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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Route of the Scottish Antarctic Expedition. 



ship. There was no trace of land, and. 

 evidence was obtained showing that 

 this was a vast floating ice plain. 



The return of Captain Scott must 

 be awaited for accurate accounts of the 

 scientific work of the expedition. In 

 the meanwhile, however, reports are 

 being published of the results of the 

 German, Swedish and Scottish expedi- 

 tions. It will be remembered that 

 the Gauss, under Professor E. von 

 Drygalski, has returned from the ex- 

 ploration of Wilkes Land and the 

 Weddell Sea, while the Scotia, under 

 Mr. W. S. Bruce, and the Antarctic, 

 under Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, have 

 been in the South Atlantic. The 

 Antarctic was crushed in the ice and 



abandoned, but the members of the 

 expedition and a large part of the col- 

 lections were rescued by the Argentine 

 relief ship. A full account of the 

 work of the expedition will be found in 

 The Geographical Journal for Febru- 

 ary. In the Scottish Geographical 

 Magazine for the same month is an 

 account by Mr. Bruce of the voyage of 

 the Scotia, and we reproduce here an 

 outline of the route and the position 

 of the vessel in its winter quarters in 

 Scotia Bay on Laurie Island. Mr. 

 Nussman and a party of five men re- 

 main at this station engaged partic- 

 ularly with meteorological and mag- 

 netic observations, and the Scotia, with 

 the assistance of the Argentine govern- 

 ment, is about to return. 



