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chart for Australia of course shows only the upper limb (or margin) 

 of these widespread storms, and the meteorologist is quite unable 

 to estimate where the center lies, especially as very few vessels usually 

 sail in the seas south of Tasmania. 



Adelie 



CAdare THE CHIEF PLATEAUS 

 OF THE WORLD 



0°^ ^^^ over2000 meters (6500 feet) 

 Scale 1=60000000 



Fig. S — The Antarctic Continent and other chief plateaus of the world drawn to the same scale. 



Antarctica 



CLIMATE AND WEATHER OF ANTARCTICA 



We may now turn to the general condition governing the climate 

 and weather in Antarctica. For these there are the results of a num- 

 ber of expeditions, notably those of Scott (1902-1904) in the Ross 

 Sea area, of Drygalski (1902-1903) south of the Indian Ocean, of 

 Bruce (1903) in Weddell Sea, of Shackleton (1908) in Ross Sea, of 

 Scott (1911-1913) in the Ross Sea area, and of Mawson (1912-1913) 

 in the region south of Australia. Of all these the records of the two 

 Scott expeditions and of the German (Drygalski) expedition have 

 been most thoroughly examined and used to formulate general con- 



