Adding to Meghan Tarpeys timely post (thank you Meghan : ) 100 years ago today, 12th Jan 1915 +++ Further south than Bruces SCOTIA expedition +++ QUOTE from SOUTH The view was obscured, but we proceeded to the south-east and had gained 24 miles by noon. Clark got a good haul of biological specimens in the dredge. The Endurance was now close to what appeared to be the barrier, with a heavy pack-ice foot containing numerous bergs frozen in and possibly aground. The solid ice turned away towards the north-west, and we followed the edge for 48 miles to clear it. Now we were beyond the point reached by the Scotia, and the land underlying the ice-sheet we were skirting was new. The northerly trend was unexpected, and I began to suspect that we were really rounding a huge ice-tongue attached to the true barrier-edge and extending northward. Events confirmed this suspicion. We skirted the pack all night, steering north-west; then went west by north till 4 a.m. and round to south-west. UNQUOTE
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:17:46 +0000