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1 Lonely Planet Publications 370 Index 300 Club Battle of the Falklands Memorial Falklands War Memorial E-Base 212 A Academician Vernadskiy station 273, 12 accommodations 334 activities 334 Adams Island 250 Adams, Jameson 52 Adelaide Island Adélie penguins 112, 120, 264, 7 locations 213, 214, 264-5, 271-2, 276, 283, 285-7, 297, 310 Admiralty Hut 242 Adventure Network International 73, 75-9, 344 air travel aviation history 60-4, 73 to/from Antarctic Peninsula to/from the Antarctic interior Aitcho Islands 214 Ajax Bay Refrigeration Plant 204 albatrosses 123-4, 133-4, 10, 130, 132, see also individual species Alfred-Faure station 235 algae 95, 145, 153, 154-5, 269 Algae Lake 313 American Alpine Club 72, 73 American Women s Expedition 78 Amery Ice Shelf Amsler Island 271 Amsterdam albatrosses 123, 244 Amundsen, Roald 52-5, 301, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station , 328, 225 ANARE station 247 animals 95, 106, , see also individual species Antarctic cod 100, 151, 295 Antarctic Convergence 174 Antarctic fulmars Map pages 000 Photograph pages Antarctic fur seals locations 150, Antarctic Peninsula 22-3, , 266, 227 Antarctic petrels 135 Antarctic Polar Front 174 Antarctic Site Inventory project 98 Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 99 Antarctic Treaty 66-70, Antarctic Treaty parties 342 Antipodes Islands Anvers Island 271 Arched Rock 238 Archway Island 249 Argentine Islands Arnesen, Liv 78, 325 Arras, Bill 80 Artigas station 213 arts 20-1, Astrolabe Island 264 astronomy 161-3, 318, Atlantic petrels 135 Atlas Cove 242 Atmospheric Research Observatory 332 Auckland Islands 250-3, 251 aurora australis Australasian Antarctic Expedition 56-7, 247, 315 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 66, 67, 242 B Bagshawe, Thomas Baie Américaine 235 Baie du Marin 235 Baily Head 220, 4 Balchen, Bernt 62-3 Balleny Islands ballooning 44, 47, 80 Bancroft, Ann 78 Banks, Joseph 71 Barnard, Charles 206 Barnard Memorial Museum 207 Barrientos Island 214 Barry, Paddy 82 Bartholomew, John 40 Base A 270, 11 Base B 220 Base D 265 Base E 275 Base G 213 Base H 190 Base N 271 Base O 268 Base T 275 Base W 274 Bass, Dick 76 Bassin du Cratère 244 Bay of Isles Beardmore Glacier 52 Beardmore, William 51 Belgian Antarctic Expedition 41-2 Belgrano II station 280 Bellingshausen, Fabian von 30-1, 247, 256, 257 Bellingshausen station benthos Berkner Island 280 Bernacchi, Louis 249, 284, 301 Bird Island 181 birds , , 150-1, see also individual species Biscoe House 220 Biscoe, John 34, 253, 274 Bjaaland, Olav 53 black-bellied storm petrels 140 black-browed albatrosses 123 locations 174, 181, 206, 207 Bleaker Island 205 blue petrels 135 blue whales 96-7, 114, 115, 178 Blunt, Bill 82 boat travel resupply vessels 349 ship cruises yacht cruises zodiacs Bollons Island 249 Bonington, Chris 76 Bonner Laboratory 275 books 20-1, 88-9 adventurers 53, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79 diving 70 explorers 20-1, 27, 58, 59, 61 fiction 88-9 health 353 history 20-1, 52, 102, 262 mountaineering 80

