430 SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE 
The land was named Coats Land, after Mr. James Coats, 
Jr., and Major Andrew Coats, the two chief supporters 
of the expedition. The summer was over, but one piece 
of work remained and it was accomplished when, on 
March 23rd, a sounding of 2,660 fathoms was obtained 
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Synoptic Diagram of the First Antarctic Expeditions of the 
Twentieth Century. 
Note — Each vertical column represents a month. The hori- 
zontal bands show the duration of the expeditions, the period 
passed south of 6o°S. being shown in solid black. 
within a mile of the spot where Ross had marked “ 4,000 
fathoms, no bottom/' The powerful undercurrent de- 
tected in this locality was reason enough for Ross's 
error, with his imperfect appliances. The Scotia carried 
a line of deep soundings across a vast uncharted breadth 
of ocean from this point to Gough Island and thence to 
Cape Town where she arrived on May 5th, 1904, and on 
July 31st she reached the Clyde. Mr. Bruce and his 
companions had a splendid reception, worthy of the 
fine record of successful work which they brought home. 
