NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



ascents. Abundant water for the hydrogen gas- 

 ometer was obtained from the brooks which every- 

 where coursed over the glacier surface. 



The results of these ascents were much the same 

 as those obtained from the ice margin at Camp 

 Cooley. They demonstrated clearly the character- 

 istic structure of the glacial anticyclone — the down- 

 slope out-blowing winds near the surface and the 

 inward-blowing winds at a higher level. 



From our advanced position upon the glacier it 

 was now a long way back to Camp Cooley and we 

 reached there late at night very hungry and nearly 

 done up. Church has been suffering from loss of 

 sleep, for without any assistance he has maintained 

 a regular three-hourly series of meteorological ob- 

 servations throughout day and night, and in addi- 

 tion to this he has taken part in all our treks over 

 the ice. 



On the night of August 8th I awoke to find a 

 few drops of rain falling on my face. This was 

 interesting as the first rain we had experienced in 

 the thirteen days since leaving our base on the 

 Maligiakf jord. The days had been warm and dry 

 and the skies clear, so that the climate so far as 

 we had experienced it would be described as semi- 

 arid. That the prevailing winds in this district 

 blow off the ice is confirmed by the habit of the low 



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