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TO
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.
