SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



ARCTIC SEAS 



BY 



ELISHA KENT KANE, M.D., U.S.N. 



MADE DURING THE SECOND ORINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 



IN 1853, 1854, AND 1855, AT VAN RENSSELAER HARBOR, AND OTHER 



POINTS ON THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND. 



REDUCED AND DISCUSSED, 

 BY 



CHARLES A. SCHOTT, 



ASSISTANT V. S. COAST SlIKVEV. 



[ACCEPTED F K P U B L I C A T I K , MAY, 1 S 5 S . ] 



