MAY, 1911 continued. 

 M<iy2G/Ji. 1911. 



8 a.m. Calm and clear. Barometer and temperature steady. No clouds. 



4 p.m. The wind blew qmte sharply from the W.N.W. for a few minutes before 4 p.m., but 

 at the observations it was again calm. 



8 p.m. Calm and bright. No clouds. Temperature and barometer steady. 



May 21th, 1911. 



2 a.m. Quite clear. Temperature and barometer steady. Calm. 



4 a.m. Calm. Barometer steady and temperature rising. Spicular ice crystals falling out 

 of a haze which does not hide the stars or aurora. 

 Glazed frost on the instruments. 



10 a.m. Whirlwind of drift or sea-smoke over the ice to the N., moving very fast from the S. 

 Prismatic sky to the S., grey and red. Scud moving very rapidly over Cape Adare. 



8 p.m. Fine and calm or Westerly airs all day. Barometer rising. Temperature steady. 



Ma?/ 28th, 1911. 



8 a.m. Fine calm weather continues. Temperature steady. 

 Barometer steady and high. 



10 a.m. Calm. Barometer rising and temperature steady. Glaciers obscured by snow-cloud 

 and similar clouds forming on the N.E. side of Cape Adare. They are moving with moderate 

 speed from the S.E. 



8 p.m. No change in the weather. Temperature steady and barometer falling. 



This morning Abbott and I walked beyond the shelter of Cape Adare and all the time 

 we were N. of the Cape we were harassed by a very bitter S.W. wind of force 4 to 5. This 

 wind was not recorded from camp, and we lost it ourselves directly we regained the shelter 

 of the peninsula. 



May 29/7*, 1911. 



4 a.m. Calm or slight N.W. winds. Clear. Barometer and temperature falling. 



I smashed the Maximum Thermometer yesterday and shall have to replace it by our 

 spare one. The new number is M.O. 3440. 



10 a.m. Stratus-clouds across Geikie Land. Stratus with a fringe of scud is spreading fan- wise 

 from a focus to the N. of Cape Adare over the sky to the E., S. and W. The thermograph 

 clock stopped last Thursday and ruined the week's record. I have managed to start it, 

 but it it refuses to work I must try the spare clock. Calm or N.W. airs. Barometer 

 falling and temperature low. 



8 p.m. The sky cleared again from the zenith this evening. Calm all day or slight airs from the 

 W.N.W. Barometer still falling slightly. Thermometer steady till (> p.m. and then rose 6. 



May mil, 1911. 



2 a.m. Calm and clear. Barometer and temperature steady. No clouds. 



10 a.m. Calm and clear. Barometer rising and temperature steady. No clouds. 



A curious dark bar of shadow stretches from the horizon at about N.N.W. at an acute 

 angle right across to above the Western Mountains. It seems unlikely that this is a cloud 

 shadow, as I have observed it several times in nearly the same place. Perhaps there is 

 some island or berg that just catches the rays of the sun. 



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