THE polar seas. 55 
say land of^ir T f f r lf 14 liad n0t land — and 1 venture to 
that the greater part of tt ent ~^ the soutL - 1 believe, nevertheless, 
the Polar 8 Circle ll, w ^ SOuthem conti aent ought to lie within 
unapproachable ’ Th? i ° ^ 1§ S ° eneum bered with ice as to be 
b — y-g a coast in these 
go farther than I have 1 wiVT® t0 Say U ° 0ne wiU venture to 
always remain unknown The^ ! 6 land tbat lies to the south will 
storms and tempests too °?v ar ® tllore to ° den se ; the snow- 
«f navigation .naetag™ 
■»«t horrible that can be T ' f » «* 
nature to remain unvisited bvH,e°. ’ ^.country is condemned by 
After this report, I believe that 77 Uned under eternal hoar frost, 
continent.” Thfo d^eripti oS, M mwe of a “uthern 
great navigator might have annlie 1 77 C eS 'f ate rc & 0Uft > to which the 
“ damnata et dell mp “ words of Mny, “ Pars mundi 
courage of his su ccelrs VT* dT ” ° nly the 
been fitted out for the express iTf'™ 1 ^P«htions have 
characterised aa the abode of cold ° f 810118 which may be 
Passage opened itself into the Ant! T’ death ' In 1833 , a free 
ship, commanded by James WedTl/ 0 , Th< ' Scottl8 h whaling 
»—« » in p«rL“ ad bf’,”! 8 ” 4 , “? P“* ^ «S 
sea open on his course lie forced V * LaV “ S ’ by ° W ’ fo und the 
south latitude, and under the thirty 7* 7* 7* SeVenty - fcmr degrees 
Je season was too advanced ^ ° f but 
d ho voyage of Captain Weddell caused a ^ their ste P a - 
the possibility of more serious expeditions rT? 0n ’ Snggested 
great expeditions were fitted out , Twolve y*w later three 
the French Marine • anW 6) imder Dumont D'Urville of 
of the United States Navy “and Ca P taiu Wilkes - 
James Clark Ross. Fnghsh expedition, under Sir 
strophe at Ye^^’in^V^na ' 1 f +1 " ably “ tbe railwa y cata- 
3 th of January, 18^ ^ ° f MagelIa » • the 
Astrolabe and Zelee. He expected to fi 1S , C ° mma ^ d the two cor vettes 
«** after passim, the firsf fol 1 *“ Weddefl had bribed, 
Wore bi m . But he™ soon compdlTS, “ ^ “ ° P ® “> 
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