Gore, Wm., stoker, H.M.S. "Alert," song by, 216. Grampus, 21. Grand palæocrystic chorus, 216. Greenland, streams of ice, sweep down east coast of, 23; coast of, 25; natives on east coast, 69; insularity of, argument from tides, 92; distant view from Floe-berg Beach, 128; exploration of northern coast, 242, 346. "Greenwich," observatory at winter quarters so called, 152. Grinnell Land, description of, 67, 72; coast line, 94. Gulls, 50, 101, 332, 360. Guy Fawkes' day celebrated, 179. Hair frozen into solid masses, 209; effect of sledge travelling on colour of, 334. Hakluyt Island, 50. Hall Basin, 100, 101. Haloes, 200. Hannah Island, ships anchored inside, 100; visit to, 101. Hans Egede, 24. Hans Hendrik, Eskimo engaged at Proven, 39; endeavour to engage his brother-in-law, 48; seal shot by, 354. Hares, traces of, 60, 107; at "Alert's" winter quarters, 211; traces of, on the Polar Sea, 296, 314; left by Captain Nares for N. division, 321; shot, going south, 345, 351. Harmonium, obtained from the "Valorous," at church, 187. Hartstene Bay, arrival at, 51. Hawks, Cape, 83. Hayes, Dr., 51, 52, 53, 72, 73, 85, 99, 360. Hayes, Cape, Eskimo remains on, 69; ascent of, 90. Hayes Sound, 60; tides in, 62; intended exploration, 330. Henry Island of Hayes, not an island, 64. "Hercules," H.M. sledge, Lieut. W. H. May, R.N., 137, 217. Hilgard, Cape, Eskimo remains on, 69. Hoskins, Commodore A. H., sledging flagstaff presented by, 307. Housing for winter quarters, 154, 155, 156. Hudson's Bay Company's Taboggans, suitable in soft snow, 281. Hummocks, difficulty of marching over, on the Polar Sea, 278, 279, 281, 284, 301; discoloured by mud, 301; great barrier of, 303; great size, 304, 305; different colours of, 316. Hunt, Wm., ward-room cook, H.M.S. "Alert," songs by, 214. Hydrostatics, lecture on, by Lieut. May, 169. Ice, first seen, 22; stream of, near Cape Farewell, 23; the middle pack, 44, 45; dangers, 65, 66; occupations when detained by, 66; ships stopped by, 57, 65, 73, 82, 90, 95, 103, 110, 113, 121, 344; amusements on the, 77; dock cut in the, 86; great height of, 89; increasing thickness, 96; extending across Hall Basin, 100; pressure on Cape Frederick VII., 114; of the Polar Ocean, 127, 147, 200; the dangerous state of the, in autumn travelling, 141; movement of, during winter, 184; character of, in travelling over the Polar Ocean, 284, 291, 300; symptoms of disruption, 315, 320; state of, on the voyage southward, 344. (_See_ Palæocrystic, Blasting, Floe-bergs, Hummocks.) Ice navigation, most important maxim in, 45; uncertainty of, 57, 64; qualities required for, 82.