INDEX. 



A 



Air movement in layers, 125, 127. 

 Amplitude, daily : definition of, 53. 

 Amundsen, Captain R. : visit to the South Polar Plateau, 1, 141 ; observations taken on the 



journey to the South Pole, 10, 38, 39, 111-115, 215, 231 ; observations to determine the height 



of the South Pole, 292-291. 

 Anemometers : in u.se at Cape Evans, 94. 

 Anticyclone, Antarctic : cloud, 151 ; Gauss Station, 246 ; Hobbs' theory, 248 ; Meiuardus's 



theory, 252 ; theoretical discussion, 2-57-268 ; wind frequency, 104. 

 Atkinson, E. L. : observations taken by, 9, 29, 30. 

 Atmospheric electricity : chapter X, .302 ; instruments and methods, 302. 



B 



Bage, R. : visit to the south magnetic pole, 141. 



Balloons : description of, 270. 



Balloon instruments : methods of retrieving, 271. 



Balloon observations : summer ascents, 277 ; winter ascents, 273. 



Barkow, E. : temperature gradient over the Weddel Sea, 300. 



Barometers, 163. 



Barrier: extent of, 4; geographica 1 features of, 4; surface of, 4. 



Baschin, 0. : pressure over the Southern Ocean, 299. 



Bates, Rbv. D. C, vii. 



Batt, R. M., viii. 



Beaufort scale of wind velocity, 130. 



Bernacchi, L. C. : observations of potential gradient, 316. 



BLtzzARD(s) : cloud and drift during, 148 ; cold during summer, 47, 50, 52 ; erroneous explanation 

 of temperature during, 51 ; fohn, 51, 251 ; general description of, 12 ; Hobbs' theory of, 

 250 ; motion of upper atmosphere during, 136 ; origin of precipitation during, 266 ; pressure 

 waves and, 217, 226, 234, 235 ; sudden comniencement of, 128, 238 ; temperature at Cape 

 Evans and Framheim during, 52 ; wind and temperature during, 48 ; wind direction during, 

 108 ; winds on plateau during, 144. 



BoDMAN, G. : Antarctic winds, 98. 



BoRCHGREViNK, C. E. : observations at Cape Adare, 80. 



Bowers, H. R. : v ; journey to Cape Crozier, 8 ; journal kept on Polar journey b}^, 9 ; obser 

 vations taken by, 19, 20, 24. 



c 



Calms : annual variation of, 99 ; daily variation of, 103 ; temperature during, 46 ; weather asso- 

 ciated with, 11. 

 Cape Adare : description of the station at, 7 ; history of the station at, 10. 

 Cape Crozier : winter journey to, 21. 



Cape Evans : description of the station at, 5 ; history of the station at, 8. 

 Cherry-Garrard, A. : journey to Cape Crozier, 8 ; observations made by, 3, 9, 21, 29, .30. 



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