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THE Antarctic relief ship Terra Nova arrived at Plymouth on Sunday night last, and afterwards left for Sheerness. It will be remembered that the Terra Nova, in company with the Morning, was engaged in the expedition for the relief of the Discovery, which was ice-bound in the Antarctic Sea. The two relief ships left Hobart together, and first encountered pack ice on January 4. They saw the mastheads of the Discovery on January 8, and the crews of the three ships were engaged from that time until February 14 in blasting a passage through the 12 miles of ice which lay between the Discovery and open water. When they got within two miles of the Discovery the ice began to break up freely, and the task was quickly completed. The Discovery, having been supplied with coal by the Terra Nova, began her homeward journey, the two vessels during the early stages travelling in company. Subsequently the vessels parted owing to bad weather, but met again at the Auckland Isles. Thence they proceeded to Lyttelton and home.