JULY, 191 1 continued. 

 July llth, 1911 continued. 



10 p.m. Calm. Clear. Barometer steady to falling. Temperature falling a little. Brilliant 

 moon, with close prismatic halo. 



July \2lli. 1911. 



4 a.m. Calm. Clear. No clouds. Temperature steady. Barometer steady. 

 10 a.m. S.W. airs to calm. Clear. Temperature and barometer steady. 



2.30 p.m. Moon appeared as the centre of a cross. Horizontal bar plainer than the vertical 

 one. No sign of halo or mock moon. 



7 p.m. A very fine radiant of Stratus-clouds from the N.E., several well-marked rays. Between 

 two of these rays there was a remarkable transverse ribbing at right angles to the mean 

 direction of the rays. A fine halo round the moon since 3 p.m. A broad white or grey 

 ring at 22 distance. 



10 p.m. Calm or Westerly airs. No clouds but a fairly thick haze. A faint halo of 22 round 

 the moon. Barometer low and steady. Temperature steady. A slight frost has been 

 precipitating all day. 



July 13th, 1911. 



4 a.m. Calm or Southerly airs. Overcast with indefinite snow-cloud through which the 

 moon shows as a round disc. Temperature rising slowly. Barometer steady. 



10 a.m. Southerly airs. Cloud and hazy. Slight spicular snow falling. 

 Barometer rising. Thermometer steady. 



10 p.m. Remained overcast until 6 p.m., after which it began to clear from the zenith. Still 

 thick to the S. Slight spicular snow. -J- inch to-day. Southerly airs. Cloudy. 

 Prismatic halo round the moon most of the evening. Moon, white, yellow, orange, purple, 

 green, brown. Barometer steady to falling, has not risen during the day above 28-909. 

 Temperature steady. 



July \th, 1911. 



4 a.m. Slight southerly or S.W. airs. Clear. A little scud on Cape Adare and Strato-cumulus 

 along the Northern horizon. Prismatic halo close round the moon shows plainly against 

 an indigo sky. Temperature falling. Barometer falling gently. 



10 a.m. Slight E.S.E. wind with intermittent and low drift. Cloudy to clear. Temperature 

 risen. Barometer steady. 



4 p.m. At different times drift has been seen flying first along the sea ice to the North of Cape 

 Adare, then down Cape Adare itself. Now there is a bank of cloud formed on Cape Adare 

 at its E.S.E. end and a slight noise of wind from behind the Cape. Both the moon and 

 Venus had a vertical bar of light running through them. 



10 p.m. I have been out from 8 to 10 p.m. watching an aurora and incidently keeping an eye 

 on the weather. The cloud cap on Cape Adare increased steadily until 9 o'clock, giving 

 off scud which travelled slowly towards the N. end of the Cape, where it gradually 

 dissipated in the unsaturated atmosphere. From 9 p.m. to 9.45 p.m. the snow-cloud 

 gradually decreased in size until it quite disappeared. The glaciers have remained clear 

 all the time, and the sound of wind from behind Cape Adare has ceased. 



Browning reports an open crack all along the N. icefoot, and from 2 to 4 feet wide. 

 I cannot account for this by any recent changes of temperature, and, indeed, our 

 experience all goes to prove that such changes tend to produce radiating cracks from 

 fixed points, such as icebergs, rather than linear cracks along the shore. 



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