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Authors: Valerian Albanov,David Roberts,Jon Krakauer,Alison Anderson

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De Long, George Washington
Death
Albanov’s thoughts about
insensitivity to
See also specific person
Denisov (harpooner)
Dikson Island
Distress signals
Double sleeping bag incident
Ducks
on Alexandra Land
and Cape Flora journey
on Cape Grant
and sightings of land
See also
eider ducks

 

Eggs, bird/duck
Eider ducks
Eira Harbor
Eira
(Smith vessel)
Emperor Nicholas II
(steamer)

 

Firearms.
See
rifles/guns
Flowers
Fortune-teller dream
Foxes, white
Fram
(Nansen ship)
Franz Josef Archipelago
and Abruzzi expedition
Albanov and Konrad leave
Albanov’s knowledge about
“The Castle” on
as destination of Albanov expedition
fractured ice near approach to
hunting on
maps of
Nansen and Johansen on
and navigations of Albanov
and Sedov expedition
Smith on
and southward drift of Albanov
expedition
See also
Alexandra Land; Bell
Island; Cape Flora; Cape Grant;
Cape Harmsworth; Cape Neale;
Hooker Island; Northbrook Island;
Prince George Land;
Prince Rudolf Island
Fulmars

 

Gillis Land
Glacier, Worcester
Grays Bay
Greenland, Nansen’s and Sverdrup’s
trip across
Gubanov, Vladimir
and journey to Cape Flora
Konrad’s search for
as member of Albanov expedition
as missing
Saint Foka
search for
scurvy of
Guérin, Michel
Gulf Stream
Gulls
Gunther Bay
Gymnastic exercises, Albanov’s daily

 

Harmsworth.
See
Cape Harmsworth;
Jackson, Frederick G.
Harvard University, Albanov book
at
Health
of men on Albanov expedition
and polar bear liver
of
Saint Anna
crew
of
Saint Foka
crew
See also
Scurvy;
specific person
Hooker Island
Hvidtenland (“White Land”)

 

Ice currents

 

Jackson, Frederick G.
Jackson Island
Jackson camp, at Cape Flora
Jeannette
(American ship)
Johansen (Nansen’s companion)

 

Kalmikov (cook/poet)
Kara Sea
Kayaks
Albanov’s request to build
at first camp
building of
carrying of
and departure of Albanov expedition
and departure from first camp
description of
discussions about abandoning
importance of
names for
and preparations for Albanov expedition
repair of
sacrificing of
ski poles as masts for
as useless for polynya crossings
Kharkov lighthouse
King Oscar Land
Kittiwakes
Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasilyevich
Konrad, Alexander
Albanov’s hallucination about
on Alexandra Land
and Bayev’s death
Bell Island trip of
on Cape Flora
and Cape Flora journey
on Cape Neale
death of
and double sleeping bag incident
falls through ice
frozen toes of
health of
leaves Franz Josef Archipelago
as member of Albanov expedition
and polar bear hunting
rescue from Cape Flora of
return of
at Rynda fishing village
searches for missing men by
Shpakovsky’s quarrels with
walrus sighting by
wants to abandon sledges and
kayaks
Krasnoyarsk, and original plans
for
Saint Anna
Kushakov, P.

 

Letters
of Albanov to Brusilov
in Cape Flora mailbox
for
Saint Anna
on board
Saint Foka
of
Saint Anna
crew members
thieves return stolen
Lice
Lomonossov
(Russian steamship)
Lunayev, Ivan
Albanov’s hallucination about
on Alexandra Land
and Cape Flora journey
and death of Nilsen
death of
and early days of Albanov expedition
health of
as hunter
and loss of rifle
as member of Albanov expedition
robbery of boots belonging to

 

Mabel Island
Malnutrition
Maps
for Albanov expedition
of Franz Josef Archipelago
of Nansen’s expedition
on
Saint Anna
Marliave, Christian de
Maximov, Piotr
Albanov’s comments about
on Alexandra Land
and hunting bear
and journey to Cape Flora
Konrad’s search for
as member of Albanov expedition
as missing
Saint Foka
search for
and search for missing men on
glacier
and southward drift of Albanov
expedition
thieves take clothes of
Melbart (
Saint Anna
crew
member)
Mieres Channel
Mirsky, Jeannette
Missing men
and Albanov’s diary and papers
and glacier incident
and journey to Cape Flora
Konrad’s search for
Saint Foka
search for
Money
Murmansk/Murmansk coast
Murres (birds)

 

