AUGUST, 1911 continued. 



August 18th, 1911 continued. 



During the next lull which was of very short duration I saw what appeared to be a 

 solid wall of snow moving swiftly towards me from the S. and almost simultaneously I was 

 struck by the wind and by the snow it bore with it. Everything was enveloped in a whirl 

 of snow and it was impossible to see the one hut from where I was standing by the windward 

 stay of the other. This time the wind was from the S. and its force I should estimate at 

 from 6 to 8. At present, it is calm. (R. E. P.) 



2 p.m. Temperature high but steady. Barometer low but steady. A S.S.E. to S. wind 

 varying in force from 4 to 7, but carrying neither drift nor snow. Noise behind Cape Adare 

 less strong. Glaciers obscured, but the outlines of Geikie Land are dimly showing through 

 the mist. 



Thick rolls of Strato-cumulus to the N. are probably frost-smoke off the open water. 



(R. E. P.) 



8 p.m. The vagaries of the wind to-day have been really extraordinary. No two observations 



have been the same. Since my last note the 2-hourly readings have been : 4 p.m., W.S.W. ; 

 6 p.m., N.W. ; 8 p.m., N. Even these do not give a true idea of the changes for two in- 

 dependent observations are by Dickason at 7.15p.m., when an unusually heavy gust, 

 estimated by him as force 7, and carrying heavy drift and snow, blew from the S.E., and 

 by Campbell at 7 p.m., when a steady breeze of force 3 blew from the S.S.W. 



At the 6 p.m. observation the snow was falling in flakes, each composed of dozens of 

 tiny ice spicules. It was quite heavy. At 8 p.m. light spicular snow was falling. The 

 noise behind Cape Adare has ceased. 



The temperature is steady and high and the barometer steady with a tendency to 

 rise. (R. E. P.) 



9 p.m. Loud sound of wind behind Cape Adare. A S.E. breeze of force 3 to 4. Loud noise 



of ice pressure to the West. (R. E. P.) 



10p.m. Wind S.E. increased to force 10. Heavy drift, (F. V. B.) 



August 20th , 1911. 



8 a.m. Temperature has risen several degrees ( 1 F.). Barometer steady. 



S. wind of force 3 to 4. Blowing steadily all night. Very thick to the S. Mountains 

 obscured. Overcast. (R. E. P.) 



2 p.m. Temperature falling. Wind dropped. Barometer steady. Overcast. Still thick 

 to S. (R. E. P.) 



8 p.m. The wind has again sprung up and blows steadily of force 5 to 6. Its chief direction is 

 from the S., but at present it is slightly W. of S. No drift or snow accompanies it but the 

 glaciers and the mountains to the W. are obscured. The sky is still overcast with Nimbus 

 haze through which, however, the auroral glow shows in the N., and at sunset the disc 

 of the sun could be seen. Temperature has just passed above zero. Barometer steady. 



(R. E. P.) 



August 21st, 1911. 



8 a.m. Clear. Light southerly breeze. The breeze of medium strength similar to that recorded 

 yesterday has only just sunk to a light zephyr. 



The temperature remains high, in the immediate neighbourhood of zero. 

 Barometer steady. Glaciers clear. (R, E.P.) 



2 p.m. Clear. Temperature oscillating. Barometer steady. Slight S.S.E. breeze at the 

 camp. On Cape Adare a breeze of force 4 to 6 blows from the S.E., S.W. or S., varying 

 with the contour of the ground. Its true direction was probably S. Glaciers clear. 



(R, E. P.) 



8 p.m. Clear. Calm. Barometer steady. Temperature still near zero, and oscillating. 

 Glaciers hazy. (R. E. P.) 



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