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  and 
  Ross, 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  meridian, 
  was 
  stopped 
  by 
  an 
  impenetrable 
  

   pack 
  at 
  65° 
  13' 
  S. 
  Eoss 
  afterwards 
  sailed 
  eastward, 
  and 
  reached 
  the 
  

   latitude 
  of 
  71° 
  30' 
  S. 
  in 
  14° 
  51' 
  W. 
  Still 
  further 
  eastward, 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  meridian 
  west 
  longitude, 
  Bellingshausen 
  reached 
  69° 
  45' 
  S. 
  None 
  

   of 
  these 
  navigators 
  met 
  with 
  land 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  limits 
  of 
  their 
  voyages. 
  

   Finally, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  a 
  connection 
  exists 
  between 
  

   Victoria 
  Land 
  and 
  Terre 
  Adelie, 
  

  

  The 
  practical 
  object 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  in 
  view 
  is 
  to 
  urge 
  that, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   circumstances 
  permit, 
  an 
  expedition 
  should 
  be 
  fitted 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  joint 
  expense 
  

   of 
  the 
  Australian 
  and 
  New 
  Zealand 
  governments 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  up 
  Eoss's 
  discoveries, 
  and 
  ascertaining 
  whether 
  land 
  does 
  or 
  does 
  not 
  

   exist 
  between 
  Victoria 
  and 
  Alexander 
  Land. 
  Such 
  an 
  enterprise 
  would 
  

   doubtless 
  be 
  outside 
  the 
  routine 
  work 
  of 
  these 
  govermnents 
  ; 
  but 
  is 
  never- 
  

   theless 
  one 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  might 
  properly 
  devote 
  their 
  attention, 
  unless, 
  

   indeed, 
  we 
  accept 
  the 
  theory 
  that 
  Englishmen 
  who 
  happen 
  to 
  reside 
  in 
  a 
  

   colony 
  thereby 
  become 
  emancipated 
  from 
  national 
  duties, 
  and 
  are 
  entitled 
  

   to 
  consecrate 
  their 
  lives 
  to 
  mouey-making. 
  The 
  cost 
  would 
  be 
  considerable, 
  

   but 
  when 
  we 
  reflect 
  how 
  many 
  expeditions, 
  which 
  have 
  made 
  important 
  

   discoveries 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Seas, 
  have 
  been 
  despatched 
  from 
  England, 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  and 
  Germany, 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  private 
  persons, 
  it 
  seems 
  

   absurd 
  to 
  contend 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  beyond 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  these 
  rich 
  Colonial 
  

   Governments. 
  What 
  is 
  wanted 
  are 
  two 
  auxiliary 
  steamers, 
  of 
  from 
  800 
  

   to 
  400 
  tons 
  burthen, 
  officered 
  and 
  manned 
  from 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  Navy, 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   visioned 
  for 
  tliree 
  years, 
  so 
  that 
  if 
  a 
  harbour 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  the 
  ships 
  might 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  Antarctic 
  Seas. 
  The 
  natural 
  starting 
  point 
  of 
  such 
  

   an 
  expedition 
  would 
  be 
  Port 
  Chalmers. 
  The 
  expedition 
  would 
  sail 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  November, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  continue 
  its 
  explorations 
  

   until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  February, 
  when 
  it 
  must 
  either 
  look 
  for 
  winter 
  quarters 
  or 
  

   return 
  home. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  vessels 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  ice, 
  

   for 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  difficulties 
  connected 
  with 
  antarctic 
  explorations 
  

   is 
  that 
  no 
  harbour 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  found 
  where 
  vessels 
  can 
  go 
  into 
  winter 
  

   quarters 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  the 
  arctic 
  regions. 
  Hence 
  Eoss, 
  

   on 
  each 
  of 
  his 
  three 
  voyages, 
  was 
  only 
  able 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  Antarctic 
  Seas 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer 
  season, 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  therefore 
  utilise 
  the 
  winter 
  for 
  

   land 
  expeditions. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  compelled 
  to 
  navigate 
  in 
  sailing 
  ships, 
  and 
  

   without 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  appliances 
  for 
  secm'ing 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  crews 
  and 
  the 
  

   safety 
  of 
  the 
  vessels, 
  which 
  have 
  since 
  almost 
  raised 
  Polar 
  exploration 
  to 
  

   the 
  rank 
  of 
  an 
  exact 
  science. 
  Nevertheless, 
  his 
  discoveries 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  

   remarkable 
  character, 
  and 
  in 
  reading 
  his 
  narrative 
  one 
  can 
  easily 
  perceive 
  

  

  