. Scottish geographical magazine. ement of the splendid work ofRoss in his exploration of the Antarctic. Doubtless his error was dueto the inadequate sounding apparatus which was then at the disposal ofoceanographers, and to the existence of a strong undercurrent which wediscovered in this region. This undercurrent was a source of great trouble,and on two occasions prevented the trawl from reaching the bottom, whileon a third occasion we had to pay out about 1000 extra fathoms of cablebefore this was effected. After this the Scotia turned northward with theintention of sailing along the meridi
. Scottish geographical magazine. ement of the splendid work ofRoss in his exploration of the Antarctic. Doubtless his error was dueto the inadequate sounding apparatus which was then at the disposal ofoceanographers, and to the existence of a strong undercurrent which wediscovered in this region. This undercurrent was a source of great trouble,and on two occasions prevented the trawl from reaching the bottom, whileon a third occasion we had to pay out about 1000 extra fathoms of cablebefore this was effected. After this the Scotia turned northward with theintention of sailing along the meridian of 10° W., and taking a line ofsoundings and other observations up to Gough Island. In this part ofthe South Atlantic Ocean there were no previous records, but deep waterof 3000 fathoms was hypothetically charted. Up to about the latitude of 54° S. icebergs were frequently met with,but on the whole the weather was fine and the seas calm, so that sound-ing and trawling were carried on with little difficulty and sets of serial.
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