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by Matt Vance


  Auckland Islands 38, 52–58

  coastwatching station 29–36

  Enderby Island 33–34, 90–91, 175

  merganser (duck) 53–57

  Māori settlement 34

  Aurora expedition see Australasian Antarctic Expedition

  Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) 64–65, 114–115, 119–122, 121

  Back, Ken 21–25

  Bay of Whales 167–168, 168, 172–173

  birders 14–15, 56–58, 70, 72

  birds

  albatross, black–browed 21, 23, 41

  albatross, light–mantled sooty 104–105

  albatross, royal 40, 90, 105

  albatross, Salvin’s 14–15, 16

  merganser (duck) 51, 53–57

  penguin, Adélie 16, 124, 128–130, 135, 136

  penguin, emperor 69, 71

  penguin, erect–crested 15

  penguin, king 22, 59, 63–65, 68, 69–74

  petrel, blue 22, 66

  petrel, southern giant 22

  prion, fulmar 15

  shag, Bounty Island 15

  shearwater, sooty 22

  skua, brown 68, 129, 168

  snipe, Auckland Islands 90, 90–91

  teal, Campbell Island 57, 56–58

  Bish, George 36

  Bjaaland, Olav 139, 171, 173

  black–browed albatross 21, 23, 41

  Bligh, Lieutenant William 15

  blue petrel 22, 66

  Bounty Island shag 15

  Bounty Islands 13, 16, 13–18, 19, 24

  Depot Island 15

  guano 15–17

  Proclamation Island 15

  Bowers, Henry 152

  British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) 114–115, 117–118

  British Antarctic Expedition see Terra Nova Expedition (1910–13)

  British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition see Discovery Expedition (1929–30)

  British National Antarctic Expedition see Discovery Expedition (1901–04)

  Brown, Claud 48

  Byrd, Richard 149–151, 150, 173

  dementia 150–151

  Little America II base 150

  Buller, Walter Lawry 41, 54

  History of the Birds of New Zealand, A (book) 41

  Campbell Islands 29

  Campbell Island 28, 43, 45–50, 175

  Campbell Island teal 56–58, 57

  Dent Island 56, 57

  Perseverance Harbour 28

  Cape Denison 114, 119–122, 121

  Cape Royds 123, 124, 125–130, 126

  Cary, Craig 132–133

  Chile 140

  Juan Fernández Islands 22

  Clark, Gerry 19, 19–25

  Ketiga (yacht) 21

  Totorore (yacht) 19, 22, 24, 21–25

  Totorore Voyage, The (book) 25

  Clifton, Les 32

  see also coastwatchers

  climate science see ANDRILL

  coastwatchers (New Zealand) 27, 27–36

  blue blowfly, New Zealand 35–36

  cooking 33–35

  hut 27

  hut, remains of (Carnley Harbour) 35

  Year Away (Turbott) 31

  Commonwealth Bay see Cape Denison

  conservation 38, 65–66, 175–176

  Cook, Captain James 4

  core samples 50, 98, 160–164

  diatoms in 162, 163

  ice 98

  microfossils in 164

  Sitka spruce 50

  crabeater seal 131–133

  Crozet Archipelago 23

  David, Edgeworth 117–118, 118

  Dent Island see Campbell Islands

  Depot Island see Bounty Islands

  Discovery Expedition (1901–04) 124

  Dougall, William 17

  Dracophyllum 45–46

  D. longifolium 45–46

  D. scoparium 45

  Dry Valleys 130–133, 131

  Dumas, Vito 77, 77–81, 83–84

  Alone Through the Roaring Forties (book) 79

  Buenos Aires, reception in 83–84

  Lehg II (yacht) 79, 80, 83

  postage stamp 84

  d’Urville, Jules Dumont 53, 117

  in Auckland Islands 53

  Eden, Allan see coastwatchers

  elephant seal 59, 60, 62, 63

  Enderby Island see Auckland Islands

  Endurance Expedition (1914–17) 134, 134

  England, Rupert 126

  erect–crested penguin 15

  Erlangen (ship) 29

  Evans, Edgar 152

  expeditions, historic

  Australasian Antarctic Expedition (Mawson, 1911–14) 64–65, 114–115, 119–122, 121

  British Antarctic Expedition (Shackleton, 1907–09) 114–115, 117–118

  Discovery Expedition (Mawson, 1929–30) 30

  Discovery Expedition (Scott, 1901–04) 124

  Endurance Expedition (Shackleton, 1914–17) 134, 134

  Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (Shackleton, 1921–22) 135

  South Pole Expedition (Amundsen, 1910–11) 101–102, 133, 138, 166–168, 169–171

  Terra Nova Expedition (Scott, 1910–13) 119, 151

  exploration see individual explorers and expeditions

  Falla, Robert 30, 35

  see also coastwatchers

  Fleming, Charles 30

  see also coastwatchers

  fossil fuel consumption 159

  Fram (ship) 96, 97, 101–102, 167, 173

  fulmar prion 15

  German ships 18–19

  Erlangen 19

  Godman, Lloyd 38, 40

  Hallé, Francis 47–48

  Hammond, Bill 37–41, 40

  Auckland Islands, visit to 38–39

  exhibition 38

  Placemaker I (painting) 37

  Hanssen, Helmer 171, 173

  Hassel, Sverre 171, 173

  Hasselburg, Captain Frederick 61–62

  Hatch, Joseph 63–65

  steam–pressure digester 64

  History of the Birds of New Zealand, A (Buller) 41

  Huntford, Roland 135

  Scott and Amundsen (book) 135

  Hutton, Frederick Wollaston 55

  icebergs 96–101

  B–15A 99–100, 175

  colour 96–97, 101

  core samples 98

  genesis 98

  nomenclature 98

  water composition 98

  icebreaker, Professor Khromov 85, 101

  Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition (1914–17) see Endurance Expedition

  International Hydrographic Bureau 4–5, 7–8

  Japanese Navy, Imperial 30

  Jeffryes, Sidney 122

  Johansen, Hjalmar 173

  Juan Fernández Islands 22

  Killer whales 129–130

  king penguin 22, 59, 63–65, 67, 69–74

  Lashly, William 131

  Leenards, Gerda 38

  Lehg II (yacht) 77, 79, 80, 83

  leopard seal 129–130

  Lewis, David 81

  Ice Bird (yacht) 81

  light–mantled sooty albatross 104–105

  Mackay, Alistair 117–118, 118

  Macquarie Island 59–66, 67–71, 175

  ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) 60

  king penguins 22, 59, 63–65, 68, 69–74

  Hatch, Joseph 63–65

  penguin oil industry 63–65, 64

  pest eradication 65–66

  sealing industry 61–63

  wildlife sanctuary 65–66

  Malone, R.E. (naval officer) 34

  Marshall, Eric 126, 128

  Mawson, Douglas 113–115, 116–122

  Aurora (ship) 119, 122

  Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) 64–65, 114–115, 119–122, 121

  Discovery Expedition (1929–30) 30

  hut, Cape Denison 113, 114–115, 119

  Macquarie Island, visit to 64–65

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sp; Shackleton expedition (1908–09) 114–115, 117–118

  south magnetic pole, attempts to reach 117, 119–120, 127

  McMurdo Sound 123–130, 160–164, 175

  Cape Royds 123, 124, 125–126

  McMurdo Station (American) 141, 144

  Crary Lab 161–164

  Mercer, John 159–160

  on fossil fuel consumption 159

  paper in Nature magazine 159

  merganser (duck) 51, 53–57

  extinction 54–57

  specimens 55–57

  Mertz, Xavier 119–120

  memorial to 121

  Milanković, Milutin 163

  Earth’s climate, theory on 163

  Moitessier, Bernard 81–83, 82

  Long Way, The (book) 82

  Mount Erebus 142, 143

  Nansen, Fridtjof 96, 101–102

  North Pole, attempt to drift over 96

  Fram (ship) 96, 97, 101–102, 167, 173

  New Zealand

  Antarctic Programme 144

  Department of Conservation 38

  government 25, 28–29, 31

  ships see vessels

  Wildlife Service 56

  Nimrod Expedition see British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09)