2 Index (B-D) 371 photographic 52 reference 52, 116, 152 sailing 45, 81 science 81, 159 Booth Island 272 Borchgrevink, Carsten 29, 41, 42-3, 283-4, 285, 301 Borchgrevink s Huts Borradaile Island 248 Botany Bay Bounty Islands 253 Bouvetøya Bowers, Henry 54, bowling alley 294 Bransfield, Edward 32-3, 209, 214, 216 Bransfield House, Adelaide Island 275 Bransfield House, Port Lockroy 270, 11 Bransfield Strait 209 Bridgeman Island 214 British Antarctic Expedition Borchgrevink 43-4 Shackleton 51-2 British, Australian & New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 57 British National Antarctic Expedition 47-8 Brown Bluff 265 Bruce, William Spiers 48-9 Buckle Island 248 Budington, James Building Bull, Henrik Johan 29, 40-1, 260, 283 Bunger Hills 313 Burley, Malcolm 74 Buromskiy Island 313 Burton, Charlie 74 Byers Peninsula 215 Byrd, Richard 62-3, 324 C Cahoon, Mary Odile 61 Calotte Glaciaire Cook ice cap 236 Cámara station 215 Campbell Island 253-5, 254 Campbell, Victor 55 Candlemas Island 257 Cape Adare Cape Crozier 300 Cape Evans Cape Hallett 286 Cape Horn 171-2, 174, 171 Cape Lookout 210 cape petrels 136, 256 Cape Royds Cape Shirreff 215 Cape Washington 286 Capitán Arturo Prat station 215 carbon offset schemes 344 Carcass Island Casa Moneta museum 189 Casey station 314 cemeteries Argentine cemetery, East Falkland 204 British War Cemetery, East Falkland Brutus beach, South Georgia 182 Cemetery Flats, Signy Island 190 Grytviken whaler s cemetery, South Georgia 184 Hardwicke, Auckland Island 251 Hope Bay 265 Husvik, South Georgia 183 Jessie Beach, Laurie Island 189 Leith harbour, South Georgia 183 Mawson station 310 Ocean Harbour, South Georgia Port-Jeanne d Arc, Îles Kerguelen 239 Stanley, Falkland Islands 200 whalers cemetery, Deception Island 218 Ceremonial South Pole 327 Chang Cheng station 213 Chapel of the Snows 295 Charcot, Jean-Baptiste Etienne August Charlotte Bay 268 children, travel with 334 chinstrap penguins 120, 216, 220, 249, 258, 131 Christ Church Cathedral cinema, see films Clark, Gerry 81 claustrophobia 336 climate 16, Falkland Islands 192 forecasting 160 historical record 158 Macquarie Island 245 South Pole 326 climate change , 160-1, 344 historical record 97, 158 impact on humans 112 impact on sea level 111, 112, 149 impact on wildlife 101, 107, , 120, 121, 122, 147 internet resources 112, 113 Clinch, Nicholas 72, 73 Col-Lyall Saddle 255 Colbeck, William 43, 48, 256, 301 cold exposure 356 Comer, George 30, 262 Commandante Ferraz station 213 Commonwealth Bay Commonwealth Bay huts , 9 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 290 Concordia station Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals 69, 101, 150 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 69, 101 Cook, James 27-8, 71, 176, 181, 182, 233, 237, 255, 257 Cooper Bay 188 cormorants 141, 169, 204, 205, 207 costs 17 crabeater seals 118, 150, 126 Crary Science & Engineering Center 295 Crean Glacier 186 Crean, Tom 59, 179 Crête de la Novara 244 Crosson, Joe 60 culture 84-91, 148 Cuverville Island 268 D da Gama, Vasco 26 Dallman Laboratory 211 Danco Island Dansercoer, Dixie 78 Dark Sector Laboratory 333 Darlington, Jennie 60, 71, 276 Darwin 204 David, TW Edgeworth 52, 327 Davis, John 29 Davis, John King 56, 311 Davis station 311 de Gerlache de Gomery, Adrien 41-2, de Magalhães, Fernão 26 Deacon Peak 214 Decepción station 220 Deception Island , 217, 4, 9, 226 Deep Lake 311 deep vein thrombosis dehydration 356 Delignières, Hughes 82 Desolation Island 216 Detaille Island 274

