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were bored through the pack, steering south for the 
supposed position of the magnetic pole. 
They had been six days in the pack when, on January 
10th, in the middle watch, Lieutenant Wood reported 
that land was distinctly visible right ahead. It rose in 
lofty peaks, but was still very distant. They were in 
71 0 15' S. Next day they were fairly close to the land, 
the northern point of which was named Cape Adare. 
Soundings were obtained in 160 fathoms. The mountains, 
crowned with snowy peaks, attained a height of from 
7000 to 10,000 ft. They were named the Admiralty 
Range, and the peaks were called after the then Lords 
of the Admiralty. The principal peak, nearly 10,000 
feet high, was, however, named after Sir Edward Sabine, 
who was with Ross in two Arctic voyages. 
Here the variation was 44 0 and the dip 86°, which ac- 
cording to Sir James Ross's calculation placed the magnetic 
pole in 76°S. and 145 0 26' E., or about 500 miles inland 1 . 
With some difficulty Ross, Crozier, and several officers 
landed on a small island near the coast, covered with 
penguins, in 71 0 56' S. and 171 0 f E., giving it the name 
of Possession Island. In very bad and stormy weather 
a further range of lofty mountains came in sight whose 
peaks were named after friends of the Royal Society 
and the British Association, while an island received the 
name of Coulman, and its northern point Cape Anne, 
the name of Sir James's fiancee. 
On the 27th January the ships were in sight of 
another island which was named after Sir John Franklin. 
The two captains with several officers went on shore in 
two boats. There was a heavy surf beating on the 
rocks but Ross and a few others effected a landing. 
Hooker, however, fell into the sea, and was nearly 
drowned before he could be hauled into the boat, more 
dead than alive from the intense cold. His condition 
made it necessary to return to the ship as soon as possible, 
Ross having collected several specimens of rock. The 
island is in 76°8'S., and is 12 miles long by 6 broad. 
On the same day the ships sighted a mountain 
12,400 ft. high, emitting flame and smoke in great pro- 
1 Gauss's position was 66° S. and 146 0 E. Scott's observations 
72 0 51' S. and 156 0 25' E. 
