196, 335. (_See_ Play-bills.)