Balchen, Bernt, 19.1, 19.2
Ballard, Robert
Barrow, Alaska, 14.1, 17.1
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 14.1, 14.2
Amundsen’s polar flights and, 19.1, 19.2
Cox’s swim off
Bay of Whales
and Amundsen’s South Pole expedition
and Byrd’s South Pole expedition, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Beardmore Glacier, 15.1, 16.1, 24.1
Beechey Island, 12.1, 12.2
Belgica Diary (Amundsen), 6.1, 6.2
Belgica expedition, 6.1
Amundsen and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 18.1
de Gerlache and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
diet in, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
illnesses and injuries in, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Bennett, Floyd, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Bennett, James Gordon, 2.1, 4.1
Bering Strait, 10.1, 15.1, 17.1
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 10.1, 14.1
Cox’s swim in, 1.1, 10.1, 23.1
De Long’s North Pole expedition and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1
and search for Nordenskjöld, 2.1, 3.1
Binder, Barry, 8.1, 9.1
Bjaaland, Olav, 16.1, 16.2
Black Hawks
Boeing
Brown, J. D.
Buenos Aires, 15.1, 16.1
Burns, M. J., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Bylot Island, 12.1, 12.2
Byrd, Richard, 19.1, 23.1
Amundsen’s relationship with, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 24.1
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition and, 19.1, 19.2
legacy of, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 24.2
polar flights and expeditions of, 9.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 21.1, 23.1, atw.1
transatlantic flight of, 9.1, 19.1, 23.1
C-17 Globemasters, 9.1, 20.1, 20.2, 24.1, atw.1
Cambridge Bay
Canada, 4.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, atw.1
Cox’s Baffin Island trip and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Cape Bille
Chin, Amy
Chipp, Charles
Christchurch
Christiania, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 14.1
Christiania Fjord, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 10.1
Chukchi Sea
Church Bay, Cox’s swim across, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
City of New York, 19.1, 19.2
climate change, 8.1, atw.1, atw.2
Antarctica and, 9.1, 23.1
Greenland and, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, atw.1
Clinton, Hillary
Clyde River
Coast Guard, U.S.
Antarctica operations of
swimming harnesses and
Cohen, Dan
Collins, Michael
Colombia
Combs, James
Congress, U.S., 10.1, 10.2, 14.1, 19.1, 20.1, 23.1
Cook, Frederick
Amundsen’s relationship with
Belgica expedition and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 14.1, 15.1
dietary recommendations of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
North Pole expedition of, 14.1, 15.1
Peary’s North Pole expedition and, 6.1, 6.2
Cook, Richard
Councilman, Doc
Cox, Laura
Cox, Lynne
breathing difficulties of, 11.1, 11.2
childhood of
food eaten by, 10.1, 10.2
illnesses and injuries of, 10.1, 14.1, 21.1
rewarming of, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1
training of, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2
Cox, Ruth
Crean, Thomas
Cunningham, Chuck
Czwakiel, Francis “Snow Dog”
AGAP mission and, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
Danish Greenland Literary expedition
dead water
DeConno, Joseph
AGAP mission and, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
Deep Freeze, Operation, 9.1, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 23.1, 24.1, atw.1
de Gerlache, Adrien, 6.1, 16.1
Belgica expedition and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
contract of
De Long, Emma, 2.1, 2.2
North Pole expedition of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
in search for Nordenskjöld, 2.1, 3.1
and sinking of Jeannette, 2.1
wife courted by
Denmark, 3.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 19.1, atw.1
Cox’s Greenland swim and
food in
Greenland politics and, 10.1, 10.2
Deptula, David, 20.1
Devine, Troy
Devon Island
Dietrichson, Leif, 18.1, 19.1
Dietrichson, Oluf Christian, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Discovery
of Bylot
of Scott, 15.1, 16.1
Discovery Canada, 8.1
Disko Bay, 10.1, 10.2, atw.1
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 10.1, 11.1
Cox’s swim in, 10.1, atw.1
Disko Island, 7.1, 10.1
dogs, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 6.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 18.1
of Amundsen
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 7.1, 10.1
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition and, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 19.1
Byrd’s South Pole expedition and
in Ilulissat, 10.1, 10.2
Nansen’s North Pole expedition and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Shackleton’s South Pole expeditions and
Dornier flying boats
Dufek, George J.
