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Excerpt from The Geographical Journal, Vol. 20: Including the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society; July to December, 1902 The Antarctic Expedition was fully and completely equipped for the important service on which it is employed, and nothing that could be thought of was omitted in the outfit, whether as regards scientific instruments and appliances, or the comfort and health of the explorers. The Discovery finally sailed from Port Chalmers, in New Zealand, on December 24, 1901, and is now wintering somewhere within the antarctic circle. We cannot hope to receive any news of our friends until the spring of 1903, but we can make some attempt at a forecast of their proceedings. I drew up the draft of the Instructions for the Expedition in 1897, and made a few additions to the draft in January, 1901. These Instructions were revised by a select committee in April, 1901, but no material alterations were made. They were signed by the Presidents of the two societies, and I gave them to Captain Scott on August 3, 1901. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.