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was especially valuable, in that it gave 

 him good experience in South Polar 

 work. His great achievement, however, 

 was in his last expedition of 1 898-1 900, 

 when his part}' was the first in history 

 to pass the winter camped on the Ant- 

 arctic Continent. He penetrated far- 

 ther south than any man had ever done 

 before, and also made .some important 

 biological discoveries. Among his col- 

 lections he brought back a jelly-fish 

 weighing no less than 90 pounds. 



Mr. Borchgrevink's plans are yet too 

 indefinite to announce. He will for 

 some years yet be a rover, but the United 

 States will be his home. 



On April 1 2 President Alexander Gra- 

 ham Bell gave a dinner in Washington 

 in honor of Commander C. E. Borch- 

 grevink. Vice-President W J McGee, 

 as the toastmaster of the evening, intro- 

 duced the following toasts : 



' ' The President of the United States, ' ' 

 Justice Harlan; "His Majesty King 

 Oscar," Mr. Hauge, Secretary of the 

 Swedish and Norwegian Legation ; 

 "The Navies of the World," Admiral 

 Dewey; "Our Nation and Others," 

 Senator O. H. Piatt, of Connecticut ; 

 ' ' The Explorers of the Ends of the 

 Earth," Rear Admiral Melville, Gen- 

 eral Greely, Mr. Walter Wellmau, Com- 

 mander Borchgrevink ; " The National 

 Geographic Society, ' ' President Graham 

 Bell. 



Those present were : President Alex- 

 ander Graham Bell, Commander C. E. 

 Borchgrevink, General Greely, Mr. F. 

 V. Coville, Mr. S. H. Kauffmann, Mr. 

 Henry Gannett, Mr. Walter Wellman, 

 Hon. David J. Hill, Admiral Dewey, Dr. 

 W J McGee, Justice Harlan, Admiral 

 Melville, Mr. C. J. Bell, Mr. O. H. 

 Tittmann, Mr. Arthur W. McCurdy, 

 Col. Henry F. Blount, Prof. A. J. Henry, 

 Mr. Marcus Baker, Mr. Angelo Heil- 

 prin, Mr. George Kennan, Prof. Willis 

 L. Moore, Representative E. J. Hill, of 

 Connecticut ; Mr. Hauge, Senator O. 

 H. Piatt, of Connecticut ; Mr. George 



Eastman, President Eastman Kodak 

 Company ; Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Mr. 

 Gifford Pinchot, and Mr. Gilbert H. 

 Grosvenor. 



DECISIONS OF THE U. S. BOARD ON 

 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 



January to April (inclusive) 1902 



ALL decisions rendered by the Board 

 from its creation down to April, 

 1900, were published in its second re- 

 port, March, 1901. For decisions ren- 

 dered during the remainder of 1900 and 

 in 1 90 1, see National Geographic 

 Magazine, vol. xi, pp. 329, 478; vol. 

 xii, pp. 87, 125, 200, 242; vol. xiii, p. 28. 



Aektok ; island, near west end of Avatanak 

 Island, Krenitzin group, eastern Aleutians, 

 Alaska (not Aiaktak, Goloi, Goly, Ouek- 

 tock, norRootok). 



Agamgik ; bay, indenting the northern shore 

 of Beaver Bay, Unalaska Island, eastern 

 Aleutians, Alaska (not Food). 



Battery ; point, the eastern head of Sarana 

 Bay, on south shore of Akutan Island, 

 eastern Aleutians, Alaska (not Kaianak, 

 Liberty Cap, nor South Head). 



Bosporus ; strait between Black Sea and Sea of 

 Marmora, Europe. (This is a reversal of 

 the decision Bosphorus, rendered by the 

 Board January 12, 1897 ) 



Chiwawa ; creek, Chehalis County, Washing- 

 ton (not Chiwahwah). 



Curlew ; creek, lake, and post-office, Ferry 

 County, Washington (not Karamin nor 

 Karamip ) . 



Forest ; lake, in Woodbury, Orange County, 

 New York (not Slaughter's Pond). 



Goosmus ; creek, Ferry county, Washington 

 (not Goos nor Koosmus). 



Howes ; cave in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, 

 New York (not Otsgaragee). 



Howes Cave ; post-office, Schoharie County, 

 New York (not Howecave, Howe Cave, 

 Hows Cave, nor Howe's rave). 



Iliuliuk ; the chief town of Unalaska, eastern 

 Aleutians, Alaska (not LTnalaska). 



Kisselen ; bay, at the head of Beaver Bay, 

 Unalaska, eastern Aleutians, Alaska (not 

 Kissialiak, Warsham, norWorsham). 



Levashef ; port or harbor at head of Unalaska 

 Bay, Unalaska, eastern Aleutians, Alaska 

 (not Captains nor St. Paul). 



Marcy ; mountain peak, the highest point in 

 the Adirondacks, Essex County, New 

 York (not Tahawus). 



