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THE ANTARCTIC. 



promontory on its seaward face. In the distance beyond, 

 only the summit of a lofty range of mountains could be 

 seen, apparently extending southward as far as latitude 

 79° S., Cape Crozier being situated in latitude JJ° 25' S., 

 longitude 169° 10' E. This range received the name 

 of the Parry Mountains. On account of the height of 

 this ice cliff it was impossible to determine what lay be- 

 yond it, and Ross was obliged to content himself with 

 sailing along the lofty barrier. Progress south was 



Cape Crozier and Mount Terror (after Ross). 



necessarily out of the question ; indeed, Ross says that he 

 might as well have tried to sail through the cliffs of Dover 

 as southward through the icy mass, which in height and 

 conformation resembles them. From the 28th of January 

 onwards Ross altered his course to the eastward ; on the 

 next day 100 nautical miles' run along the vertical ice 

 cliff had brought no change in its appearance or direction. 

 Here Ross found it advisable to increase his distance 



