488 A rctic and A nt arctic Exploration [part ii 
The Aurora had arrived off the winter quarters in 
January, 1913, but was unable to wait for the return of 
Mawson himself, so that he and sixteen men were left to 
face a second winter. On February 23rd, however, 
Captain Davis reached Wild's station, taking him and his 
party on board, and bringing them back to Hobart. The 
Aurora returned again the next summer, picking up 
Mawson on December 13th, 1913. After carrying out 
some _ important oceanographical work she reached 
Adelaide on February 26th, 1914. 
The result of this expedition was the final connecting up 
of the northern coast of Antarctica from Lieut. PenneH's 
discovery to Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, which was found, 
as I anticipated, to be the edge or northern boundary of 
the ice cap, with scarcely any visible land. It is from 
coasts with eastern aspects that interesting discoveries 
will be made. A further valuable result were the lines 
of deep sea soundings taken by Captain Davis. 
