2 British Antarctic Expedition. 
disappeared; but all were destined to succeed by 
adding to knowledge. Felix guem faciunt aliena 
pericula cautum. : 
Perchance it was through the sacrifice of the 
one that the other achieved success! 
Each sacrifice on the altar of science has driven 
man onwards in the wake of his philosophy, until 
science has conquered the pioneer work of the last 
terra incognita on the Globe. 
Although it seems remarkable that this work 
has been delayed until the beginning of the twentieth 
century, the experiences gained in the North were, 
however, necessary, before even a beginning could be 
made to solve those mysteries of natural phenomena 
which are kept within the ancient walls of the 
extreme South. 
And not until man has followed where his mind 
travelled before him towards the South as far as he 
has done it in the North, will it be possible to 
secure those facts which make knowledge out of 
theories. 
HisroRv or ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. 
The honour of being the first man to discover the 
Antarctic Continent probably belongs to Captain 
James Cook, who, in the year 1772, reached e 
71? 1O S., in long. 106° 54’ W where he sigitea Ese 
great ice barrier which forms the seaward boundary of 
Antarctica. Speaking of this discovery, Sir James 
Clark Ross says:—''I confidently believe that the 
enormous mass of ice which bounded his view when 
at his extreme south latitude was a range of 
