. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. 326 DISCOVERY REPORTS In the season 1913-14 an important addition was made to Sorlle's work by Captain Hans Borge, master of the 'Polynesia', who mapped the small harbour at the head of Queens Bay in Signy Island which now bears his name. The many new names which appear on Sorlle's chart are in the main derived from the Norwegian whaling community, being in general called after the managers and gunners, floating factories and whale-catchers, employed at the time.^i Of all the anchorages frequented by the whalers Queens or Borge Bay
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. 326 DISCOVERY REPORTS In the season 1913-14 an important addition was made to Sorlle's work by Captain Hans Borge, master of the 'Polynesia', who mapped the small harbour at the head of Queens Bay in Signy Island which now bears his name. The many new names which appear on Sorlle's chart are in the main derived from the Norwegian whaling community, being in general called after the managers and gunners, floating factories and whale-catchers, employed at the time.^i Of all the anchorages frequented by the whalers Queens or Borge Bay, being com- paratively safe and well supplied with fresh water, appears to have been the most favoured. It was used by all three factories, 'Polynesia', 'Thule' and 'Normanna', 47° 46° AS 30 6f^ •^<*. v^ KART OVER SOUTH ORKNEY Ved Capt. RS0rli_e 1912 Corrections by 1913 47° Longitude 46° W. of Greenwich 4^ Fig. 9. The Norwegian Chart: after a reproduction of the original by Petter Sorlle, the actual figure being taken from a print kindly supplied by The Association of Whaling Companies, Sandefjord. during the season 1913-14 and by the ' Falkland' the following year; later it served as a base for ten successive seasons after whaling was resumed at the South Orkneys in the season 1920-1. Here the 'Orwell' used to lie permanently moored for the season with heavy ground tackle forward and heavy cables and wire to the rocks astern of her. Even in Borge Bay which is perhaps as good as any in the group where none is perfect, the whalers were often subjected to considerable inconvenience. Pack-ice would occa- sionally drive in and block the entrance so that for many days the catchers could neither enter nor depart and work was completely at a standstill. At other times heavy swells would come in causing the factory to pitch so violently that flensing became impossible and whales waiting to be flensed were torn from their strong moorings and cast up on the beach, from
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