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enterprise did not prove a commercial success, yet it not 

 only added somewhat to our geographical knowledge, 

 but it once more demonstrated that the ice of the south 

 polar waters opposed no insurmountable obstacle to 

 scientific exploration. At the same time these voyages 

 had to some extent roused a widespread interest in 



John Murray. 



Antarctic discovery. Relying on this, the indefatigable 

 advocate of Antarctic exploration in Germany once more 

 brought the subject forward at the Geographical Congress 

 of Bremen, and demonstrated its necessity for the domains 

 of meteorology and terrestrial magnetism. He was sup- 

 ported by E. von Drygalski and E. Vanhoffen, the excel- 

 lent investigators into the nature of the inland ice of 



