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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF MINTO, G.C.B..

LORD PRIVY SEAL,

LATE FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE ADMIRALTY,

UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES

THE EXPEDITION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS

WAS SENT FORTH,

THIS NARRATIVE OF ITS PROCEEDINGS

IS,

WITH GRATITUDE AND RESPECT,

BY PERMISSION,

Dedicated,

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

JAMES CLARK ROSS.

Aston House, Aylesbury,

1st June, 1847.