3 372 Index (D-G) Devil Island 276 Días de Novaes, Bartholomeu 26 digital photography 337 dinosaurs Dion Islands 275 disabilities, travelers with 338 Disappointment Island 250 Discovery expedition 322 Discovery Hut diving petrels 136 dogs hunting 246 sledging 43, 48, 52-7, 75, 77, 79, 95, 283, , 322-3, 332 Dome, the 328 Dome Argus 318 Dome C 318 Don Juan Pond 290 Dragon s Teeth 264 Drake Passage 165, 173 drinks 85-8 Dry Valleys 285, Drygalski, Erich Dagobert von 44-5, 86, 188, 238, 287 Drygalski Fjord 188 Drygalski Ice Tongue 287 Dumont d Urville, Jules-Sébastien- César 36-8, 120, 250, 264, 265 Dumont d Urville station D Urville Island 265 E Earle, Augustus 259 East Antarctica , 303 East Base 276 East Falkland Eastaugh, Stephen 311 E-Base 212 Eco-Nelson 214 Edinburgh 260 Edinburgh Peak 261 Eielson, Carl Ben 60-1, 218 Eileen, Michele 61 electricity 334 Elephant Island 210 Ellsworth, Lincoln 63-4, 67, 265 Elsehul 181 services 337 emperor penguins 7, 120-1, locations 275, 279, 286, 300, , Map pages 000 Photograph pages Enderby Island 250 endocrinology environmental hazards 356 environmental issues climate change commercial exploitation 95-9, impact of science impact of tourism 19-20, introduced species 107 mineral resources & mining 70 ozone depletion 110 pollution 248 epidemiology 163 Erebus Cove Museum 251 Escuela Provincial No 38 Julio Argentino Roca 265 Esperanza station 264 Espinet, Bernard 82 Etienne, Jean-Louis 77, 82 Evans, Edgar 54 exchange rates, see inside front cover expeditions, see explorers, private expeditions explorers 26-64, see also individual explorers routes to South Pole 322 eye hazards 356 F Falkland Islands , 193 climate 192 East Falkland economy 195 environment 192 history 192-5, itinerary 23, 23 Stanley , 198-9, 12 travel to/from 195 travel within 196 West Falkland 205 Falkland Islands Museum 200 Falklands War 194 False Cape Renard fax services 337 FIDASE building 220 Fiennes, Ginnie 74 Fiennes, Ranulph 53, 74, 78 Filchner Ice Shelf 280 Filchner, Wilhelm 57-8 Filchner station 280 Fildes, Robert 214, 215 films 20 adventure 44 explorers 47, 54, 55, 59, 62 horror 49, 66 penguins 32, 50 fin whales 115 finfish, see fish fish 102, 143-4, food 85-7 Falklands cuisine 202 Fortuna Bay Fortuna Glacier 187 fossils 25, 45, 156, 278-9, Franklin Island 287 Franklin, John 38, 39 French Antarctic Expedition 49-51, 272 Fuchs, Arved 76-7 Fuchs, Vivian 71-2 Furse, Chris 74 G Gabriel de Castilla station 220 Gauss, Johann Karl Friedrich 44 General Bernardo O Higgins station 264 gentoo penguins 121, 127, 223 locations 188-9, 205, 214, Geographic South Pole 327 geography 92-3 South Pole 325 geology 92-3, 155-7, geomagnetism 161 geomorphology German Receiving Station 264 German South Polar Expedition 44-5, 57-8 giant petrels locations 181, 183, 188, 204, 214, 216, 265 Gillette, Ned 82 Glaciar Martial glaciers 156-7, 159, see also individual glaciers Godthul 186 Gold Harbour 188 Gondwana 25 Goose Green 204 Goudier Island 270, 271 Gough Island government Government House 199 Grand Bois Grand Ross 236 Grass Island 183 great shearwaters 139 great-winged petrels 137 Greenwich Island

4 Index (G-L) 373 grey-backed storm petrels 140 grey-headed albatrosses locations 174, 181 Griffiths, Bob 81 Griffiths, Nancy 81 Grytviken 184, 225 guidelines for visitors 18-19, 108, 284 Gulbrandsen Lake H Haggit s Pillar 255 Half Moon Island 215 Halley Station 280 Halvorsen, Morten 81 Hannah Point 216 Hansen, Nicolai 43 Hansen s grave 284 Hanssen, Helmer 53 Hardwicke 251 Hassel, Sverre 53 Hasselborough, Frederick Hawthorne, Nathaniel 36 health health care 162 Heard Island , 240 Henryk Arctowski station 213 Hercules Bay 183 Hestesletten hiking 168, Hillary, Edmund 72 historic huts Borchgrevink s huts Commonwealth Bay huts Discovery Hut Northern Party huts 285 Shackleton s Hut Terra Nova Hut visitor guidelines 284 history ancient 25-6 contemporary era 64 Deception Island explorers Falkland Islands 192-5, McMurdo station Port Lockroy 270 private expeditions sealers South Pole South Shetland Islands women in Antarctica 60-1 holidays 336 