excursion to Menka's home, i.497;
visit to Pidlin, i.502;
excursion to Nutschoitjin, ii.18;
on the animals wintering in Chukch Laud, ii.44;
portrait, ii.435
Nordvik, ii.
190
Noril Mountains, i.
360
North-east Land, inland ice on, i.
176
North-east Passage, reasons of search for, i.
58
,
231
;
prize for its discovery, i.246
North Pole, said to have been reached, i.
263
Norways, the i.
109
Northbrook, Earl of, ii.
451
Notti, ii.
7
,
19
,
22
,
129
;
portrait, ii.8
Novara Elliya, ii.
432
Novaya Sibir, ii.
204
,
205
,
206
Novaya Zemlya, animal life there, i.
107
;
first known to West-Europeans, i.215;
its name, i.216;
Russian landmarks on, i.228n;
its northern extremity passed for the first time, i.248;
proposal to colonise it, i.271n;
supposed riches in metals, i.277;
Russian voyages to, i.280;
Norwegian voyages to, i.293;
curcumnavigation of, i.297
Nummelin, G.A., i.
211
,
314
;
portrait, i.316
Nunamo, ii.
222
Nutschoitjin, excursion to, ii.
18
O
Ob, Gulf of, Owzyn's voyage on, ii.
185
,
186
;
surveyed, ii.186
Ob, river territory, i.
372n
;
navigable, i.374;
first mentioned, ii.157;
Russian navigation to in former times, i.226,244,271;
English vessel stranded at, i.229n,256;
vessel stranded east of, i.271;
Russian expedition to, ii.183;
recent voyages to, i.313
Obdorsk, i.
204
,
290
; ii.
185
,
186
Observatory, magnetical, at Pitlekaj, i.
473
,
509
Oiwaki, ii.
352
Okotsk, ii.
174
Okotsk, Sea of, bottom frozen, ii.
61n
;
navigation on, ii.175,176
Okuschi, ii.
364
Old Believers, Russian sect i.
179
,
270n
Olenek river, i.
20
,
26
, ii.
160
,
188
,
190
Olutorsk river, ii.
165
Onkilon tribe, the ii.
80
,
221
;
excavations on the sites of old dwellings i.444;
implements, i.444;
Wrangel's account of them, i.446
Oom, L.G., i.
243
Oordt, Consul van, ii.
298
Ophiacantha bidentata
, i.
345
Ophioglypha nodosa
, ii.
49
Orange Island, i.
241
Orange Islands, i.
234
,
248
Orca gladiator
, i.
170
Orosius, Paulus, i.
47n
Osaka, ii.
364
,
366
Oscar, Duke of Gotland, ii.
453
,
454
Oscar, King, i.
2
,
3
; ii.
459
,
460
,
463
Osche, ii.
278
Oshima, ii.
297
Osmerus eperlanus
, i.
494
Ostatiof, M., ii.
72
Ostyaks, i.
384
Otaria Stelleri, see
Sea lion
Otaria ursina, see
Sea-bear
Othere, i.
158
;
voyage, i.47
Otter, F.W. von, i.
3
; ii.
460
Owl, snowy, i.
131
;
observed during expedition, i.343,352
Owzyn, Lieut, i.
16
; ii.
185
,
186
P
Pachtussov, voyages of, i.
279
;
death of, i.282
Paget, Sir A.B., ii.
446
Paj-Roj mountain, the, i.
74
Palander, L, i.
4
,
9
,
10n
,
11
,
36
,
38
,
137
,
141
,
172
,
176
,
190
,
191
,
319
,
348
,
429
,
456
,
474
,
478
,
509
; ii.
67
,
131
,
226
,
256
,
298
,
401
,
410
,
412
,
443
,
445
,
447
,
451n
,
463
;
excursion to a reindeer-chukch camp, ii.15;
portrait, ii.68
Pallas, ii.
211
,
275
Pallavicini, Prince, ii.
445
Palliser, John, i.
286
Palmieri, Prof., ii.
445
Panelapoetski, i.
262
Pansch, Dr., i.
140n
Pappan Island, ii.
409
Paradeniya, botanic garden at, ii.
428
Parent, E., ii.
446