DECEMBER, 1 911 continued. 



!///. 1911. 



s ;i.in. Must have been 2 inches of snow last night, but some of that has melted during the 

 night. Overcast with Nimbus fog through which the sun is shining dimly. Calm. 

 Barometer risen to 30 inches. Temperature steady at 30-8 F. (R. E. P.) 



10 a.m. Yesterday's sunshine record was blown away by the wind. There was only a quarter 

 of an hour mark on it, 9.45 till 10 a.m. this morning. (R. E. P.) 



2 p.m. At 12 noon a series of clouds at the junction of two air currents could be distinctly 

 seen moving in two opposite directions, the upper from the N.W. and the lower from the 

 S.E. The clouds were an indefinite sort of flying Scud of snow. (R. E. P.) 



5 p.m. Abbott returned from the top of the Cape. Reports clouds of snow moving from the 

 S.E. and a S.E. breeze of force 6. (R. E. P.) 



8 p.m. Calm. Clearing. Stratus low down on Cape Aclare and Scud moving from the S.E. 



running off the Cape. A bar of Stratus over the bay to the W. Whale-backed Scud 

 moving over the S. end of Cape Adare this afternoon. Barometer and temperature steady 

 and high. (R. E. P.) ' 



9 p.m. A low Stratus cloud is forming at about 500 feet on Cape Adare and spreading from the 



glaciers towards the N. end. (F. V. B.) 



December 10th, 1911. 



8 a.m. Calm. Dense fog hiding Cape Adare and all horizon. Barometer falling. Temperature 

 falling a little. (R. E. P.) 



G p.m. I have set Borchgrevink's old snow gauge to measure two or three falls of snow. It is 

 a copper cylindrical vessel of diameter 4^ inches. (R. E. P.) 



8 p.m. Calm or Westerly airs. Snow fog hiding Cape Adare all day, growing thicker now, 

 and slight spicular snow falling like a frozen Scotch mist. Temperature and barometer 

 falling slowly. (R. E. P.) 



December llth, 1911. 



8 a.m. Clear but for a thin roll of Stratus in the Bay. This is the remains of the fog of yesterday, 

 which was rolled away early this morning by a S.E. breeze. Southerly airs. Temperature 

 risen through sun. Barometer falling. (R. E. P.) 



4 p.m. Clear and calm or southerly airs until 2 p.m. Since then the temperature began to 

 fall. A N.W. breeze started to blow, and a dense fog formed, first along the N. end of 

 Cape Adare and to the W. of us over the sea ice, and then to the N., spreading and closing 

 in until all around us and nearly reaching to the zenith where, however, the sun still shone 

 through a thin haze. All open water in sight. (R. E. P.) 



8 p.m. N.W. airs. Clear. Fog rolled away about 7 p.m. Temperature falling again. 

 Barometer steady. (R. E. P.) 



9.30 p.m. Sun-dog in S.W. (F. V. B.) 



December 12th, 1911. 



8 a.m. Clear. Calm. Upper clouds only, arranged as a Cirro-stratus and Alto-stratus radiant 

 with radiant point W. Temperature risen. Barometer steady. Glaciers clear. 



(R. E. P.) 



2 p.m. Has become overcast except for a small strip N.W. to N.E. Calm. Temperature 

 high. Thickening to the S. Mist in Sir George Newnes Glacier valley. Barometer 

 steady. (R. E. P.) 



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