Shirley, John, stoker, H.M.S. "Alert," songs by, 168; attacked by scurvy, 282; on the sledge, 284. Shooting parties in summer, 338 to 340. Sick. (_See_ Scurvy.) Simpson, Thos., H.M.S. "Alert," in sledge crew, northern division, attacked by scurvy, 306. Skating, 77, 110. Sky, beauty of, 83. (_See_ Meteor, Sun.) Sledges, description of, 231 (_n._); sails for, 231 (_n._); weight, 233; boats on, 242 (_n._); required for northern division, 244; dog sledge sent to "Discovery," 247; departure of sledges in the spring, 257, 258; sledge standards, 258; art of packing, 277; high-runner sledges the best, 281; (_See_ Dogs, Marco Polo, Hercules, Victoria, Bloodhound, Bulldog, Alexandra, Challenger, Poppie, Clements Markham.) Sledge crews, exercise of, 227. Sledging, first lessons in 58; with dogs, 79, 80, 81, 128; first experiences, 129; severe work, 133; details of, 137; shore-going notions of, 138; realities, 139; lecture on, by Captain Nares, 215; grand palæocrystic chorus, 216; preparations for, during the winter, 230; equipments superintended by Sir Leopold M'Clintock, 231; weights, 233; auxiliaries and depôts, 234; tents, 235; cooking apparatus, 235; contents of knapsack and storebag, 237; scale of provisions, 237; medical stores, 238 (_n._); clothing, 239, 240; programme of sledding, operations, 241; the first encampment, 260; intense cold, 259, 262; arrival at autumn depôt, 263; daily routine, 264 to 270; road-making, 273, 275, 276; increasing difficulties, 304; method of advancing, 295, 304, 306, 313; most northern encampment, 307; extreme northern point, 309 to 311; return journey of northern division begun, 312; northern division reaches land, 321; return of northern division, 327; western division, 331, 332; eastern division, 350. (_See_ Autumn, Hummocks, Temperature, Foot-gear, Cook.) Sleeping-bags, 139, 235, 240; weight of, 233; frozen hard, 280, 283, 287. Smith, Mr. Krarup, Inspector of North Greenland, his hospitality, 26, 29, 363. Smith Sound, 47, 49, 69. Snow, crimson, 48; heavy falls in Smith Sound, 71, 73, 95; in Robeson Channel, 111, 119, 121; heavy falls during autumn travelling, 147; buildings with, 152, 153, 154; temperature at different depths, 162; heavy drifts during winter, 205; drifts while sledge travelling, 261, 287, 306. Snow blindness, precautions against, 240; use of goggles, 286, 303. Snow bunting seen by sledge crews, 319. Snow hut built by Rawson, 212. Sorrel, 345. Soundings at extreme northern point, 308, 309. Southsea Common, farewell to the expedition from, 9, 10. Specific gravity observations, 180. Spectrum analysis observations, 180. Standards for sledges, 258. Stanton, Cape, in sight, 103.