Hollick-Kenyon, Herbert 63 Holliday, Louise 61 Holy Trinity Orthodox church 212 Hooker s sea lion 253 Hope Bay Horseshoe Harbour Hubert, Alain 78 humpback whales 96-7, 115 Husvik I Iceberg Alley 309 icebergs 93, 301, , 5, 224 ice cores 158, 320 ice fish 143, ice sheets 96-7, 112, 157-9, 96 ice shelves 159 IceCube 333 Île Amsterdam 242-4, 243 Île Haute 238 Île Longue 238 Île St Paul 244, 243 Îles Crozet 234-5, 234 Îles Kerguelen 235-9, 236 immigration 338 Inaccessible Island 258 Infante, João 26 insurance 336 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 111 International Geophysical Year 66 International Polar Year 147 International Trans-Antarctic Expedition 77 International Whaling Commission 101 internet access 336 internet resources climate change conservation & environmental organizations 100, 103, 104, 112, 113, 124, 133 employment 338 health 353 news 21, 90-1 science 153 travel planning 21 wildlife guide 145 yachting history 82 introduced species 107 Campbell Island 255 Gough Island 261 Îles Kerguelen 238 Île St Paul 244 Marion Island invertebrates 144, 155 Iridium Icetrek team 79 Islas Diego Ramirez Islas Malvinas, see Falkland Islands itineraries 4, 22-4, 4, 22-4 J Jacobsen, Trond 81 James Ross Island Janichon, Gérard 81 Jason Islands 206 Jennie 60 jet lag 354 Joint-Services expeditions 74 Joinville Island 265 Jougla Point 270 journals 155 Juan Carlos Primero station 216 Jubany station 211 June, Harold 62 K Kagge, Erling 78 kayaking 334, 347, 221 Kearns, Michael 81 kelp gulls 142 kelps 145 Keppel Island 205 Kerguélen-Trémarec, Yves Joseph de Kerguelen petrels Kershaw, Giles 74, 75, 76, 80 killer whales 116, 235 King Edward Point 178 King George Island , 211 King Haakon Bay 179 king penguins 121, 128 locations 181-3, 187, 188, 203, 234, 235, 238, 247 King Sejong station 213 Klenova, Marie 61 Klink, Amyr 82 Knapp, Brooke 73 krill 98-9, 103, 144, Kristensen, Leonard 29 Kristensen, Monica 75 Kroner Lake 219 Kyoto Protocol L La Grande Marmite 242 La Résidence 239 Lake Bonney 290 Lake Chad 290 Lake Concordia 319 Lake Fryxell 290 Lake Hoare 290 Lake Vanda 290

5 374 Index (L-P) Lake Vostok , 319 lakes 155 Lambert Glacier Lars Christensentoppen 256 Larsemann Hills 311 Larsen, Carl Anton 40, 45 Laurie Island Law base 311 Law, Nel 61 Law, Phillip 67 Le Doigt de Sainte Anne 238 Leeward Island 249 legal matters 17-19, 336 Leith Harbour 183 Lemaire Channel 272-3, 222 Leningradskaya Station leopard seals 8, 118, 8 Lester, Maxime leucism 118, 120 Lewis, David 81 Litchfield Island 272 literature 20-1, 88-9, see also books, journals little shearwaters Livingston Island 215 Long, Elgin 73 longline fishing 102-3, Lusitania Bay 247 M macaroni penguins 121-2, 125 locations 180, 181, 183, 188, 210, 216, 234, 239, 242 Macaroni Point 220 Machu Picchu station 213 Mackay, Alistair 52 Macquarie Island 244-7, 245, 221 Magellan, Ferdinand 26 Maitri station 306 maps 51, 64, Marambio station 276 Marguerite Bay 275 marine life , see also individual species Marine Plain 311 Mario Zucchelli station 286 Marion du Fresne, Marc Macé 233 Marion Island Maritime History Trail Marshall, Eric 52 Martin A Pomerantz Observatory Map pages 000 Photograph pages Martin-de-Viviès station 243 Mawson, Douglas 8, 52, 56-7, 86, 247, , 327 Mawson station McDonald Island , 241 McFarlane, John 29 McKinley, Ashley 62 McMurdo station 292-6, 293 McWhinnie, Mary Alice 61 Mear, Roger 74 media 85 medical research 162-3, medical services 356, see also health megaherbs 245, 255 Melchior Islands Memorial Wood 200 Mertz, Xavier 57 Messner, Reinhold 76-7 meteorites 56, 157, 