In north polar exploration thi; routu over the sea ice may often bo blocked by open water 



1902, wlien Scott rt'ached 82 degrees 17 minutes south latitude, a distance 

 of two htuidred and seventy-seven miles from his winter quarters. 



Up to the present time, with the exception of the Ross Sea route, devel- 

 oped by tlie liritish directly south from New Zealand, no work has been 

 done in the Antarctic by a powerful steamer fitted for ice work. There 

 are very attractive possibilities for a ship of the Roosevelt class in Weddell 

 Sea, in the bight between Kaiser Wilhelm II Land and Kemp Land, and 

 between King Edward VII Land and Alexander I Land. 



With the attainment of the South Pole effected, there remains now 

 another traverse from the opposite side of Antarctica to the Pole, which 



Icebert;s nu-nace ships in north or south polar seas. There is still opportunity for large 

 results in exploration in the seas surrounding the south polar continent for an ice-flghting 

 ship like the Roosevelt 



