descent of, ii. 351

Asia, views regarding its geography in the beginning of the
18th century, ii. 177

Astronomical determinations of position, the first in Siberia, ii. 178_n_

Atlassov, Volodimir, ii. 72, 167, 172

Aurora, the, at the _Vega's_ winter quarters, ii. 35

Austrian Arctic Expedition, i. 266, 300

Avatscha Bay, ii. 181, 196

Avril, Ph., i. 400

B

BACHOFF, Ivan, ii. 200

Baer, K.E. von, i. 158; ii. 183, 276;
voyage to Novaya Zemlya, i. 282

Baikal Lake, i. 374

_Balaena Mysticetus_, i. 151, 169

_Balaenoptera Sibbaldii_, i. 170

Baratieri, Major, ii. 446

Barents, i. 101, 108_n_, 422, 423;
voyages, i. 232;
wintering, i. 249;
death, i. 253;
discovery of relics from his wintering, i. 300

Barjatinsky, Ivan Petrovitsch, ii. 169

Barnacle Goose, see _Anser bernicla_

Barrington, D., i. 265

Barrow, J., i. 230; ii. 215

Bartlett, W., i. 467

Bassendine, James, i. 229

Baths in Japan, ii. 345

Baumhauer, ii. 36

Bavier, Consul, ii. 312, 326, 327

Bay-ice, i. 424

Beaker sponges, i. 426, 427

Bear Island, i. 12, 108, 115, 152;
discovery of, i. 247

Bear Islands, the, ii. 171_n_, 195, 201, 202;
the _Vega_ arrives at, i. 421;
geological formation, i. 428

Bear, land, ii. 45; _see_ Polar bear

Beccari, ii. 439

Beck Friis, Baron, ii. 455

Beechey, F.W., i. 28; ii. 228_n_

Behemoth, i. 400

Behring, Vitus, i. 25, 28; ii. 183_n_, 193, 265;
first voyage, ii. 179;
second voyage, ii. 196;
stay on Behring Island, ii. 265;
death, ii. 265

Behring the younger, Captain, ii. 211

Behring Island, ii. 257;
discovered, ii. 197, 262

Behring's Straits, ii. 218;
its hydrography, ii. 242;
is discovered, ii. 180, 181

Beli, Ostrov, i. 187;
excursion to, i. 200;
description of, i. 201;
former visit to, i. 205;
mapping of, ii. 185

Bellot, J.R., ii. 57

Belmonte, Prince, ii. 444

Bell Sound, i. 112, 122, 125, 129, 137, 183

Beluga, _see_ White whale

Beluga Bay, i. 361

Bennet, Stephen, i. 152, 158, 291

Bentinck, Swedish officer, ii. 76_n_

Beormas, i. 48, 51

Beresov, ii. 184

Berggren, Sven, i. 176

Beryl, ii. 422

Berzelius, ii. 325

Besimannaja Bay, i. 73, 112, 344

Busk, i. 373

Bille, Admiral, ii. 456

Billings, J., ii. 78, 203, 254_n_

Biwa Lake, ii. 370

Bjelkov, hunter, ii. 204, 206

Black-lead pencil first mentioned, ii. 235_n_

Blischni Island, _see_ Ljachoff's Island

Bludnaya river,