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THE second part of the joint publication of the Berlin Institutes for Oceanography and Geography contains the official report of the work of the German Antarctic expedition on board the Gauss on its outward voyage from Cape Town to Kerguelen. The stay in Cape Town was prolonged in order to caulk the ship, which was leaking considerably though not to a dangerous degree, and to make certain changes in the gear and fittings which experience showed to be desirable. Six members of the crew were landed at their own request or as undesirables, and substitutes for them had to be found, and at the last moment two Norwegian volunteers were also taken on board. Prof. Drygalski acknowledges very warmly the hearty reception given him by the authorities at the Cape, which culminated in a military band playing German airs at the pierhead as the Gauss took her departure on November 27,1901.
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The Cruise of the “Gauss” from Cape Town to Kerguelen . Nature 67, 33–34 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067033a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/067033a0