Dutch Harbor,
Eagle (balloon)
Eagle (lunar lander)
East, Samantha, 22.1, atw.1
Air Force’s Antarctica operations and, 9.1, 9.2
Cox’s Greenland swim and, 11.1, 20.1
Cox’s Greenland trips and, 9.1, 11.1, atw.1
Cox’s planned Antarctica trip and
swimming of, 9.1, 21.1
Eclipse Sound, 12.1, 12.2
Cox’s swim across, 12.1, 12.2
Eisenhower, Dwight
Ellsworth, Lincoln, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Emerald Lake
Endurance, 16.1
English Channel, 11.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1
Councilman’s swim across
Cox’s swims across, 8.1, 10.1, 14.1
Enoksen, Hans, 10.1, 10.2, atw.1
Erebus, 4.1, 12.1, 15.1
Eskimos, see Inuits
Espinosa, Cholene
Evans, Edward,
F-4s
Farthest North (Nansen), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Filskov, Karen, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2
fishing spears, 13.1, 13.2
Floyd Bennett
Flynn, Jackie and Leo
Flynn, Tom, 14.1, 14.2
Fram, 7.1, 15.1, 17.1
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition and, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 23.1
design and construction of
Nansen’s North Pole expedition and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Framheim, 16.1, 16
.2, 16.3, 19.1
France, 2.1, 9.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Franklin, Lady Jane
Franklin, Sir John
Northwest Passage expedition of, 3.1, 4.1, 10.1, 12.1
search for, 4.1, 12.1
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark,
Galdish, Richard
Gamburtsev Mountains, 20.1, 24.1
German, Anthony, 21.1, 24.1, 24.2, atw.1, atw.2, atw.3
Germany, 17.1, atw.1
Gjøa
Amundsen’s King William Island stay and, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 16.1
Gjøa Haven
Amundsen’s stay in, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1
Cox’s trip to, 13.1, 13.2
Inuits of, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
physical appearance of, 13.1, 13.2
Godhavn, 7.1, 10.1
Godthaab
Golomb, Solomon
Gomula, Brian, 9.1, 11.1, atw.1
Goodall, Gretchen
Cox’s Greenland swim and, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7
Greenland trip of, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1
Gossamer Condor, 21.1
Gould, Laurence, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Gray, Tracy
Great Britain, 7.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, atw.1
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition and, 15.1, 16.1
Cox’s trip to
Franklin’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 3.1, 4.1, 12.1
Greely, Adolphus, 3.1, 4.1
Greenland, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 7.2, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 21.1, 24.1
Air Force operations in, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, atw.1, atw.2, atw.3, atw.4
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1
climate change and, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, atw.1
Cook and, 6.1, 14.1
Cox’s swim off, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 20.1, atw.1
Cox’s trips to, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 23.1, atw.1, atw.2
food in, 10.1, 10.2
ice cap of, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 9.1, 11.1, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, atw.1, atw.2, atw.3, atw.4, atw.5
independence gained by
Inuits of, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 17.1
Nansen’s exploration of, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 23.1, atw.1
Peary and, 6.1, 14.1
physical appearance of, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, atw.1
politics in
religion in
tides of, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1
water currents of, 3.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
Griffith, Bob
Baffin Island trip of, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1
Cox’s Baffin Island swim and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
Cox’s Barrow swim and
Cox’s Greenland swim and, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Cox’s Prudhoe Bay swim and, 14.1, 14.2
Greenland trip of, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1
Guillotte, Keith
Gulf of Aqaba,
Haakon VII, King of Norway, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 23.1
Haines, William
Hansen, Ken
Hanssen, Helmer J., 7.1, 16.1
Harris, Tim
Hart, Gary K., 23.1, 23.2
Hassel, Sverre H., 16.1, 16.2
Hetzel, Tom
Hoyer, Liv Nansen, 4.1, 4.2, 17.1, 19.1
Hudson, Henry, 8.1, 12.1
Hudson River
human-powered flight
Hummiktuq, Rita
Hurricane Katrina,
icebergs, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1
Cox’s Greenland swim and, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2
Nansen on
Iceman
Ilulissat
Cox’s swim off, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1, 20.1
Cox’s trip to, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
inertial navigation systems (INS), 21.1, 24.1
Inuits, 2.1, 4.1, 24.1
