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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



In the season 1913-14 an important addition was made to Sorlle's work by Captain 

 Hans Borge, master of the 'Polynesia', who mapped the small harbour at the head of 

 Queens Bay in Signy Island which now bears his name. 



The many new names which appear on Sorlle's chart are in the main derived from 

 the Norwegian whaling community, being in general called after the managers and 

 gunners, floating factories and whale-catchers, employed at the time.^i 



Of all the anchorages frequented by the whalers Queens or Borge Bay, being com- 

 paratively safe and well supplied with fresh water, appears to have been the most 

 favoured. It was used by all three factories, 'Polynesia', 'Thule' and 'Normanna', 



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Ved Capt. RS0rli_e 1912 

 Corrections by H. Borge 1913 



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Longitude 46° W. of Greenwich 



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Fig. 9. The Norwegian Chart: after a reproduction of the original by Petter Sorlle, the actual figure 

 being taken from a print kindly supplied by The Association of Whaling Companies, Sandefjord. 



during the season 1913-14 and by the ' Falkland' the following year; later it served as 

 a base for ten successive seasons after whaling was resumed at the South Orkneys in 

 the season 1920-1. Here the 'Orwell' used to lie permanently moored for the season 

 with heavy ground tackle forward and heavy cables and wire to the rocks astern of her. 

 Even in Borge Bay which is perhaps as good as any in the group where none is perfect, 

 the whalers were often subjected to considerable inconvenience. Pack-ice would occa- 

 sionally drive in and block the entrance so that for many days the catchers could neither 

 enter nor depart and work was completely at a standstill. At other times heavy swells 

 would come in causing the factory to pitch so violently that flensing became impossible 

 and whales waiting to be flensed were torn from their strong moorings and cast up on 

 the beach, from which, however, it was generally possible to retrieve them. Falkland 

 Harbour, first used by the 'Falkland' in the summer of 1911-12, although regarded as 



