220 ANNUAL KECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



cause sufficient to produce most of the coldness of the water 

 in this region. 4 7>, 1873, 98. 



PRIORITY OF DISCOVERY OF KING CARL LAND. 



Professor Mohn insists upon the claim of the Norwegians 

 to the discovery, in 1872, of the island to the east of Spitz- 

 bergen, called by them King Carl Land, after King Carl XV. 

 of Norway and Sweden. English writers, however, insist 

 that this is the same as the Wiche Land discovered by Edge 

 in 1617. This is disputed by Petermann, on the ground that 

 the position given to Wiche Land on the map is consider- 

 ably south of King Carl Land, and in a region where there 

 is nothing but water. 12 A, March 27, 1873,413. 



REPORT OF THE GERMAN NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. 



The first section of the first volume of the long-promised 

 report on the German north polar expedition of 1869 and 

 1870, commanded by Captain Koldeway, has just been pub- 

 lished under the auspices of the Bremen Association for Polar 

 Investigation. This contains a portion of the history of the 

 expedition, the scientific results being kept for the second vol- 

 ume, which is shortly to appear. A full account of the pre- 

 paratory steps in reference to the expedition, the internal 

 fitting up and arrangement of the vessel, together with a list 

 of all stores and supplies, are embraced in the report, as also 

 the detailed instructions prepared by Dr. Petermann for the 

 conduct of the survey. 



It will be remembered that there were two vessels engaged 

 in the w^ork the Gennajiia, a steamer, and the Hansa, a 

 sailing-vessel which kept together for a part of the time, 

 and then separated, taking diflferent directions. The story 

 of the Hansa and her unlucky voyage is then told first, her 

 freezing up in the ice, and her adventures during the winter; 

 then the breaking up of the ice, the wreck of the vessel, and 

 the drift of the crew for 800 miles on the floating ice-cake, 

 which, continually diminishing in size, constantly contracted 

 their quarters, finally splitting in two directly under their 

 feet ; then the leaving of this friendly refuge by taking to 

 their boats, and their ultimately landing upon the island of 

 ^ Illuidleck on the 4th of June ; next, their journey thence to 

 Frederickstahl, where their greatest troubles ended; and from 



