ðə fˈɜːst ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd sˈaɪɾɪŋ wʌz baɪ kˈæptɪn wˈɪljəm hˈɪtʃənz, ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ɪnðə dᵻsˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən ᵻdˈɪʃən ʌvðə dʒˈɜːnəl dɪskˈʌvɚɹi:
The first recorded sighting was by Captain William Hichens, reported in the December 1937 edition of the journal Discovery: