. Scottish geographical magazine. v; I) S rn>..Jl i Elephant! ? * ?? leant9* B ij Sir.£,e 1 Loh iV : Mtdlrx. ^ juis Philippe \£ ms JS Ttr. Sketch-map showing results of Swedish Antarctic Expedition. between the ice-floes. The party did, however, succeed in makingvarious discoveries, which will involve considerable changes in the mapof these regions. Thus they found that Admiralty Inlet (see Maps) isreally a strait, which divides Seymour Island and the island on whichthe winter station was situated from the mainland. Further, CapeLockyer, marked on the old maps as a cape on the unknown mainl
. Scottish geographical magazine. v; I) S rn>..Jl i Elephant! ? * ?? leant9* B ij Sir.£,e 1 Loh iV : Mtdlrx. ^ juis Philippe \£ ms JS Ttr. Sketch-map showing results of Swedish Antarctic Expedition. between the ice-floes. The party did, however, succeed in makingvarious discoveries, which will involve considerable changes in the mapof these regions. Thus they found that Admiralty Inlet (see Maps) isreally a strait, which divides Seymour Island and the island on whichthe winter station was situated from the mainland. Further, CapeLockyer, marked on the old maps as a cape on the unknown mainlandbetween Louis Philippe Land and King Oscar Land, proves also to be onan island. The weather was extremely stormy, and the trip was finallyinterrupted by a gale in which the wind at one time reached a velocityof more than 60 miles an hour, the temperature dropping to —16° C.(3° F.). On account of the weather, and especially of the prevalence of 148 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. violent gales which continually broke up the ice, it was necessary to startthe winter routine very early in the season. April was the best monthof the w
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