Steam, lecture on by Mr. Wootton, 169. Stone, Geo., of the "Discovery," serving on board the "Alert," songs by, 174. Store-bag, sledging contents, 237. Stoves, 158. Stuckberry, Thos., petty officer, H.M.S. "Alert," parts and songs by, 173, 216. Summer, 337, 339. Sumner, Cape, in sight, 103. Sun, sets at midnight, 127; final disappearance, 141; last view of, 148, 150; date of final departure, 151, 178; longing for the return of, 207; return of, 219, 220, 221, 222; effect of, on the ice, 207, 313. Sylvester heating apparatus not supplied, 158. Symons, Robert, A.B., H.M.S. "Alert," printer, 164 (_n._), 169, 175, 216; songs by, 214. Tabogganing, 187. Taboggans, Hudson's Bay Company's sledges, suitable for soft snow, 281. Temperature, observations for, 162; variations during winter, 183; extreme cold, 223, 224; while sledging, 259, 262, 278, 283, 286, 290, 294, 295, 302, 313, 314, 320. Tents, 139; weight, 233; description of, 235, 260. Terns, 110, 332. Tests of physical capacity, 15. Theatricals, dresses, 171; orchestra, 171; prologue, 172; play-bills, 173, 175, 176, 214; plays, 173, 214. Thermometers tested, 224. Thermometrical observations, 162, 223. (_See_ Temperature.) "Thursday pops," 168, 169, 175, 176, 215. Tidal observations at Twin Glacier Bay, 62; in winter quarters, 161, 180. Tides, meeting of, at Cape Fraser, 92; in Polar Sea, 304, 309. "Tigress," at Life-boat Cove, 53. Torske bank, fishing on, 25. Trafalgar day celebrated, 179. Turnstones, 360. Twin Glacier Bay, 61. Tyndall Glacier, 359. "Unies." (_See_ Narwhals.) Unifilar House, 209. Union, Cape, 101, 103, 118; rounded, 121, 122; pressure on, 125, 343. Union Jack of Captain Nares, taken with the northern division, 258; planted at the most northern point, 309. Upernivik, 41, 42, 43, 358. Valentia, "Alert" at, 367. "Valorous," H.M.S., to take out stores to Disco, 6; joins the Arctic ships, 11; to make the best of her way to Disco, 14; at Disco, 28; kindness of captain and officers, 33; farewell to, 35; lost sight of, 37; jolly-boat landed at Dobbin Bay, 84; harmonium obtained from, 187. Vegetation at Godhavn, 31; at Cape Isabella, 57; at Twin Glacier Bay, 60; at Norman Lockyer Island, 74; in Discovery Harbour, 107; lecture on Arctic plants by Mr. Pullen, 169; of the Arctic summer, 340. Ventilation during winter, 158; drip, 182. "Victoria," H.M. sledge, Lieut. Parr, R.N., 137, 217, 259; goes through the ice, 144. Victoria Head, 67. Von Buch, Cape, 93. Waigat, scenery of, 36; danger from fogs and icebergs, 37; steam out of, 38. Wales, H.R.H. the Prince of, visit to Arctic ships, 8. Wales, Prince of, Mountains, 50. Walrus seen on the ice, 45, 74; hunts, 74, 75, 76.