EXPLORING ANTARCTIC SEAS 



dramatic meeting took place with one of Wilkes' ships 

 on the thirtieth of January, but Ringgold misunderstood 

 D'Urville's actions and sailed away without communi- 

 cating with the French. About one hundred and 





y^\ ° ^ 



. I 



I- 



l-n- 

 o 





.)- :r^i^ 



Ross I©**' \ 



Fig. 5. — Voyages in East Antarctica of D'Urville, 

 Wilkes and Ross. 



X and Y are the doubtful positions of Ringgold Knoll and 

 C. Hudson. 



twenty miles to the northwest of Adelie Land the 

 French leader sighted an ice barrier about one hun- 

 dred feet high. To this he gave the name of Cote 

 Clarie; but this ice was not part of the fixed land-ice 

 for it had disappeared in 191 2. The French left Ant- 



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