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 11.1, 13.1, atw.1
clothing made by, 13.1, 13.2
Cook’s studies on, 6.1, 6.2
of Greenland, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 17.1
hunting of, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1
igloos of, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
Ilulissat and
of King William Island, 4.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
of Pond Inlet, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8
Iqaluit
Italia
Italy, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Jackson, Frederick
James, Gary, 21.1, atw.1, atw.2, atw.3
Jason, 3.1, 6.1
Jeannette, USS, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 10.1
De Long’s North Pole expedition, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
Nansen’s North Pole expedition and, 4.1, 4.2
rescue of crew of
in search for Nordenskjöld
sinking of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1
jellyfish, 7.1, 14.1, 14.2
Jetfuel Assisted Take Off (JATO), 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
Johansen, Fredrik Hjalmar, 4.1, 4.2, 16.1
Johansen, Lars-Emil, 10.1, atw.1
Johnson, Dean
Jordan
Josephine Ford, 19.1, 19.2
June, Harold,
Kaleak, Vernon
Kangerlussuaq, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, atw.1, atw.2
Cox’s Greenland swim and, 8.1, 9.1
katabatic winds
kayaks
Cox’s Baffin Island swim and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Nansen’s Greenland exploration and, 3.1, 3.2
Nansen’s North Pole expedition and
Kelly, Pete
King William Island, 4.1, 13.1, 13.2
Amundsen’s stay on, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1
Cox’s trip to
Kuro Siwo,
Lake Baikal
Lake Geneva
Lake Titicaca, 9.1, 11.1
Lashly, William
Latham, Hubert
Latham 47 flying boats, 19.1, 19.2
Law of the Seas treaty
LC-130 Hercules, 9.1, 11.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 23.1, 24.1
in AGAP mission
Greenland operations of, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, atw.1, atw.2, atw.3
navigation and, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, atw.1, atw.2
off-loading cargo of
and parallels between flying and swimming
skis of, 22.1, 24.1, 24.2, atw.1, atw.2
U-2s vs.
Lecointe, Georges, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
LeCours, Marc
Lee, Bill
Cox’s Greenland swim and, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Greenland trip of, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1
Lena River
Lindbergh, Charles, 9.1, 9.2, 19.1
Lindström, Adolf Henrik, 7.1, 16.1
Little, Edward
Little America, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Li
ttle America (Byrd), 19.1, 19.2
Liv Glacier, 19.1, 19.2
Lundborg, Einar,
MacCready, Paul
Madeira Islands
Malmgren, Finn
Manchurian ponies
Scott’s South Pole expeditions and, 16.1, 16.2
Shackleton’s South Pole expeditions and, 15.1, 16.1
Maud, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2, 19.1
Mawson, Sir Douglas
McClintock, Sir Leopold Francis, 4.1, 4.2
McKenna, June
McKenna, Kyle
McKeown, Mark, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2
McKeown, Rick
AGAP mission and, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
McKinley, Ashley, 19.1, 19.2
McMurdo Sound, 15.1, 19.1
McMurdo Station
Air Force and, 9.1, 20.1, 20.2, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2
Antarctic weather systems and
Melville, George
Miller, Greg
Mohn, Henrik
Mortenson, Greg
Mount Engelstad
Mount Erebus
Mount Terror
Murray, Bruce
muscle fibers
My Life as an Explorer (Amundsen), 6.1, 7.1
Mylius-Erichsen, Ludvig, 10.1, 11.1
Nalungia
Nansen, Fridtjof, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 23.1
Amundsen’s Arctic Ocean research and
Amundsen’s Northeast Passage expedition and, 16.1, 17.1
Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition and, 7.1, 16.1
Amundsen’s relationship with, 7.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 23.1, 24.1
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition and, 15.1, 16.1, 23.1
Belgica expedition and, 6.1, 6.2
Cox’s Ilulissat trip and, 10.1, 10.2
and Fram’s design and construction, 4.1
Greenland exploration of, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 23.1, atw.1
on icebergs
illnesses and injuries of, 4.1, 4.2
North Pole expedition of, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 23.1
parents of
provisions, equipment, and supplies of, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2
narwhales, 12.1, 12.2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 12.1, 21.1, 23.1
National Science Foundation (NSF), 9.1, 20.1
Cox’s planned Antarctica trip and, 20.1, 23.1, 23.2
Navy, U.S., 2.1, 2.2, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2
NEEM, atw.1, atw.2
Neilson, Sandy
Nelson, Don, 8.1, 8.2
Neumayer, George von
Newcomb, Raymond L., 2.1
Newfoundland, 8.1, 12.1, 13.1
New Siberian Islands
Amundsen’s Northeast Passage expedition and, 17.1, 17.2
Nansen’s North Pole expedition and