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impenetrable pack for him. He put the ship's stem 
straight at it, somewhere near Weddell's furthest, and 
forced her through. After battling with the pack over 
120 miles the ship came out into open water, and land 
was sighted in 76 0 35' extending to 79 0 . There was an 
ice barrier to the westward. Unfortunately the ship was 
carried away to the north before she could be properly 
secured, and she drifted about in the ice-cumbered sea 
during the winter. The new land was named after the 
late venerable Regent of Bavaria. Captain Jorgensen 
died before the ship returned to Buenos Aires. 
