. Scottish geographical magazine. slight undulations or saucer-shaped depressions, whichcan only be detected by differences of shade in the snow, or by a levelled theo-dolite. The greatest difference in level seems to be 50-60 feet, and this inclina-tion is spread over 2-3 miles, so that it cannot be detected underfoot. With regard to the coast-line of Victoria Land, the map shows how this isbroken up by large fiords, which have now been carefully mapped. The differentsledge journeys are also shown upon the map. It should be noticed that theexplorations of the members of the expedition extend,
. Scottish geographical magazine. slight undulations or saucer-shaped depressions, whichcan only be detected by differences of shade in the snow, or by a levelled theo-dolite. The greatest difference in level seems to be 50-60 feet, and this inclina-tion is spread over 2-3 miles, so that it cannot be detected underfoot. With regard to the coast-line of Victoria Land, the map shows how this isbroken up by large fiords, which have now been carefully mapped. The differentsledge journeys are also shown upon the map. It should be noticed that theexplorations of the members of the expedition extend, from east to west, over noless than one-sixth of the circumference of the Antarctic region in lat. 78 S., forthe furthest point reached to the east was off King Edward vn. Land in ° W., while the furthest point to the west was long. 146i° E., attained byCaptain Scott and party in his great journey to the west. This involves thecrossing of no less than 61 degrees of longitude, that is, of about one-sixth of ? ? ?( ?.???? /. ,:?/ ,„ nilf. ,..,! ??! II,, U,,ll„l 1 :,??„! I ft) irtll S,l. III,/. GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 437 Suggested Polar Expedition.—M. Charles Benard, whose volume on PolarExploration we reviewed last month, has recently put forward in detail his schemefor a new expedition to the North Pole. The following is an abstract ofM. Benards paper which was read before a meeting of scientific men in the Piinceof Monacos house in Paris. M. Benard holds that only two kinds of exploration in the Polar basin are atpresent rational—namely, annual explorations along the perimeter of the ArcticI irele, like that of the Prince of Monaco in Red Bay or that of Greely in FortConger Bay, or else great expeditions well within the Polar Sea, with specialboats fitted up as observatories and laboratories, solid enough to resist the icepick, and capable of carrying provisions for the length of time required bv theitinerary. M. Benard. explained at length why th
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