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THE first news of the British Antarctic Expedition since the departure of the Discovery from New Zealand in December, 1901, has been brought by the relief vessel Morning, commanded by Captain Colbeck, which arrived at Lyttelton on March 25. Captain Colbeck found the Discovery in MacMurdo Bay (Victoria Land) on January 23, 1902; all was well on board and only one serious casualty had occurred—the loss of a seaman named Vince, who fell down an ice-slope into the sea and was drowned. Commander Scott's official report of the voyage of the Discovery up to the time of meeting with the Morning has been telegraphed home by Reuter, and is as follows:—
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The British Antarctic Expedition . Nature 67, 516–517 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067516a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/067516a0