  Nobile, Umberto 174

  airship designed by 174

  North Pole, attempts to reach 96, 101–102, 167, 169, 173–174

  Oates, Lawrence 152

  Ogilvie–Grant, William 55

  Palmer, Jonathan 50

  Proclamation Island see Bounty Islands

  penguin

  Adélie 16, 124, 128–130, 135, 136

  emperor 69, 71

  erect–crested 15

  king 22, 59, 63–65, 67, 69–74

  oil industry 63–65, 64

  Perseverance Harbour 28

  pest eradication see Macquarie Island

  Placemaker I (Hammond painting) 37

  Ponting, Herbert 151

  Quest Expedition see Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22)

  Ranfurly, Lord 46–47, 47, 50, 54–57

  bird collecting 54–55

  Campbell Island, visit to 46–47

  Renner, Martin 25–26

  Roosevelt Island 172–173

  Ross, James Clark 117

  Ross Ice Shelf 138–139, 140–146, 148–154, 159, 163–164

  Bay of Whales 167–168, 172–173

  Byrd, Richard 173

  camping on 148–154

  climate records 159–164

  flag trail 137

  hut 138–146, 145

  Ross Sea 99–101, 167, 175

  Roosevelt Island 172–173

  royal albatross 40, 90, 105

  Russian seamen 71, 106, 107–110

  Sale, Roger 25–26

  Salvin’s albatross 14–15, 16

  Schulze, Anja 25–26

  Scott, Robert Falcon 39, 118–119, 124–125, 131–132, 133, 135

  death 133

  Discovery Expedition (1901–04) 124

  memorial cairn 153

  publication of journals 133

  Terra Nova Expedition (1910–13) 119, 151

  Scott Base (New Zealand) 138, 139, 140, 141, 144, 155

  A–frame hut 138–139, 142, 144, 145, 146

  Scott’s Last Expedition (book) 133

  seal

  crabeater 131–133

  elephant 59, 60, 62, 63

  fur industry 61–63

  inland migration of 131–133

  leopard 129–130

  Weddell 130, 131–132

  Second World War see coastwatchers

  Shackleton, Ernest 39, 124–127, 133–136

  South Pole, attempt to reach 118, 126–127

  British Antarctic Expedition (1908–09) 115, 117

  Discovery Expedition (1901–04) 124

  death 135

  Endurance Expedition (1914–17) 134, 134

  hut at Cape Royds 123, 124–129, 126

  Nimrod (ship) 117, 128

  Quest Expedition (1921–22) 135

  return to England 133

  Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22) 135

  Sitka spruce 43, 45–50

  sooty shearwater 22

  Sorensen, Jack 30

  see also coastwatchers

  south magnetic pole 115–118, 119, 122

  South Pole (south geographic pole) 126, 133, 152, 159, 166, 170–171, 171

  southern giant petrel 22

  Southern Ocean 4–11

  boundaries 5

  currents 9–10

  sea ice 10

  tourism 175

  wind 6–9

  Stella (ship) 17

  Sutton Ninnis, Belgrave Edward 119–120

  memorial to 121

  Symmes, John 157–158

  gravestone 157

  hollow Earth theory 157–158

  Thomson, Bob 144

  Terra Nova Expedition (1910–13) 119, 151

  tourism 175

  birders 14–15, 56–58, 70, 72

  guiding 14, 89

  Turbott, Graham 29–30, 31–33, 34–36

  Year Away (book) 31

  see also coastwatchers

  Underwood, James 61–62

  vessels

  Endurance 134

  Fantome 34

  Fram 101, 167, 173

  Hinemoa 46, 55

  Joshua 82

  Ketiga 21

  New Golden Hind 31

  Nimrod 117, 128

  Professor Khromov 85, 101

  Ranui 29, 30, 32–33

  Totorore 21–25, 22, 24

  Turakina 28

  Vogel, Stephen 49

  Weddell seal 130, 131–132

  West Antarctic Ice Sheet 159, 163–164

  White Island 147

  Wild, Frank 126, 128

  Wilkes, Charles 117

  Williams, Murray 54–55

  Wilson, Edward 124, 152, 152

  Wisting, Oscar 171, 173

  Zimmermann, Martin 48

 

 

 


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