mooring the ship next to the Fram in Bay of Whales, 124–26
reunion of South Pole Party with Northern Party, 260
sailing to Antarctica, 109–10, 112, 119–20
as scientific expedition, 285
Scott and Campbell divvying up the men, 112–13
supply stops in New Zealand, 116–17
Terra Nova arrives at Cape Evans, 120, 269
Terra Nova Expedition/ Campbell, Northern Party
at Cape Adare, 131–34, 154–56, 164
exploring around Terra Nova Bay, 207–9, 219–20
exploring Warning Glacier and Cape Wood, 158–59
and Percy the penguin, 132–33
research mission rerouted to Cape Adare, 126
Terra Nova Expedition/ Campbell, Northern Party in the snow cave
Campbell goes back for geological samples, 272
effects of a seal meat diet for seven months, 244–45, 246, 256–57
leaving the igloo, 257–58
Midwinter Celebration, 250–51
planning the post-winter trek to Cape Evans, 246–47, 255–56
preparing to overwinter, 224–25, 233–34, 241–42
psychological challenges, 252–54
waiting at Evans Coves for Terra Nova, 221–23, 234, 241–42
wintering in the snow cave/ igloo, 243–45, 246–47, 251–54
Terra Nova Expedition/ Scott, South Pole Party
arrival at the South Pole, 210
Bowers, Crean, and Cherry-Garrard escape death at McMurdo Sound, 136
carrying 35 pounds of rock samples back from the Pole, 218–19, 220, 238, 241, 285
deaths of Scott’s team, 221, 237–38, 242
establishing base at Cape Evans, 120–21
food depot placement, 134–35, 137
Midwinter’s Day celebration, 142–43
and motorized sledges, 106, 116, 167
motor sledge sinks, Priestley almost with it, 121
preparations for South Pole attempt, 134–35
returning from South Pole, 211–12, 218–19, 220–21, 223–24, 229, 232–33
traveling to the South Pole, 166–68, 176, 177, 184–85, 191–93
trip to Cape Crozier in winter, for Emperor penguin eggs, 143–44
Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, Canada, 313
Terra Nova (vessel), 109, 119, 124–26, 132, 222–23, 225–26
Terror (vessel), 29–30, 41, 63, 70–71
Torrington, John, 71
Transantarctic Expedition/ Shackleton, 292–93, 294, 299
Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, 177–78
Transit of Venus, 20–21
transmitters on Adelie penguins, 235–37, 247–48
Tring Park Mansion, Tring, England, 15–16
U
Ueland, Brenda, 300
University of Alberta, Edmonton, 67–70
University of Cambridge, 78, 114–15, 312
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 28
V
Victoria, queen of England, 53
Victorian Era
assumptions about sexuality, 3, 12–13
attitude toward sexuality, 3, 12–13
Christ Church as remnant of, 296
end of, 53
morals as priority, 10, 12
and prostitution, 275
Vogt, Johanne Hanson, 48, 49
W
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, 16–17
Warning Glacier, Antarctica, 158–59
Weddell seals, 28, 239
whales chasing Ponting, 120–21
Wilson, Bill, 109, 112, 113, 193, 218, 233, 259
Wilson, Edward, 53, 55, 56, 65–66, 78–79, 143
Wilson, Oriana, 115, 117
Wisting, Oscar, 165
World War I, 285, 288–90, 296
The Worst Journey in the World (Cherry-Garrard), 27, 143–44, 306, 326
Y
Young, Edward Hilton, First Baron Kennet, 299
Young, Kathleen Bruce Scott, 299–300
Young, Wayland Hilton, 299–300
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