Sabine, Mt., xxiii, 80
    Safety Camp, 110, 122, 136, 306
    St. Paul, island, 33
    Scott, Capt.  R. F.,
        on early explorations, xx
        on Ross, xxvii
        first expedition, 1901-1904, xxxiii
        excellence of equipment, lxii
        commencement of second expedition, 1
        visits South Trinidad, 1901, 12
        joins Terra Nova, 31
        Depot Journey, 104
        character and achievements, 200, 573
        paper on Barrier, 214
        trip to Western Mountains, 306
        Barrier stage of Polar Journey, 319 seq.
        Beardmore Glacier Journey, 350 seq.
        Plateau Journey, 368
        strength of team, 377
        alteration in units, 379
        tries new sledge runners, 457
        body discovered, 480
        burial, 483
        his account of journey to Pole, 496 seq.
        return from Pole, 511 seq.
        message to the public, 541
        drawbacks of his plan, 545
    ‘Scott’s Last Expedition,’ lix
    Scurvy, lvii, 215, 393
    Sea, freezing of, 448
    Sea-cucumber, 568
    Sea-leopard, 65, 66
    Sea-urchins, 567
    Seal, 66, 67, 162
    Seal, crab-eating, 67, 68
    Seal, Ross, 66
    Seal, Weddell, 66, 67, 161, 464, 466
    Shackleton, Sir Ernest, xxxvii, xlvii
    Shambles Camp, 349, 502
    Simon’s Bay, 31
    Simpson, G. C., 4, 215, 306 seq., 429, 502, 504
    Ski, use of, 355, 458, 498
    Ski Slope, 152
    Skua gulls, 464, 499
    Skua Lake, 95, 182
    Sledge meters, 385, 417, 461
    Sledge runners, Nansen on, 456, 457
    Sledges,
        Nansen’s innovation, xxx
        motor, 88, 92, 321
    Smoking, limitations on, 195
    Snow-blindness, 353
    South Bay, 447
    ‘South Polar Times,’ 437, 445
    South Trinidad,
        landing, 13
        bird life, 13, 14
        land crabs, 14
        difficulty of leaving, 15, 18
    Southern Barrier Depot, 338
    Sverdrup, O. N., xxx

    Taylor, Griffith, lxi, 215, 307, 308, 317, 429
    Temperature,
        of polar plateau, 505
        effect on Polar party, 553
    Tent Island, 186, 439, 566
    Terra Australis, belief in existence of, xviii
    Terra Nova Bay, 493
    Terra Nova, the,
        on Scott’s first expedition, xlv
        commencement of voyage, 1910, 1
        crew, 2
        arrangement of cabins, 3
        defects in pumps, 5, 28
        plankton nets, 6
        fire on board, 6
        biological observations, 7
        lack of fresh water, 8
        refits at Lyttelton, 44
        overloading, 50
        suitability for ice work, 73
        anchorage, 101
        arrival with mails, 409
        defects, 548
        expedition finally relieved, 564