. Scottish geographical magazine. also p. 209), and some alarm had been expressed as to the safety ofthe expedition. These fears have happily proved uncalled for. Thefollowing telegram has been received from Dr. Charcot:— We wintered on Wandel Island, which enabled us to carry out all thescientific work of the expedition under favourable conditions. The question ofBismarck Strait was solved as the result of an expedition through it. We reachedAlexander i. Land, but found it unapproachable on account of the ice. Wetouched at and explored several unknown points in Graham Land. In spite ofour run
. Scottish geographical magazine. also p. 209), and some alarm had been expressed as to the safety ofthe expedition. These fears have happily proved uncalled for. Thefollowing telegram has been received from Dr. Charcot:— We wintered on Wandel Island, which enabled us to carry out all thescientific work of the expedition under favourable conditions. The question ofBismarck Strait was solved as the result of an expedition through it. We reachedAlexander i. Land, but found it unapproachable on account of the ice. Wetouched at and explored several unknown points in Graham Land. In spite ofour running aground and sustaining a serious leitk on a coast discovered by up, 218 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. wc were able to continue uiir voyage, and to determine subsequently the contourof the external coast of the Palmer Archipelago. All the members of the expedi-tion are well. The accompanying sketch-map will make clear the work carriedout by the It will be recollected that both the Belgica and the Swedish Expedi-. tion investigated thisregion, but, notwith-standing the efforts ofboth, there are stillmany blanks to befilled. Some of thesehave apparently beenobliterated by thework of Dr. Charcotand his party. Thusthey have apparentlyproved that BismarckBay is really a channelor strait, though asyet we do not knowin what direction itruns. Again, the re-lation of the coastof Graham Land toAlexander I. Land(which is not shownon the map, but liesconsiderably furthersouth and slightly westof Graham Land),has hitherto been un-known ; but as theFrancis apparentlyfollowed the coast ofGraham Land southward, it is possible that this problem has beensolved. Finally, while the coast-line of the inner side of the islandsforming the Palmer Archipelago, is, as shown on the map, alreadyknown and mapped, the outer coast-line has been hitherto is satisfactory to know that, bit by bit, the boundary of the unknownin the Antarctic is being; driven further and further back.
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