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No. 1. RECENT ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. (From the Quarterly 



Review, October 1906.) I 



The Belgian Expedition in the "Belgica" was the first to 

 winter within the Antarctic circle I 



The Newnes Expedition, under Captain Borchgrevink, 

 was the first to winter on land within the Antarctic circle. 

 He explored the Ice-barrier and discovered the creek in it 

 from which, later, Amundsen started on his journey, when he 

 reached the South Pole. When these two expeditions were 

 returning, the British Expedition in the "Discovery" under 

 Captain Scott and the German Expedition in the "Gauss" 

 set out 2 



A year later the Scottish Expedition, under Dr Bruce, 

 sailed in the "Scotia" . 3 



A Swedish Expedition, under Nordenskjb'ld, and a French 

 Expedition, under Charcot, started for. Graham's Land later 5 



The "Challenger's" search for Wilkes' Termination Land 

 in 1874 . . . . , f 6 



The "Gauss" frozen in at the beginning of winter . . 7 



Scott's Expedition follows the route to the South taken 

 by Sir James Ross in 1841-43. Remarkable difference be- 

 tween the appearance of Mount Melbourne and Mount Erebus 

 in 1902 and in 1841 . . . .... . . . . 9 



Ross' description of the Ice-Barrier and the Parry Moun- 

 tains 10 



Trustworthiness of Ross' observations : in appraising such 

 observations, their date is of small importance ; the deter- 

 mining factor is the competence and the experience of the 

 observer 1 1 



Demonstration that the Parry Mountains exist where 

 Ross reported them to be 12 



Confirmed by Armitage 13 



Evidence to show that Ross' "Appearance of Land" 

 reported in February 1842 was the land seen by Scott in 

 January 1902, and named by him King Edward VII Land . 15 