Nansen, Fridtjof
Abruzzi’s sledge team surpasses
record of
Albanov as deserving of comparison
with
bread story of
at Cape Flora/Jackson camp
on Franz Josef Archipelago
Greenland trip of
and Hvidtenland trek
and ice currents
maps of
North Pole attempt of
as role model and guide
ship of
sledges of
strength of
tents of
“waiting camp” of
and walrus
Navigation
Albanov’s instruments for
on Alexandra Land
importance of
and location of first camp
and location of
Saint Anna
as part of daily activities of expedition
and
Saint Foka
voyage
and sightings of land
and southward drift of Albanov
expedition
and Svalbard coordinates of Albanov
New Year’s Eve party, drawings
for
Nilsen, Olger
on Alexandra Land
and Cape Flora journey
death of
and early days of Albanov expedition
health of
as member of Albanov expedition
as translator of Jackson message
Nimrod
(Norwegian ship)
Nordenskiöld, Nils Adolf Erik
Northbrook Island
See also
Cape Flora
Northeast Passage
Novaya Zemlya

 

Pavlov, M.
Peary, Robert
Petermann Land
Pinegin, N.
Poem, of Kalmikov
Polar bears
on Cape Flora
and Cape Flora journey
on Cape Grant
as fuel
guns used against
hide-and-seek with
hunting and killing of
lack of sightings of
liver of
and location of
Saint Anna
meat of
and rationale for
Saint Anna
voyage
reactions to humans of
Saint Anna
hunts for
and
Saint Foka
voyage
and sightings of land
and southward drift of Albanov
expedition
as swimmers and divers
tame
tracks of
walrus compared to
wounding of
Polynyas
Albanov expedition’s crossings of
and
Saint Foka
voyage
Prince George Land
See also
Cape Neale
Prince Rudolf Island

 

Quinine

 

Regald, Yan
and Albanov’s saint’s day dinner
and Bayev’s death
and Cape Flora journey
falls into sea
joins Albanov expedition
Konrad’s search for
and location of
Saint Anna
letter
as member of Albanov expedition
as missing
and
Saint Anna
farewell dinner
Saint Foka
search for
and southward drift of Albanov
expedition
Reindeer lichen
Religion
Rifles/guns
on Cape Flora
from
Saint Anna
for Albanov expedition
and Konrad’s search for missing
men
loss of
robbery of
Rynda (fishing village)

 

Saint Anna
Albanov expedition members return
to
Albanov’s last day on board
Albanov’s reasons for leaving
Albanov’s thoughts and dreams
about
background of crew members of
crew remaining with
departure of Albanov expedition
from
description of
farewell dinner on
goal of expedition of
heat and light on
historical obscurity of voyage of
last known location of
letters from crew members of
life on board
mutiny feelings of crew on
original plans of voyage for
ownership of
provisions on board
reasons for Brusilov and companions
staying on board
Russian searches for
Saint Foka
compared with
scurvy on board
thieves return documents and mail
from
wages owed to crew of
See also
Brusilov, Georgiy
Saint Foka
Albanov and Konrad on board
arrival in open sea of
distress signals of
fuel shortage on
leaves Franz Josef Archipelago
off Murmansk coast
physical condition of crew on
polar bears on
rescue of Albanov and Konrad by
rescue of the
and Rynda fishermen
Saint Anna
as superior to
as trapped in ice
See also
Sedov expedition
Saint Nicholas the Miracle-worker
St. Petersburg
Sakharov, Captain
Samoyeds
Scott, Robert Falcon
Scurvy
Seals
on Alexandra Land
bearded
and Cape Flora journey
for food
for fuel
hunting and killing of
lack of sightings of
meat of
and Nansen-Johansen expedition
and polynya crossing
and rationale for
Saint Anna
voyage
and
Saint Foka
voyage
and sightings of land
and southward drift of Albanov
expedition
Sedov expedition
Albanov’s knowledge about
on Cape Flora
departure of
Kushakov summary about
and rescue of Albanov and Konrad
searches for
See also
Saint Foka
Shackleton, Sir Ernest
Shlensky (harpooner)
Shpakovsky, Yevgeni
Albanov’s hallucination about
on Alexandra Land
and Bayev’s death
and Cape Flora journey
death of
health of
Konrad’s quarrels with
as member of Albanov expedition
as scout
Skobelev, Mr.
Sledges
Albanov’s concerns about
building of
and departure of Albanov expedition
discussions about abandoning
disintegration of
horse-drawn
of Nansen
and preparations for Albanov expedition
pulling of
repair of
sacrificing of
weight of loads for
Smirennikov, Pavel
and Arhireyev’s death
and Cape Flora journey
Konrad’s search for
and loss of rifle
as member of Albanov expedition
as missing

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