VOYAGE
OF
H. M. S. EREBUS AND TERROR
TO THE
ANTARCTIC OCEAN,
1839–43.
CHAPTER I.
The success which had attended our first season's 1841operations in the antarctic seas could not fail to raise our hopes and expectations of more extended discoveries on a second visit to those regions; but, as several months must elapse before the proper period for renewing our labours should arrive, we had abundance of time to repair any damages our ships had sustained, and to make all due preparation for the service we had yet to perform.