An item reported the loss of the American whaling schooner Pacific of New London, USA on 1 February on Hurd’s Island [Heard Island and McDonalds Islands, Australian Antarctic territory]. Her crew was saved. The catch was salvaged on the beach. Measurement 161 tons. Captain Turner. Agents Lawrewnce&Co. Left on 17 June 1862 from Desolation (South Shetlands Islands?).