TABLE 85. 



REGISTER OF JOURNEY TO Dl'lvE OF YORK ISLAM). 

 NOVEMBER ?TH TO IGTH, 1911. 



Observer : R. E. PRIESTLEY. 

 (Barometer correction + 0-10 inches.) 



\<>ri'in/x'i- I/ ft, lit I I. 



('ATE ADARE TO CRESCENT BAY, ri c j DICDALK hi; TONGUE. 



4 p.m. The calm of the morning was first broken by jousts of wind from the S.I'], over \\;irninu 

 Glacier, but as we pulled across a steady southerly wind reached us from Sir George 



Newnes Glacier. This dropped at 1 p.m. and a^ain not up an hour later. This time the 

 draught reached us through the medium of the Sir .John Murray Glacier, and soon after- 

 wards the southerly wind ceased, giving place to a calm with occasional N.W. airs. 



B. 10 to B. 9 0. 1 all day. A little Scud on Warning Glacier, mist at the bark of and 

 over Sir George Ne\vues Glacier, and trails of cloud moving from the S. and S.W. from tin- 

 peaks of the Admiralty Range. In the last half hour a Stratus cloud has formed against 

 the N.W. end of Cape Adare. This has evidently been caused by the N.W. airs. 



8 p.m. Temperature + 15-0 F. Barometer 29-22". B. 9 C. 1. Scud. Calm. Clouds 

 moving quickly from the S.E. 



November 8th, 1911. 



CRESCENT BAY, DUKE OF YORK ISLAND. 



8a.m. Barometer 29-22". C. 10. Stratus and Scud. Nimbus. Moving slowly from the S.E. 

 The sun is just trying to struggle through. Calm, with occasional gusts of variable 

 direction at camp. 



1 p.m. Temperature -|- 32 F. N.W. gusts here. Southerly wind of medium strength 

 outside. Sound of gale and very thick to the E. Nimbus and Scud. Slight granular 

 snow this morning near the ridge at the back of the bay. 



p.m. Barometer 29-22". Temperature + 27-8 F. C. 10. Stratus. Nimbus, and Send. 

 Occasional N.W. gusts here, but mainly calm. 



Novctnber Wh, 1911. 



CRESCENT BAY, DUKK OF YORK ISLAND. 



8 a.m. Temperature -f 25-8 F. C. 3 H. 6 B.I. Haze and Stratum Sun shining fairly 

 brightly. Barometer 29 1 3". 





\Qth, 1911. 



CRESCENT BAY, DUKE OF YORK ISLAND. 



7 a.m. Temperature + 22-1 F. Barometer 29 !<>". Calm. C. 10. Nimbus. Send, and 

 Stratus. 



2 p.m. Calm. B. I. C. 9. Clear to the S. Clouds very dense and Imv Nimbus. Scud, 

 and Stratus. 



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