295, 306-7, 332 meteorology 160 metric conversions, see inside front cover microbes Mikkelsen, Caroline 60 Miller, Ray 81 mineral resources & mining 70, 93, 103, 156, 238 minke whales 97, 101, , 129 Mirnyy Observatory Mitchell Cove 214 Molodezhnaya station 309 Moltke Harbour 188 money 337, see also inside front cover Monolith Island 248 Mont de la Dives 242 Montagu Island 257 Monteath, Colin 79 Morrell, Benjamin 58 Morrow, Pat 76 Mortimer, Greg 79 motorcar 52 Mt Adam 192 Mt Erebus 298-9, 300 Mt Friesland 215 Mt Henderson 310 Mt Jackson 35 Mt Melbourne 286 Mt Pleasant 204 Mt Terror 300 Mt Usborne 192 mountaineering 72, movies, see films Mulholland, Steve 81 Murden, Tori 76 Murray Monolith 310 Museo del Fin del Mundo Museo Marítimo de Ushuaia 168 Museo Yámana 168 music N Naar, Ronald 79 Neko Harbor 269 Nelson Island 214, 211 Nematodes 285 Neptunes Bellows 216 Neptunes Window 217 Neumayer Station 304 New Island New Sandefjord 218 New Zealand Antarctic Expedition 72 New Zealand s sub-antarctic Islands , 249 Nielsen, Jerri 325 Nightingale Island 258 Ninnis, Belgrave 57 nonexistent islands 232 Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue 287 Nordenskiöld, Nils AE 45 Nordenskjöld, Nils Otto Gustav 45-7, 265, 276, 278 Northern Party huts 285 Notre Dame des Anges 243 Notre Dame du Vent 239 Novolazarevskaya station nuclear test 231 Nugent, Frank 82 O Oates, Lawrence 54 Oba, Mitsuro 79 Observation Hill 296 Ocean Harbour oceanography Omond House 189 Onyx River 290 Operation Highjump 64 Operation Windmill 64 Orcadas station 189 orcas 116, 235 Orne Islands 268 otre Dame des Oiseaux 235 Ousland, Børge 78 overflights Owen, Russell 62 ozone depletion 110, 160 P paleontology 156, 278-9, Palmer, Nathaniel Brown 31, 33 Palmer Station

6 Index (P-S) 375 Paradise Harbor 270, 8 Parque Yatana 168 Patagonian toothfish 102, Patterson, Diana 61 Paulet Island 265 Peale, Titian Ramsey 35 peat slips 197 Pebble Island 205 Pedro Vicente Maldonado station 215 Peggotty Bluff 179 Pendulum Cove 219 Penguin Island 214 Penguin Point, Seymour Island 276 penguins , 7, 125, 127, 128, 131, 223, see also individual species Péninsule Courbet 239 peri-antarctic Islands , 230, see also individual islands permits 338 Heard & McDonald Islands 242 Macquarie Island 247 New Zealand s sub-antarctic Islands 249 protected areas 18, 99 wildlife 19 yacht visits 338 Peter I Øy 256 Petermann Island 273 Petersen Bank 314 petrels , 129 Phelps, William Dane 28-9 photography 337 Pieter J Lenie field station 213 planning plants 95, 145, Plateau Observatory 318 Pléneau Island 273 Point Wild 210 Pole of Maximum Inaccessibility 328 Polies 327, politics pollution 158-9, 248 Poncet, Jérôme 81 Poncet, Sally 81 ponies 52 population 85 Port Egmont 205 Port Foster 217 Port Lockroy Port Louis 203 Portal Point 268 Port-aux-Français 239 Port-Jeanne d Arc 239 Possession Bay 182 Possession Islands postal services 337 Potts, Trevor 82 Powell, George 33 Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva station 212 Presidente Gabriel González Videla station 270 Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda station 219 Primero de Mayo 268 Prince Edward Islands Prince Gustav Channel 276 Prince Olav Harbour 182 Prince Philip Hall 260 prions 139 private expeditions 71-83, see also explorers Professor Julio Escudero base 213 Progress II base 311 protected areas 18 Protector Shoal 257 Protocol on Environmental Protection 69, 98, 105 psychology 163, 330 Puskeppeleit, Monica 61 R resupply vessels 349 Rezac, Hans 81 RIBs Ridgeway, Rick 76 Right Whale Bay 181 Ritscher, Alfred 