(Nineteen-night voyage in reverse direction on Feb. 22 also calls at South Georgia, South Orkney and Coronation Islands.)

By 27 January they had reached 64 58' S, where the decision was made to sail north to look for islands between the South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands.

Argentina argues that whomever holds the Falklands and the dependencies of South Georgia and South Orkney can stake out the slice of Antarctica lying directly to the south.

In the southern summer of 1912-13 the first successful attempt was made by a Norwegian factory ship at catching and flensing whales in the pack ice off South Orkney.

Tidal waves also raked the islands of South Georgia, South Shetland, South Orkney, and the Falkland island groups.

It was within these limits that Weddel proceeded south on a meridian to the east of Georgia, Sandwich Land, and the South Orkney and Shetland islands.

On the 15th of March we were in the latitude of New Shetland and South Orkney.

Vagrants have been observed in South Georgia, South Orkney and the South Shetland Islands.

B. gaini can be quite abundant, dominating the crustacean biomass in freshwater bodies in the South Orkney and South Shetland islands.

A submarine mountain arc links South Georgia, the South Sandwich, South Orkney and South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula.