﻿SOUTH 
  GEORGIA, 
  AN 
  OUTPOST 
  OF 
  THE 
  ANTARCTIC 
  

  

  419 
  

  

  plorer, 
  Capt. 
  C. 
  A. 
  

   Larsen, 
  founder 
  of 
  the 
  

   whaling 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  

   Co 
  in 
  pailia 
  Argentina 
  

   de 
  Pcsca, 
  in 
  King 
  Ed- 
  

   ward 
  Cove. 
  To 
  the 
  

   resident 
  British 
  magis- 
  

   trate 
  also, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Innes 
  

   Wilson, 
  whose 
  snug 
  

   hermitage 
  lay 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  pyramidal 
  "Duse- 
  

   fell," 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  

   the 
  cove, 
  I 
  am 
  in- 
  

   debted 
  for 
  many 
  cour- 
  

   tesies 
  and 
  for 
  liberal 
  

   assistance 
  in 
  my 
  work. 
  

   This 
  gentleman 
  ex- 
  

   erted 
  every 
  effort 
  to 
  

   conserve 
  the 
  wild 
  life 
  

   of 
  South 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  

   particularly 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   the 
  fur-seal 
  tragedy 
  

   from 
  being 
  duplicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  extinction 
  of 
  

   the 
  sea-elephants. 
  

  

  IN 
  THE 
  BAY 
  OF 
  ISLES 
  

  

  From 
  Cumberland 
  

   Bay 
  the 
  Daisy 
  sailed 
  

   westward 
  to 
  the 
  bleak 
  

   and 
  lonely 
  Bay 
  of 
  

   Isles, 
  a 
  hitherto-un- 
  

   charted 
  cluster 
  of 
  

   fjords, 
  which 
  were 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  havens 
  in 
  the 
  

   old 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  seal 
  

   fishery. 
  The 
  coast 
  of 
  

   this 
  wild 
  inlet 
  consists 
  

   of 
  rocky 
  glacial 
  beaches 
  

   separated 
  by 
  promon- 
  

   tories, 
  which 
  rise 
  in 
  

   several 
  places 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  about 
  

   3,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  valleys 
  opening 
  on 
  

   the 
  beaches 
  are 
  filled 
  with 
  magnificent 
  

   glaciers, 
  flowing 
  from 
  far 
  inland 
  into 
  the 
  

   sea 
  (see 
  map, 
  page 
  412). 
  

  

  A 
  moraine 
  beach 
  between 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  

   glaciers 
  is 
  famous 
  in 
  the 
  unwritten 
  his- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  sealers 
  as 
  a 
  popular 
  

   "hauling-up" 
  place 
  for 
  sea-elephants. 
  The 
  

   grassy 
  islets, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  bay 
  derives 
  

   its 
  name, 
  furnish 
  nesting 
  sites 
  for 
  myriads 
  

   of 
  ocean 
  birds. 
  

  

  Just 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Isles 
  is 
  Prince 
  

   Olaf 
  Harbor, 
  where 
  we 
  found 
  several 
  

   lonely 
  graves 
  on 
  a 
  tussocky 
  knoll 
  by 
  the 
  

   sea 
  and 
  a 
  rude, 
  corroded 
  metal 
  sheet, 
  

  

  A 
  PUP 
  SEA-ELEPHANT 
  TWO 
  OR" 
  THREE 
  WEEKS 
  OLD 
  

  

  During 
  November 
  the 
  herds, 
  comprising 
  animals 
  of 
  all 
  ages, 
  spend 
  

   most 
  of 
  their 
  time 
  sleeping 
  in 
  the 
  tussock 
  grass. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  go 
  

   to 
  sea 
  bv 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  December. 
  

  

  which 
  commemorated 
  the 
  mate 
  and 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  sailors 
  of 
  the 
  Sarah 
  Jane, 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  who 
  perished 
  so 
  far 
  from 
  home 
  in 
  

   ii 
  K 
  

  

  GLACIERS 
  AS 
  MIGHTY 
  AS 
  THOSE 
  OF" 
  

   SPITZBERGKN 
  

  

  The 
  geologic 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  and 
  

   rugged 
  mountains 
  of 
  South 
  Georgia 
  in- 
  

   dicates 
  a 
  former 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   Andean 
  system 
  through 
  a 
  bridge 
  of 
  land 
  

   now 
  sunk 
  a 
  thousand 
  fathoms 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  sea. 
  

  

  Small 
  though 
  South 
  Georgia 
  is, 
  its 
  gla- 
  

   ciers 
  are 
  as 
  mighty 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Spitzber- 
  

   gen, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  ample 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  

  

  