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It feems to be undeniable, that the ice we met with in the open 

 ocean, in 50" and 67", or even 71° South latitude, is formed ftill 

 farther to the South. For it had its origin either near fome land, 

 or in the open ocean. In the firfl cafe it muft evidently come from 

 regions lying beyond the tracks of ourfliips, i.^. beyond 60% 6-'/% 

 and 71° South latitude, as we found no lands, where thefe enor- 



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mous quantities of ice could poffibly have been generated. Or, in 

 the fecond cafe, if the ice be formed far from any land, this climate 

 muft likewife be farther to the South than our tracks, as we never 

 fell in with ice, which we could with certainty coniider as ftatio- 

 nary, but, on the contrary, found it commonly in motion. 



ICE. 



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come from the faft, folid 



71° and 50° South latitude, muft have 



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beyond 71° or fome higher latitude. 

 Other navigators *, as well as ourfelves, have met with ice in low 



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Southern latitudes, i. e. 49°, 50°, 51", and 52% early in the fpring 

 .and fummer ; confequently it is evident, that it muft have drifted 



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to thefe lov/ latitudes from beyond 60°, 67", and 7 1 " South latitude. 

 In the Northern feas, it is a common and obvious phaenomenon, 

 obferved almoft every year, that the ice moves towards warmer 

 -climates. Thefe inflances, therefore, feem to prove, that there is 

 ^either a flrong current, an attraction, or fome other caufe adting 



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