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The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir

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The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"

Name: The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"
Author: Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir

Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir

Alert (Sloop : 1856-1895); Arctic regions; Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915

Floe-bergs, description of, 114;
    "Alert" secured inside a fringe of, 122, 125;
    split by intense cold, 211.

  Floe-berg Beach, depôt at, 122, 124;
    desolate scene at, 126;
    view from, 127;
    winter quarters at, 132.

  Flowers. (_See_ Vegetation.)

  Foot-ball on the ice, 77.

  Foot-gear, while sledging, 260, 261, 268, 280.

  Foraminifera brought up at the extreme north point, 309.

  Fossils, collections in Bessels Bay, 102;
    in the coal, 350.

  Fossil plants, at Atanekerdluk, 37;
    in the coal near Discovery Harbour, 350.

  Foulke Port, 51, 56, 69, 330.

  Foxes, traces of, 60, 107;
    fox shot, 354.

  Fox trap, 68.

  Francombe, Reuben, H.M.S. "Alert," parts and songs by, 173.

  Franklin Pierce Bay, 72.

  Fraser, Cape, 55, 72;
    Eskimo remains on, 68;
    passed by the ships, 92;
    meeting of the tides, 93;
    rounded, going south, 353.

  Frederick VII., Cape, ship in danger off, 114.

  Frederic, 29, 128.
    (_See_ Eskimo.)

  Freezing, experiments in, 223.

  Fresh meat, 186.
    (_See_ musk-ox, hares, Brent geese.)

  Frost-bites, danger of, 81;
    Petersen frost-bitten in the autumn, 129;
    danger of, in autumn travelling, 142;
    many frost-bites in return autumn journey, 147;
    Lieut. May's severe frost-bite, 148;
    other frost-bites and amputations, 148;
    sufferers during the winter, 198;
    precautions against, 199, 208;
    on the dog sledge, in journey to "Discovery," 249.

  "Frost-bite Range," 148.

  Frozen ocean, 200, 215;
    depôts cannot be laid out on, 234, 244;
    difficulty of travelling over, 242;
    movements of, 242.
    (_See_ Palæocrystic Sea, Sledgings.)

  Fulmar petrels, 361.


  Gales of wind in the Atlantic, 17, 18;
    in Smith Sound, 59;
    in Robeson Channel, 119;
    at Floe Berg Beach, 124;
    furious gale during autumn travelling, 133, 134;
    in winter quarters, 205, 206;
    while sledging, 282, 283, 285, 296, 297;
    on the voyage home, 366, 367.

  Geese. (_See_ Brent.)

  Geology, lecture on, by Captain Feilden, 169.

  Geological collections, 31, 102, 116, 350.
    (_See_ Fossils.)

  Geological formation, 64, 67, 68;
    physical aspect of the coast lines, 99.

  Ger-falcon, 362.

  Giffard, Lieut. R.N., H.M.S. "Alert," magnetic observer, 154;
    in charge of the printing, 164 (_n._), 169, 175, 215, 216;
    lecture on magnetism by, 169;
    parts taken by, in theatricals, 214.

  Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, musicians on board ship of, 7.

  Glaciers: of Jacobshavn, 32;
    of the Waigat, 36;
    of Omenak fiord, 38;
    near Cape York, Petowik, 48;
    Crystal Palace, 50;
    my brother John's (of Kane), 52;
    twin glaciers, 60, 61;
    of Grinnell Land, 64, 73, 83;
    in Bessels Bay, 99;
    Tyndall, 359.

  Glaucous gulls, 50.

  Godhavn, arrival at, 26;
    lovely weather at, 33;
    hospitality of the people, 33, 363, 364.

  Godthaab, expedition off, 24.

  Good, Joseph, petty officer, H.M.S. "Alert," song by, 168.

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The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir

History

The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"

Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir

Alert (Sloop : 1856-1895); Arctic regions; Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915

Floe-bergs, description of, 114;
    "Alert" secured inside a fringe of, 122, 125;
    split by intense cold, 211.

  Floe-berg Beach, depôt at, 122, 124;
    desolate scene at, 126;
    view from, 127;
    winter quarters at, 132.

  Flowers. (_See_ Vegetation.)

  Foot-ball on the ice, 77.

  Foot-gear, while sledging, 260, 261, 268, 280.

  Foraminifera brought up at the extreme north point, 309.

  Fossils, collections in Bessels Bay, 102;
    in the coal, 350.

  Fossil plants, at Atanekerdluk, 37;
    in the coal near Discovery Harbour, 350.

  Foulke Port, 51, 56, 69, 330.

  Foxes, traces of, 60, 107;
    fox shot, 354.

  Fox trap, 68.

  Francombe, Reuben, H.M.S. "Alert," parts and songs by, 173.

  Franklin Pierce Bay, 72.

  Fraser, Cape, 55, 72;
    Eskimo remains on, 68;
    passed by the ships, 92;
    meeting of the tides, 93;
    rounded, going south, 353.

  Frederick VII., Cape, ship in danger off, 114.

  Frederic, 29, 128.
    (_See_ Eskimo.)

  Freezing, experiments in, 223.

  Fresh meat, 186.
    (_See_ musk-ox, hares, Brent geese.)

  Frost-bites, danger of, 81;
    Petersen frost-bitten in the autumn, 129;
    danger of, in autumn travelling, 142;
    many frost-bites in return autumn journey, 147;
    Lieut. May's severe frost-bite, 148;
    other frost-bites and amputations, 148;
    sufferers during the winter, 198;
    precautions against, 199, 208;
    on the dog sledge, in journey to "Discovery," 249.

  "Frost-bite Range," 148.

  Frozen ocean, 200, 215;
    depôts cannot be laid out on, 234, 244;
    difficulty of travelling over, 242;
    movements of, 242.
    (_See_ Palæocrystic Sea, Sledgings.)

  Fulmar petrels, 361.


  Gales of wind in the Atlantic, 17, 18;
    in Smith Sound, 59;
    in Robeson Channel, 119;
    at Floe Berg Beach, 124;
    furious gale during autumn travelling, 133, 134;
    in winter quarters, 205, 206;
    while sledging, 282, 283, 285, 296, 297;
    on the voyage home, 366, 367.

  Geese. (_See_ Brent.)

  Geology, lecture on, by Captain Feilden, 169.

  Geological collections, 31, 102, 116, 350.
    (_See_ Fossils.)

  Geological formation, 64, 67, 68;
    physical aspect of the coast lines, 99.

  Ger-falcon, 362.

  Giffard, Lieut. R.N., H.M.S. "Alert," magnetic observer, 154;
    in charge of the printing, 164 (_n._), 169, 175, 215, 216;
    lecture on magnetism by, 169;
    parts taken by, in theatricals, 214.

  Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, musicians on board ship of, 7.

  Glaciers: of Jacobshavn, 32;
    of the Waigat, 36;
    of Omenak fiord, 38;
    near Cape York, Petowik, 48;
    Crystal Palace, 50;
    my brother John's (of Kane), 52;
    twin glaciers, 60, 61;
    of Grinnell Land, 64, 73, 83;
    in Bessels Bay, 99;
    Tyndall, 359.

  Glaucous gulls, 50.

  Godhavn, arrival at, 26;
    lovely weather at, 33;
    hospitality of the people, 33, 363, 364.

  Godthaab, expedition off, 24.

  Good, Joseph, petty officer, H.M.S. "Alert," song by, 168.

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The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"

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