Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross Sabine informs Ross, they expect him to winter in the ice or cross the south pole. Sabine moves on to ‘a little private chat’. Refers to Ross being ‘in high favour with all classes in England’ and discusses [Francis] Beaufort’s insistence Ross be made K.C.B. Refers to the arctic circle. Sabine is ‘writing at the office of the superintendent of the publication of the ordnance magnetic observations’. Refers to the Antarctic expedition. 27 December 1841