September 16fh, 1911. 



EAST. CAPE ADARE. 



8 a.m. Blizzard from the S.E. accompanied with drift. Force 10 to 11. Barometer fell 

 quickly during last night and the wind increased. At 2.30 a.m. the wind had reached force 

 10 to 11 and clouds of drift were flying along, making it impossible to see 5 yards ahead. 

 At 5.30 the wind was strong, but not so much drift. Temperature rising. 



8 p.m. Wind easing a little. Barometer rising and temperature falling. Overcast. Between 

 3 and 4 the wind increased to force 12, carrying with it small pebbles. Mountains and 

 glaciers to the S. have been hidden all day. (Browning.) 



WEST. CAPE WOODBAR TO THREE ISLANDS POINT. 



11 a.m. Temperature 1-8 F. Gusts of N.W. wind blowing during the night, sometimes 

 carrying low drift but never very strong. Very thick all round here and drift moving 

 across the sea-ice to the E. of us. Sound of wind in the bay and the ice at the tide-crack 

 is working a good deal. 



5.30 p.m. Temperature -f- 3-8 F. Overcast and N.W. airs all day. Cape Adare showing 

 dimly from time to time, but always a cloud of drift between it and the back of Robertson 

 Bay and us. 



8 p.m. Calm. Beginning to clear to the W. Clouds breaking and stars showing in places. 



(R. E. P.) 



To-day has seen the maximum westward extension of the wind and has also seen its greatest 

 force. Again the disturbance in the E. has been accompanied by overcast weather in the W. 



September \ltli, 1911. 



EAST. CAPE ADARE. 



8 a.m. Overcast. Wind from the S.E. of force 4 to 7. 



8 p.m. Barometer rising and temperature falling slowly. Clear and bright. Wind from S.E. 

 and S.S.E. blowing force 4 to 7 until 3-30 p.m., when it died away. It has been overcast 

 all day. (Browning.) 



WEST. THREE ISLANDS POINT TO PENELOPE POINT. 

 7.30 a.m. Temperature 3-0 F. Calm and overcast. 



10.30 a.m. Calm to light southerly airs. Heavily overcast. Cape Adare and the back of 

 Robertson Bav dimly visible. Slight granular snow. 



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3.45 p.m. Overcast. Calm or light northerly airs. Scud moving slowly from the W. under 

 a Nimbus haze. Cleared a little in the afternoon to the S.E. and E., leaving rolls of 

 Strato-cumulus over the hills at the back of Robertson Bay. Temperature 4~ 5-0 J\ 

 It has been higher during the day, as the thermometer when taken out of the instrument 

 box showed a temperature of + 8-5 F. 



8 p.m. Small white clouds are forming a little to the S. of us and to the E. of the land, and 

 are moving to the N. and disappearing again. 



The sky has lightened a bit to the eastward. Still very thick to the N. and S. N.W. 

 airs. (R. E. P.) 



Another day of calm, overcast weather, as if the weather were having a respite before treating 

 us to another wind. The observations on either side of the bay again agree very well. 



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