GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Capt. Benjamin Pendleton. Ships: Fred- 

 erick, Hersilia, Express, Free Gift and Hero. 

 Summary: Financed by Edmund Fanning, Wil- 

 liam A. Fanning and others. The vessels explored 

 South Shetland Islands for sealing grounds; Capt. 

 Nathanial B. Palmer in the Hero sailed south from 

 Deception Island, drawing close to the Antarctic 

 mainland on November 17, 1820. In January 1821, 

 Palmer further explored the west coast of Palmer 

 Peninsula. [Eduard A. Stackpole's The Voyage of 

 the Huron and the Huntress, published shortly be- 

 fore this volume went to press suggests a different 

 interpretation of the Hero's log for November 17, 

 but time has not allowed reexamination of the 

 original evidence.] 



1820-21. British sealing expedition. 



Leader: Capt. Richard Sherratt. Ship: Lady 



Trowbridge. 



Summary : Lady Trowbridge wrecked on December 



25, 1820 off Cape Melville, King George Island. 



Sherratt sketched a rough chart of central part of 



South Shetland Islands while awaiting relief of his 



crew at end of season. 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leaders: Captains John Davis and Christopher 

 Burdick. Ships: Huron, Huntress and Cecilia. 

 Summary: The three vessels arrived in company 

 at the South Shetland Islands on December 1, 1820. 

 On December 8 they entered Yankee Harbor at 

 Greenwich Island where the Huron and Huntress 

 remained. Short cruises were made in the Cecilia 

 along the south side of Livingston Island. Sailing 

 northeastward on December 28, Davis circumnavi- 

 gated the South Shetland Islands, transporting the 

 crew of a wrecked British vessel, perhaps the Lady 

 Trowbridge, from Cape Melville to Rugged Island. 

 On January 30, 1821, Captain Davis in the Cecilia 

 began a long cruise to the west and south. Coast- 

 ing Livingston Island, he passed through Morton 

 Strait and landed on the south coast of Smith Is- 

 land on February 1. On February 2 he landed on 

 Low Island, departing on February 6 and sailing 

 past Hoseason Island toward high lands to the 

 south. At 10 a. m. on February 7, 1821, he put 

 men ashore at Hughes Bay, the first known in- 

 stance of a landing on the Antarctic continent. 

 Davis reported in his log, "I think this Southern 

 Land to be a Continent." That afternoon, the 

 weather deteriorating, he departed for Yankee Har- 

 bor, arriving after a rough passage on February 10. 

 On a second cruise, this time by Captain Burdick in 

 the Cecilia, between February 12 and 19, a second 

 landing was made on Low Island and the mainland 

 was again sighted. 



1820-21. British sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Captain Clark. Ship: Lord Melville. 

 Summary: Provided with a hut and supplies, the 

 chief officer and ten men engaged in sealing along 

 northeast side of King George Island, making what 

 may prove the first wintering in the Antarctic. 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Capt. Charles H. Barnard. Ships: Char- 

 ity, Aurora, Jane Maria: and Henry. 

 Summary: Sponsored by James Byers of New 

 York. Captains Barnard, Macy, Johnson and 

 Bruno carried on sealing operations in the South 

 Shetlands from Rugged Island and later from 

 Yankee Harbor. Between January 5 and 27, 1821, 

 Capt. Robert Johnson, in the Jane Maria, cruised 

 southwestward to a reported position of 66°S., 

 70°W. where the land continued to the south, "but 

 appeared to be nothing but solid islands of ice and 

 snow" — probably the Biscoe Islands. 



1820-21. British sealing expedition. 



Leader: Capt. James Weddell. Ships: Jane and 



Eliza. 



Summary: Carried on sealing operations in the 



South Shetlands. 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Capt. Thomas Ray. Ships: Harmony and 

 William and Nancy. 



Summary: Captains Ray and Folger, from Nan- 

 tucket, carried on sealing in the South Shetland 

 Islands. Their headquarters on Nelson Island was 

 named Harmony Cove. 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Capt. Jonathan Winship. Ships: O'Cain 

 and Stranger. 



Summary: Captains Winship and Stranger of 

 Boston conducted sealing operations in the South 

 Shetland Islands with headquarters at Potter Cove. 

 Nelson Island was called O'Cain Island by the early 

 American sealers. 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Capt. Alexander Clark. Ships: Clothier, 

 Emiline, and Catherine. 



Summary: Captain Clark with Captains Jeremiah 

 Holmes and Joseph Henfield, of Stonington, carried 

 on sealing operations in the South Shetland Is- 

 lands from headquarters at Clothier Harbor where 

 the Clothier went aground and was wrecked on 

 December 9, 1820. 



1820-21. United States sealing expedition. 

 Leader: Capt. William B. Orne. Ships: General 

 Knox, Nancy and Governor Brooks. 

 Summary : Captain Orne with Captains Upton and 

 Withem of Salem, Massachusetts, carried on seal- 

 ing operations in the South Shetland Islands. 



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