The voyage of the Why not?' in the Antarctic; the journal of the second French South polar expedition, 1908-1910 . t on the top of the rock, standing outagainst the blue sky, it looks very well, adding to the pic-turesque effect of our improvised village ; and further, itwould be difficult to have, in these regions, a better meteoro-logical observatory. The view from the interior, throughthe little windows, is magnificent. On the one side, the grandLemaire Channel, with the fine mountains which make itstwo banks ; on the other, the high ground behind CapeTuxen, which rises pale against the blu
The voyage of the Why not?' in the Antarctic; the journal of the second French South polar expedition, 1908-1910 . t on the top of the rock, standing outagainst the blue sky, it looks very well, adding to the pic-turesque effect of our improvised village ; and further, itwould be difficult to have, in these regions, a better meteoro-logical observatory. The view from the interior, throughthe little windows, is magnificent. On the one side, the grandLemaire Channel, with the fine mountains which make itstwo banks ; on the other, the high ground behind CapeTuxen, which rises pale against the blue sky ; and lastlybelow, the whole of our picturesque encampment, with thePourquoi-Pas f in its haven, surrounded by our little buildingsof weird and varied shapes, teeming with active life. Four Megalcstrides have been killed for the kitchen, and,unhappily for themselves, their flesh has been found must be economical with them, however, for, like thebig petrels, they help the naturalists by skinning the skeletonsof the seals for them. In the south fjord, exactly below the house, a fair number160.
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