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snow. 19th: snow commencing to disappcar in the lowlands. 21st: 

 rain. 22nd: the snow has disappeared in the lowhinds, and practically 

 on the mountains. 26th: snowless nearly everywhere. 27th Dec. to 9th 

 January: essentially unchanged; no precipitation of any consequence; 

 apparently very little evaporation, because the few patches of snow in 

 sheltered piaces on the mountain-slopes and on the summit-plateaux do 

 not seem to decrease in size to any considerable extent. lOth: snow- 

 storm. Uth: snow everywhere, cahn. frosty. 12th: snow-stomi. 14th: 

 rain. 15th: snow has ahiiost disappeared. 25th: snow-storm, snow 

 everywhere. 30th : thaw. 31st: snow has disappeared ahnost every- 

 where. February 4th: snow everywhere. 4th— 13th: frequent falls 

 of snow. 13th: the snow lies in great drifts, especially on the gentle 

 northern and western slopes; on the other hånd, on the summit-plate- 

 aux and in the lowlands, the snow-covering varies from a few ctm. to 

 30— 60 ctm. 14th: thaw has commenced. 15th: the snow has already 

 partially disappeared in the lowlands. 16th: the snow has disappeared 

 alniost everywhere; rain. March lOth: fall of snow, the mountains 

 covered with a thin coat of snow; thaw in the lowlands. 19th and 

 20th: once more a little snow. 21st: snow-storm during the night, a 

 thin coat of snow everywhere. 23th: the snow lies, as usual, mostly 

 on the northern and western sides; snow also in the lowlands. 27th: 

 much has evaporated and nielted; the patches of snow become fewer 

 and more scattered, as one approaches the sea. We w'ere told, there 

 is still much snow on the northern istands, extending down to the sca. 

 29th: fall of snow. 31st: thaw, storm from the east. April Ist: almost 

 free from snow. 3rd: fall of snow. 4th: thin coat of snow on the moun- 

 tains. 6th : coating of snow on the summit-plateaux, scattered patches 

 on the mountain-sides. 6th— 9th: thaw. lOth— 12th: rain. 12th: only a 

 few patches of snow remain on the summit-plateaux. May 2nd: the 

 patches have nearl}^ disappeared. 3rd— 4th: slight fall of snow. 4th: 

 thin cover of snow on the mountains. According to report, much snow 

 on the northern islands all the wa\' down to the sea. lOth: much snow 

 on the mountains of the northern islands personally observed); south- 

 wards completely free from snow. 



The following remarks by Dr. Poulsen may be added to these 

 notes: 



»The parts of the islands which I have been able to observe to 

 some extent, include the southern parts of Stromo and Ostero, as well 

 as Sando and Nolso. These are all comparatively low, and they are^ 

 presumably mainly on this account, snow-covered to a much less extent 

 than the great northern part. 



Nevertheless there is a marked difference between Nolso, for 

 example, and the immediate neighbourhood of Thorshavn on the one 

 hånd, and, on the other, the district about 25 km. further north on 

 Ostero. Nolso frequently becomes snowless in a few hours, presumably 

 because it is small, low and dome-shaped, sloping on almost every side 

 steeply towards the sea. Snow is never present on it in large quantity, 

 nor does it form drifts. 



When the expression »snow-covered« is used in these notes it is 

 only an approximation, because extensive bare piaces may always be 



