MARCH, 1 91 1 continued. 



March 21st, 1911 continued. 



8.15 a.m. Snow-cloud breaking up into billow-shaped detached masses. 



10 a.m. Sun dispered snow-clouds about 8.30, and only a few detached scud clouds were left 

 but now Cumulus-formed clouds are again gathering in the N. 



8 p.m. Very clear day. Wind changed gradually, swinging West wards, as yet it has reached 

 S.20W., but Sir George Newnes Glacier has commenced to cloud over and we may have a 

 S.E. wind. 



Brilliant prismatic colours on the northern horizon soon after sunset, red near the 

 horizon and yellow-green and blue following, with a suggestion of purple above the blue. 

 These colours have swung until they are now N.W. of us and the sky near Cape Adare is 

 pearl-grey to grey-blue. 



10 p.m. The light glow is again to be seen to the westward, and I am more inclined now to 

 consider it an afterglow from the sunset as the prismatic colours moved in that direction 

 and finally faded into this glow. 



March 22nd, 1911. 



8 a.m. Light northerly airs blowing. Sky covered at 6 o'clock with a uniform covering of 

 clouds which has now broken up into detached Cirro-cumuliform clouds moving from the N. 



12 noon. A broad band of dark cloud N. to S., shading off at either edge into Cirro-cumulus 

 and Cirro-stratus. Alto-stratus to N.N.W. Calm. Temperature risen to 23 -l c F. 

 Barometer falling. 



8 p.m. At 3 p.m. an E.S.E. breeze set in and since then it has been blowing up to force 7 with 

 lulls of force 2 to 4. As before, this wind was heralded both by rise of temperature and 

 by fall of the barometer. 



Anemometer readings at 4 p.m. were as follows, for one minutes-interval : 5655,08 

 to 5656,33 (I have missed out the middle one of 5655,72). 



At 6 p.m. the readings were as follows : 5728,88 to 5729,49 to 5730,10. 



There was a most brilliant red sunset this evening. The light was curiously dispersed 

 as blood-red rays with shadow-darkened spaces between. There were at 6.45, 7 of these 

 rays forming a fan and throwing the blood-red light across the Strato-cumulus clouds to 

 an altitude of from 15 to 20 above the horizon. At intervals along the horizon from W. 

 to N.W. there were several more blood-red spots which seemed to be the points of inter- 

 section of more rays with the horizon. 



The sky is now densely covered with Stratus and Strato-cumulus clouds which spread 

 outwards from a nucleus provided by the bar of clouds observed at the noon observation. 



N.B. At 4.30, some time after the wind had started, I noticed four dense whale- 

 backed Cumulus clouds immediately in front of the four prominent glaciers to the S. and 

 S.E. of us. 



March 23/y/, 1911. 



8 a.m. Anemometer readings : 6130,19 to 6130,69, to 6131,41 to 6131,89. 



Wind gusty, force 4 to 7. Thermometer still high, +23 F. Barometer rising again. 



10 a.m. Anemometer readings: 6184,00 to 6184,23, to 6184,55 to 6184,86. 

 Wind falling. Barometer rising and thermometer steady. 



Roll of heavy condensation cloud above Robertson Bay off the land to the W. at 

 about 2,000 feet," 



10 p.m. Wind gradually decreased to about 5 miles per hour. 



March 24th. 1911. 



8 p.m. Calm all day. Sky cleared this morning under the influence of the sun, but Strato- 

 cumulus again covered it during the afternoon, and it is now totally obscured. 



Temperature and barometer steady. Clouds were moving from the N. this morning 

 but we have not been able to make movement out since 2 o'clock. 



