. Handbook of polar discoveries. her islands remain to Wellmans credit. 220 Handbook of Arctic Discoveries Neither of the Zeigler expeditions (1901 and 1903-1905) had any outcome beyond scientific observationsby Baldwin, Fiala, and J. W. Peters. The one, however,under Fula, in the America, reached 82° 04 n., equaUingthe highest record for a ship under steam in the westernhemisphere. The ship was destroyed by ice in TepUtzBay during the first winter. The magnetical observationsmade by Peters are of exceptional value, not only fromthe high latitude and scanty neighboring data, but alsofrom the s

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. Handbook of polar discoveries. her islands remain to Wellmans credit. 220 Handbook of Arctic Discoveries Neither of the Zeigler expeditions (1901 and 1903-1905) had any outcome beyond scientific observationsby Baldwin, Fiala, and J. W. Peters. The one, however,under Fula, in the America, reached 82° 04 n., equaUingthe highest record for a ship under steam in the westernhemisphere. The ship was destroyed by ice in TepUtzBay during the first winter. The magnetical observationsmade by Peters are of exceptional value, not only fromthe high latitude and scanty neighboring data, but alsofrom the systematic methods followed and the complete-ness of recorded observations. Weyprecht : Sulla spedizione polare austro-ungarica(Trieste 1875); Paver: New Lands within the ArcticCircle, 2 v. (London 1876) ; Jackson: Thousand Daysin the Arctic (London 1899). For Duke of the Abruzzisee Chapter XIL For Leigh Smith see Proc. RoyalGeogr. Sac. (London 1881, 1883). For Wellman seeNational Geographic Magazine (Washington 1902). No. ARCTIC REGIONS, SHOWING LOCATION OFCIRCUMPOLAR STATIONS, 1881-83 1 i V . y y

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