ANT ARC TIC EX PL OR A TION 



Wilkes and two under Ringgold roughly explored the strip 

 of land, or lands, lying near and parallel to the Antarctic 

 Circle, which extends from the Balleny Islands (165° E.) 

 to 95° E., a distance of 1500 miles, a tract now known in 



ANTARCTIC REGIONS 



Routes followed by Charles Wilkes, 1839-1840; James Clark Ross, 1839- 

 1843; G. S. Nakes, 1874 



general as Wilkes Land. He thus took a course in this 

 area more southern than that of any previous explorer 

 known to him, although d'Urville, in a quick sail to the 

 south from Tasmania, had discovered Adelie Land on the 



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