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NOTES AND LITERATURE 



and tlio final selection of a favorable wintering spot in McMunjo 

 Sound to the southeast of the volcanoes Erebus and TiTfor. Much 



discovered to the west of the (;reat Ice Hnrrirr ;.n,l ua> imin. d Kin- 

 Edward VII Land. It was also deterniincd thai ilic b r ii.nii. .ii 

 this point had receded since the time of Ross's visit in bs4I 1>, and 

 that the volcanoes P'n^bus (active) and Terror are upon an island. 



In February, 1902, the Discorcrii anchored in the spot selected for 

 winter quarters. Huts were erected on shore for the magnetic in- 

 struments and the routine of general scientific work was at once 

 inaugurated. By the last of ISIarch, ]9()2. ih(- \(-^-.rl was frozen 

 solidly into the ice, and throughout the Aiiian tic wiiiicr \\\v x icntific 

 work was continued without interruption. My ilic lii>t of Xovcmber 

 following, with the return of the sun, Caj)taiii Scntt. Dr. K. A. Wilson, 



This party, traversing the surface of the (ircai be Harrier, followed 



rugged coastline at this ])()int, and after untold lianlsliips returned 



at the end of three months having- reached latitude M'^ IC/ S., 

 the most southern point ever attained b\ liuinan bcuiir-- At this 



another suiuiner's work. This consisted chiefly in an expedition to 

 tin- u(-t ro explore the Ferrar Glacier and the great tableland beyond 

 ^\hi(•h ua^ foun.l to ri^e for M.ine !MI()I) feet. Over dii^ inhospitable 

 arra Captain .scott and tuo ml,. ,- ,>i.kr,| tnc-n n>ade a n.narkable 



