Coats Land

Scotish National Antarctic Expedition discovers Coats Land on eastern side of the Weddell Sea and establishes first permanent weather station in Antarctic on South Orkney Islands which is given over to Argentina.

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During the second season, conditions were more favourable and the ship reached Coats Land in 74 degrees 1 'S. Iatitude.

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This photo shows Coats Land with its only rock outcrops, Littlewood (L) and Bertrab (B) nunataks -- icy explosed ridges.

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At 72°18'S 17°59'W, the Scotia was confronted by an ice barrier that they tracked south for 150 miles, sounding the depths of shallow sea, dredging rocks and observing petrels, all evidence that the ice wall fronted land, that they named Coats Land after the main financial backers of the expedition.

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At 72°18'S 17°59’W, the Scotia was confronted by an ice barrier that they tracked south for 150 miles, sounding the depths of shallow sea, dredging rocks and observing petrels, all evidence that the ice wall fronted land, that they named Coats Land after the main financial backers of the expedition.

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration 2009

At 72°18'S 17°59’W, the Scotia was confronted by an ice barrier that they tracked south for 150 miles, sounding the depths of shallow sea, dredging rocks and observing petrels, all evidence that the ice wall fronted land, that they named Coats Land after the main financial backers of the expedition.

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration 2009