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the Antarctic. All hands on board had been diligently 
at work ; careful magnetic, meteorological, and tidal 
observations being taken wherever they were. 
The first iceberg was met with on December 24th in 
6i°S., soon afterwards the main pack came into view, 
and on the 28th land was sighted which appeared to be 
the northern cape of Dumont d'Urville's Joinville Island. 
An examination of part of the South Shetland Islands 
was then begun. 
