jan 9, 1902 - Discovery Reaches Antarctica

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The expedition arrives at Cape Adare. After a brief landing and examination of the remains of a previous expedition's camp, the ship continued southwards along the Victoria Land coast. At McMurdo Sound Discovery turned eastward, touching land again at Cape Crozier where a pre-arranged message point was set up so that relief ships would be able to locate the expedition.

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