64 Robert Island 214 rockhopper penguins 122 Rongé Island 269 Ronne, Edith 60 Ronne, Finn 71 Ronne Ice Shelf 280 Roosevelt Island 301 Ross Ice Shelf 38-9, Ross Island , 291, Ross, James Clark 38-9, Ross Sea 24, , 282 Ross seals 30, , 131 Rothera station 275 Row Island 248 royal albatrosses 124, 255 royal penguins 122, 244-6, 127 Ruperto Elichiribehety station 265 Rymill, John 71 S Sabrina Island safe travel 17, 18-19, 335-6, 356 Sail Rock 220 St Andrews Bay 188 St Kliment Ohridski station 216 Salisbury Plain 182 San Carlos San Carlos museum 203 San Martín station 275 Sanae IV Sandy Bay 247, 221 Saunders Island 205, 257 Schirmacher Hills 308 science astronomy atmospheric science 160 environmental impact of geology geomagnetism 161 geomorphology marine life medical research meteorology 160 oceanography paleontology 156 terrestrial life Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 106 scientific research 18 Scott Base Scott Island Scott, Robert Falcon Discovery expedition 47-8, 86-7, 288-9, 322 Discovery Hut films 147, 154 Terra Nova expedition 54-5, Terra Nova Hut 11, 296-7, 11 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 48-9 Scullin Monolith 310 sea ice 92-3, , 92 Sea Lion Island 204 Sealer s Corner 241 sealing 28-30, Antipodes Islands Bouvetøya 231 Heard Island Îles Amsterdam 243 Îles Crozet 234 Îles Kerguelen Île St Paul 244 Macquarie Island 246 South Georgia 176

7 376 Index (S-U) sealing continued South Shetland Islands Tristan Da Cunha group 258 seals , 150, 8, 125, 126, 131, 227, see also individual species seasickness sei whales 116 Sewing Machine Needles 220 Seymour Island 276 Shackleton, Ernest books 58, 59 Discovery expedition 47-8 Endurance expedition 58-9, 296, 297 films 59 Nimrod expedition 51-2, 295, Quest expedition 60 trek across South Georgia 179, Shackleton s grave 184, 10 Shackleton s Hut , 9 Shag Rocks 188 sheathbills 142 Shepard, Ollie 74 ship cruises ship travel 17 shipwrecks Antipodes Islands 250 Auckland Islands 252 Falkland Islands 196, 200-1, 210 Gough Island 262 Heard Island Île Amsterdam 243 Île St Paul 244 Îles Crozet Îles Kerguelen 237 Livingston Island Macquarie Island Tristan da Cunha group Shirase, Nobu 55-6 shopping 337 shy albatrosses 124 Signy Island 190 Signy station 190 Simen Mordre 77 Sjur Mordre 77 Skinnarmo, Ola 78 Skottsberg, Carl 46 skuas 142-3, 321, 132 skydiving Map pages 000 Photograph pages Smith, Dick 80 Smith, William 32, 209 Snares, the 255 snow accumulation 92 snow algae 269 Snow Hill Island snow petrels 138, 129 locations 188, 256, 304, 309 soft-plumaged petrels 138 soils 157 Somers, Geoff 80 sooty albatrosses 133, 183, 188, 132 sooty shearwaters 140, 255 South Geomagnetic Pole 319, 328 South Georgia 23, , 177 South Georgia Museum 184 South Magnetic Pole 327 South Orkney Islands , 189 South Polar skua 142-3, 321, 132 South Pole South Pole Remote Earth Science & Seismological Observatory 333 South Sandwich Islands 256-8, 256 South Shetland Islands , 209 southern elephant seals 119, 150, 125 locations 188, 203, 204, 205, 210, 214, 216, 239, 241, 245, 262 southern lights Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary 101, 101 southern right whales , 253 southing records 324 souvenirs 337 sperm whales 117 squid 152 Stanley , 198-9, 12 accommodations 201 drinking 202 food history information shopping sights stations 65, see also individual stations Steger, Will 77 Stonington Island storm petrels 140-1, see also Zindividual species streams 155 Stromness 183 Stroud, Mike 78 Sturge Island 248 sub-antarctic fur seals , 150, subglacial lakes , 316 sun