THE NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 465 



Jt will be seen that a .second voyage of the M(>rnin<j is al^sokitely 

 necessary for the safety of our gallant countr3'men . There are 37 souls 

 in the Antarctic ice, consisting of 5 naval officers, 1 officer of the naA'al 

 reserve, 5 members of the scientific staff, 24 naval seamen and marines, 

 and 2 other good men. We have a balance of £7,000. Only a small 

 additional sum is needed, namely, £'12,000. Without it those heroes 

 who have done so much for science and their country's credit will be 

 in grave peril. 



We must provide for wages for ])oth ships ; we must send out the 

 means of blasting and forcing the Discovery owi of her icy prison ; we 

 must repair the Morning^ so terribl}" strained and knocked about ; we 

 must store her with coal and provisions. 



There are difficulties and dangers yet, but the chief dangers are 

 financial. Our gallant Colbeck and his people avIU overcome the rest. 

 Meanwhile, the heroic Discoverers are still working for us at their 

 numerous observations under increasing hardships caused by the small 

 stock of coal. They have full faith in us, and that the needful fuAds 

 will be found by us. Look once more at your maps. Look at their 

 discoveries. Do not these men deserve well of their country % Will 

 not their country recognize their services? I feel sure that it will, 

 and that we shall yet welcome them all here after one of the most 

 successfvil and glorious achievements that have ever adorned our 

 geographical annals. 



Note on the Antarctic Sketch-map. — As the complete charts showing the results 

 of the surveys made by Captain .Scott and the officers serving under him have not 

 yet been received, the map of the Antarctic regions which accompanies this paper 

 must be considered as only provisional. It has been prepared from all the informa- 

 tion at present available, including the rei)ort which Captain Scott has addressed to 

 the presidents of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. A rough 

 sketch of the winter quarters of the Discovery by Lieutenant Barne, and another of 

 Erebus and Terror Island by Lieutenant Royds, have furnished the basis for the 

 enlarged inset plan, but the remainder of the new work has been drawn from letters 

 and reports, in which ai-e, however, given the latitudes and longitudes of several 

 positions. The track of the Mor)dng has been approximately laid down, from a pre- 

 liminary chart on a small scale, by Lieutenant Evans and sent home bj' Captain 

 Colbeck. Lieutenant Shackleton has, since his return, looked over a proof of the 

 map and made several corrections, but until the complete charts, based upon 

 numerous observations and careful surveys, arrive, it is, of course, impossible to 

 give anything more than an approximate idea of the geographical work of the 

 expedition. Upon the present map the newly discovered land is shown in red, 

 while the remainder of the coast line has been principally taken from the Admiralty 

 charts and other material. 



