APRIL, 1011 continued. 

 il Wlli, 1911- continued. 



12 noon. Very little change. A few granules of snow falling. Clouds a trifle heavier and 

 without definition. Snow haze over Cape Adare. 

 Barometer and temperature steady. 



2 p.m. Snow slightly thicker. This morning the grains were of the size of a pin's head : this 

 afternoon they are inch in diameter. 



4 p.m. Snow increased slightly this afternoon about 3 o'clock. 



Everything blotted out by the snow-cloud except Cape Adare. Calm or Westerly 

 airs. Barometer falling. Temperature steady. 



8 p.m. No change in the situation. Barometer still falling slightly. Temperature steady. 



April 1 8th, 1911. 



6 a.m. Barometer fallen four-tenths during the night. Temperature rising. 



Wind is force 1 from S. 40 W. Sky still obscured with dense snow-cloud. Clearing 

 to W. and S. Very few crystals of snow falling. 



8 a.m. No change. Wind swung a little more to the S. 



10 a.m. Barometer steady. Temperature falling. Clouds much the same. Wind back again 

 to S. 40 W. 



2 p.m. A few crystals of snow falling. Six-rayed stars simple and compound, about ^ inch 

 in diameter. Clearing from the S., showing light Stratus above the snow-scud. Calm. 

 Barometer and thermometer steady. 



4 p.m. Cirro-stratus radiant, radiant point N.W. Scud over Cape Adare moving rapidly 

 from the S. Heavy Strato-cumulus on the N. and W. horizons. 



6 p.m. Southerly wind struck us about 4.30, and was heralded by drift from the glaciers and 

 off Cape Adare. Cirro-stratus radiant, radiant point N.W. Stratus on the northern 

 horizon. Scud and snow-cloud over (Jeikie Land and Cape Adare. Barometer falling and 

 temperature rising. 



8 p.m. Situation unchanged. Sky not made out. 



April IQth. 1911. 



6 a.m. Wind dropped a good deal. No drift. Sky clouded over again. Anemometer came 

 unscrewed during the night. Barometer steady. 

 Temperature falling. 



8 a.m. No change. 



10 a.m. Clearing a little to the W. Dense black snow-cloud and drift to the S. Temperature 

 steady. Barometer rising. Wind S., force 3 to 4. 



12 noon. Heavy snow-cloud with falling snow to the S. and W r . A few grains falling here. 

 Wind continues from the S. Temperature steady. Barometer rising. 



2 p.m. Clearing from the S. Temperature falling slowly. 



8 p.m. Minus temperatures. Barometer steady. Wind swung to the S.E. and rising, Very 

 little drift. 



April 20th, 1911. 



8 a.m. Anemometer broken. Minimum dumbbell shaken down to minus 26 F. 



Scud forming on Geikie Land, driven N. and disappearing. Strato-cumulus on the 

 northern horizon. Wind S., force 2 to 3. 



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