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he was able to verify the existence of the third island described by Bellingshausen, 

 having steamed between it and Cook Island. The island was named after Bellings- 

 hausen, and two sketches of it, made by Mr Hamilton, are published in The Antarctic 

 Pilot (1930). 



In the following season, 1928-9, several whaling factories, including the 'Anglo- 

 Norse', the 'Pelagos' and the 'Antarctic', operated for a time under the lee of the 

 islands. During 1929-30 the whaling fleet has been working along the ice-edge, far to 

 the south-east. A ship joining the fleet on a course from South Georgia would pass close 

 to, or between the islands, which have thus been sighted on a number of occasions both 

 by the whaling vessels and by their transports. 



The first edition of The Antarctic Pilot, published by the Admiralty in 1930, contains 

 a concise summary of our previous knowledge of the islands, and includes a number of 

 sketches reproduced from Bellingshausen's Journal. 



Omitting Morrell's discredited account, previous records of visits to the islands up 

 to 1928 may be tabulated as on p. 143 (Table I). 



ITINERARY 



Leaving South Georgia fully bunkered on February 21 we almost immediately met 

 with heavy weather, and on the 22nd the westerly wind reached the force of a full gale, 

 with gusts of over 70 miles an hour. In very heavy seas the vessel shipped a good deal 

 of water, sustaining some minor damage on board, and on the following day we were glad 

 to find shelter under the lee of an enormous tabular berg. Here on the 24th plankton 

 observations were made near the iceberg, and later that day and on the 25th, with much 

 improved weather, we were able, as we had previously arranged, to take full series of 

 observations at three points in soundings varying from 1785 to 1866 fathoms. 



We reached Zavodovski on February 26, dredged on a bottom of scoria in 152 to 180 

 fathoms and anchored for the night under the lee of the island. For the following two 

 days another gale, at least as violent as that four days earlier, blew from the west, and 

 we were obliged to remain at anchor ; but it eased on the evening of the 28th and on 

 March i we made our running survey of the island and proceeded to Visokoi. Plankton 

 nets were hauled the same evening, and next day we finished this survey and crossed to 

 the Candlemas Group, taking full observations at a point midway between the islands 

 in 840 fathoms. On the 3rd and 4th we were occupied in running surveys of the two 

 islands of the group, completing them on the latter day just before the onset of a sharp 

 blow from the north-east. On each of these nights we lay at anchor between the islands. 



It was by now evident that there was a tolerably good prospect of surveying all the 

 islands, and since pack-ice might arrive at any time from the south-west, Capt. Carey 

 thought it best to go direct to the most southerly group. On March 5, therefore, we 

 steamed to Southern Thule, where with great good fortune, we found the islands com- 

 pletely free of ice and with no indications of pack on the southern horizon. In good 

 weather the survey of the three islands of the group was completed by March 8, in 



