THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



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Number of Hours the Wind blew from the Eight Principal Directions, 

 April 1903 to March 1904. 



It will be observed that the jjercentage wind frequency from the various directions 

 for the seasons does not at any time differ materially from the mean of the year, winds 

 from north and north-west accounting for nearly half of the whole number, while 

 the minimum is recorded with winds from the east, which form only two per cent, 

 of the total. 



Velocity of the Wind. 



The strength of the wind was estimated on a scale of 0-12, which differed some- 

 what from that in general use, being that employed at the Ben Nevis Observatory. The 

 velocity of the wind was recorded by an anemometer of the usual Robinson pattern, 

 which was placed, in winter, about five feet above the level of the poop. After 1st 

 November the instrument was transferred from the ship to the shore, where it occupied 



