MACROBERTSON LAND AND 

 KEMP LAND, 1936 



By George W. Rayner 

 (Plates XXXIV-XXXVI I ; Text-figs. 1-4) 



During the southern whaling season of 1935-36 the R.R.S. 'William Scoresby', 

 under the executive command of Lt.-Com. C. R. U. Boothby, R.N.R., was engaged 

 in marking whales in the Southern Ocean between the meridians o and ioo° E. In 

 February, whilst the ship was making passage from the more easterly part of this area 

 towards the west, very open conditions were found in the seas bordering the newly 

 explored coasts of the Antarctic Continent between 75 and 55 E. Unfortunately, the 

 exigencies of the whale marking programme did not allow time to be spent taking full 

 advantage of these very favourable circumstances, but it was possible to add a little to 

 our knowledge of this coast, especially of the part known as Kemp Land. In the short 

 time available every opportunity was taken by Lt.-Com. Boothby and his officers to 

 place this part of the coast as accurately as possible with the means at their command and 

 to denote its more prominent features. Charts 2, 3 and 4 have been prepared from 

 original charts by Lieut. A. F. Macfie, R.N.R. 



The two landings were of short duration, but endeavours were made to obtain a 

 representative suite of rocks at each place and to make whatever other observations 

 were possible. The rocks collected have been described by Prof. Tilley, F.R.S., whose 

 report is appended. 



My thanks are due to Mr H. N. Dixon for identifying moss obtained at the second 

 landing, to Dr H. R. Mill and Lt.-Com. R. S. Gould, R.N. (retd.), for assistance 

 with the historical part of this report and to Dr N. A. Mackintosh for his help and 

 encouragement. 



Since the manuscript of this paper was completed the Royal Geographical Society 

 has published a map (Jonrn. Roy. Geog. Soc. 1939), parts of which were drawn in 

 consultation with myself, summarizing the course of exploration in the part of the 

 Antarctic here discussed. 



HISTORICAL 



The landfall made by Kemp in 1833 in 66° S, 59 \ ° E has long been known, but it 

 has rested on little evidence and has lacked corroboration until recent years, when, 

 however, ample justification has been forthcoming. In a note following a paper on the 

 voyage of Balleny read by Charles Enderby to the Royal Geographical Society in 1839 

 the endeavours of the famous firm of Enderby Brothers to increase the existing know- 

 ledge of the Antarctic regions is fittingly mentioned, and Kemp Land is here included 



