Antarctic
Described by one who saw her as being in near perfect shipshape, Antarctic was a US schooner, captained by Benjamin Morrell with a crew of men mostly from Manilla. Having been around the south coast of New Zealand during the summer of 1829/30, Captain Morrell's wife was the first European woman to have visited Auckland Islands.
Only three decades after the sealing trade had begun, Captain Morrell reported that there was not a fur seal to be seen on Auckland Islands, and that he had sighted just five living sea lions. His impressions of Port Ross were favourable though and he named it as a fair prospect for settlement when he returned to the US.
In early January, Antartic paid a visit to Port Pegasus on Stewart Island where a shipbuilding gang were working with a vessel on the stocks. A few days later when Morrell sailed his ship to Molyneaux he reported finding a native settlement he described as very primitive.
Only three decades after the sealing trade had begun, Captain Morrell reported that there was not a fur seal to be seen on Auckland Islands, and that he had sighted just five living sea lions. His impressions of Port Ross were favourable though and he named it as a fair prospect for settlement when he returned to the US.
In early January, Antartic paid a visit to Port Pegasus on Stewart Island where a shipbuilding gang were working with a vessel on the stocks. A few days later when Morrell sailed his ship to Molyneaux he reported finding a native settlement he described as very primitive.
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