146 WIND. 



Thiis of all the high \vinds 69 per cent, were from the three directions S.S.E., S. and 

 S.S.W., while during the period November 27th to February 4th all the high winds except one 

 were from these three directions. There can be little doubt therefore that the direction of 

 the blizzards on the plateau corresponds with that of the prevailing winds, and that only 

 rarely are high winds experienced from directions removed by more than one point from south, 

 south being defuied as parallel to the 160° E. meridian. It may be remarked that as far 

 as can be gathered from Shackleton's popular account of his journey on the Polar Plateau 

 he experienced exactly the same conditions. 



