The 1839-43 Antarctic expedition was primarily a scientific voyage.
James Clark Ross, a member of the expedition that had located the
Magnetic North Pole in 1831, was the natural choice to lead this
mission to find the Magnetic South Pole. Although he was
unsuccessful in this aim, he charted the coastline of most of the
continent, collected valuable scientific data and made several
important discoveries. Published in 1840, these papers were
prepared by the Royal Society for the expedition and give detailed
instructions on how to make the important magnetic and
meteorological observations. There are further instructions, such
as how to preserve animal specimens, and surprisingly a request to
investigate the reasons for the poor cultivation of vines at the
Cape of Good Hope as 'the bad quality of Cape wine ... is well
known'. These papers reveal the expectations and demands placed
upon this expedition.
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