exposure 356 sustainable travel 17-20, 108-9, 113, 284 Swan, Robert 74 Syowa station T tall ships 173 Tasman, Abel Janszoon 27 Taylor, Griffith 55 Taylor Valley Telefon Bay 219 telephone services 337 Teniente Carvajal station 275 Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin station 212 tennis 274 terns 143 Terra Nova Bay Terra Nova expedition Terra Nova Hut 296-7, 11 territorial claims 66-70, 65 Thorpe, Matt 82 Thule Island 258 Tilman, Bill 81 time Tollefsen, Ivar 76, 80 Torgersen Island tour operators 352 tourism Transglobe Expedition 74 Transvaal Cove 233 travel to/from Antarctica travel within Antarctica Tridents, the Trinity House 265 Tristan da Cunha Group Tristan Island 258 Troll Station 305 Tunzleman, Alexander 29 Turnbull, Ian 79 Turret Point 214 U Ui-te-Rangiora 26 Una s Tits 273 under-ice lakes , 316 US Antarctic Expedition 62 US Exploring Expedition 34-6 Useful Island 269 Usher, Joseph 29 Ushuaia , 167

8 Lonely Planet Publications Index (V-Z) 377 V vacations 336 vaccinations 353 Vahsel, Richard 58 Vapour Col 220 Vaughan, Norman 79 Vega Island 276 Venables, Stephen 80 Venus de Milo 37 Vesleskarvet 304 Victoria Valley video systems 337 Villa Las Estrellas 212 Vince s Cross 296 Vinson Massif 72, 73 visas 338, see also permits visitor guidelines 18-19, 108, 284 volcanoes Balleny Islands Bouvetøya Bridgeman Island 214 Deception Island Heard Island Île Amsterdam Île St Paul 244 Marion Island McDonald Islands Mt Erebus 298-9, 300 Mt Melbourne 286 South Sandwich Islands Tristan da Cunha group Volunteer Beach 203 Vostochniki 319 Vostok Ice Core Vaults 320 Vostok station W Walker Bay 216 walking 168, wandering albatrosses 133-4, 10, 130 locations 180-2, 184, 188, 234, 250, 253 Waterboat Point weather 16, 334-5, see also climate weather balloons 248 websites, see internet resources Weddell Island 207 Weddell, James 31-2 Weddell Sea , 277 Weddell seals 119, 150, 188 weddings 84 Welcome Islets 181 Wells, Frank 76 West Falkland West Point Island 206 Whalebone Arch 199 Whalers Bay 217 whales , , 6, 129, see also individual species whale-watching 189, 227 whaling 95-8, 100-1, 102, Auckland Islands Deception Island Falkland Islands Îles Crozet 235 Îles Kerguelen King George Island South Georgia 176-8, South Orkney Islands 190 white-bellied storm petrels 140 white-chinned petrels 138-9, 183 white-faced storm petrels 141 Wiencke Island 270-1, 223 Wild, Frank 52 wildlife, see animals, plants, see also individual species Wilkes, Charles 34-6 Wilkins, George Hubert 60-2, 63-4, , 269 Wilkins Ice Runway 314 Williams, Martyn 76 Williams Field 294 Willis Islands Wilson, Edward 48, 54 Wilson s storm petrels 141, 256 Windmill Islands 314 wind turbines 310 Wind Vane Hill 297 Windward Islands 249 Wisting, Oscar 53 women in Antarctica 60-1, 85 women s health 356 Wood, Gareth 74 Wordie House 274 work 338 Worsley, Frank 59 Wright Valley WWII 64, 238-9, 253, 260, 262 Y yacht travel agencies cruises 348-9, 350-1, 228 history 81-2 Yalour Islands 273 Yankee Harbor yellow-eyed penguins 253 yellow-nosed albatrosses 134 Young Island 248 Z Zavodovski Island 257 Zhongshan station 311 Zodiacs , 5, 227 Lonely Planet Publications. To make it easier for you to use, access to this chapter is not digitally restricted. In return, we think it s fair to ask you to use it for personal, non-commercial purposes only. In other words, please don t upload this chapter to a peer-to-peer site, mass it to everyone you know, or resell it. See the terms and conditions on our site for a longer way of saying the above - Do the right thing with our content.