CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 



1929 



26 Dec. 



27 Dec. 

 31 Dec. 



1930 

 4 Jan. 



5 Jan. 



1931 



Mawson's Explorations in the Regions of Kemp Land 

 and MacRobertson Land in S.Y. ' Discovery ' 



9 Feb. 



10 Feb. 

 n Feb. 



13 Feb. 



14 Feb. 



18 Feb. 



19 Feb. 



Noon position 66° 57' S, 7i°s7'E. Appearance of land 

 considered to be produced by mirage seen to south-west at 

 7.2 p.m. and onwards. (This would be Cape Darnley, etc.) 

 Land blink in same direction. 



Flight from 66 D 10' S, 65° 10' E. At 5000 ft. distant undu- 

 lating ice slopes seen in the south — considered to be ice- 

 covered land. Distant to the south-west black objects 

 considered to be rocky islands surrounded by grounded bergs. 



In 66° 35' S, 6i° 17' E, depth 550 fathoms, shelving bottom, 



from masthead land ice and nunataks seen to be miraged up 



along the southern horizon. 



Flight from 66° 30' S, 61 ° 08' E. At 4000 ft., 30 miles from 



ship great extent of coast line of high land extending east and 



west, many rocky peaks and ranges seen up to 80-90 miles 



away. 



Flight from 66° 29' S, 76° 15' E. At 5700 ft. appearance of 

 ice-covered land seen in extreme south (later named Princess 

 Elizabeth Land). 



Short flight, visibility poor, no results. 



Cape Darnley sighted, MacKenzie Sea entered. Flight in 

 afternoon follows coast for some distance (west side of 

 MacKenzie Sea) and maps MacKenzie Sea, including Cape 

 Amery. Confirms Princess Elizabeth Land and sights 

 Munro Kerr Mountains. ' Discovery ' now follows Mac- 

 Robertson Land coast. 



Landing on Scullin Monolith. 



Bad weather. 



Landing on Cape Bruce. 



Departure for Australia. Coast in sight continuously from 



11 Feb. to this date. 



24 Jan. 



12 Feb. 



13 Feb. 



14 Feb. 



15 Feb. 



Norwegian Explorations in the Region of Kemp Land 

 and MacRobertson Land 



'Seksern' (Brunvoll) in good visibility sees land between 64° 

 and 66" 34' E and makes sketch — photographs lost. 

 ' Seksern ' (Brunvoll) reaches Thorshavn Bay (MacKenzie Sea) 

 — bad weather, no further observations. 



'Bouvet II' (Reidar Bjerkd) goes east from 64 E. Sketch 

 made of Gustav Bull Mountains and others to east. 

 'Bouvet III' (Sjovold) sights Lars Christensen Land (Mac- 

 Robertson Land) between 65 and 64 E, also many islands 

 and skerries 25 miles from the coast in a south-easterly 

 direction. 



'Bouvet III' (Sjovold), weather bound behind an iceberg, 

 sees Torlyn (Murray Monolith), Mikkelsen (Scullin Mono- 

 lith) and Gustav Bull Mountains. 



'Bouvet III' (Sjovold) proceeds south, east, then south-east 

 to south-south-east throughout day — foggy. At 2200 hr. has 

 passed Thorshavn Bay (MacKenzie Sea) — stops, suspecting 

 land. 



'Bouvet III' (Sjovold), at 0200 hr. weather clears, position 

 68° S, 74° E in an ice bay, sees many mountains in a south- 

 westerly direction, but only for 10-15 min. 

 Immediately after above. 'Thorgaut' (Rolf Walter) proceeds 

 westwards from 65° E, sees western part of Lars Christensen 

 Land (MacRobertson Land) to about 6o° E — high land with 

 many mountains, coast, 20-30 miles distant, shows many small 

 islands and rocks. 



' Torlyn ' (Klarius Mikkelsen) leaves Fl/K. 'Thorshammer'in 

 67° 03' S, 73° 44' E and proceeds southward into pack. 

 ' Torlyn ' (Klarius Mikkelsen) cruises in open water, soundings 

 20 fathoms (gr. m.) and 170 fathoms (r), enters Thorshavn 

 Bay (MacKenzie Sea) at 68° 30' S, 7o°-7i°E. In clear 

 weather reaches land at 68° 50' S, 71° E. Sights high land, 

 Bjerkd Odden (Cape Darnley) 1500-2000 ft., terminating in 

 ice barrier 300 ft. high — follows barrier north-north-westerlv 

 distant 3-8 miles. Mikkelsen makes landing at 68° io' S, 

 6y E. 



'Torlyn' (Klarius Mikkelsen) enters bay with bergs, shore 

 bare in places, barrier low and deeply fissured. During 

 morning passes through very dense mass of bergs, extending 

 north-easterly, clearing near Bjerkd Odden (Cape Darnley) 

 gives 78 fathoms (r). Noon position 68° S, 68° 10' E, sounding 

 48 fathoms. In afternoon passes Torlyn Fjell (Murray 

 Monolith), Klarius Mikkelsen Fjell (Scullin Monolith), etc., 

 between 68° S, 66° 30' E and 68° S, 65° E, at a distance of 

 35 miles. Evening position 68° 04' S, 65° E, sounding 

 100 fathoms (r). 



'Torlyn' (Klarius Mikkelsen) in snow, returns to Fl/K. 

 ' Thorshammer ' off Enderby Land. 



