Dr.Bruce encountered an ice-barrier in lat.

72ｰ 18ｴ S., long.
10ｰ W., stretching from north-east to south-west.

He followed the barrier-edge to the south-west for 150 miles and reached lat.

74ｰ 1ｴ S., long.

22ｰ W.He saw no naked rock, but his description of rising slopes of snow and ice, with shoaling water off the barrier-wall, indicated clearly the presence of land.