ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION 



who appointed Bellingshausen to the command. With two 

 vessels Bellingshausen sailed to the south in January, 1820, 

 near the islands of the Sandwich group (discovered by 

 Captain Cook), then easterly, and entered the area of this 

 chart near the meridian of 10 ° W. 



ANTARCTIC REGIONS 



Route followed by F. G. Bellingshausen, 1820-1821 



Bellingshausen turned abruptly south, crossed the 

 Antarctic Circle, entered an absolutely unexplored sea, and 

 stopped only when he met the impenetrable ice of the 70th 

 parallel. He then continued toward the east, and, follow- 



