IN THE ARCTIC SEAS. 



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3Iar,haU Bay. Scptciiil.cr 3, 1853. According: to p. 390, vol. II. of tlic Narrative, this station is 

 from bearings 1° 59' cast of the winter quarters, and hence in longitude 08° 54'. Rate of diro- 

 nometer about 2^5 gaining daily ; error, September 12, on Fern Rock mean time — 4'' 43'" 2G«. 

 Theodolite observations. Circum-meridian altitudes of the sun, for latitude. 







O 



4h 13m 27' 



4 20 25 



4 27 22 



Reading. 



Circle west 



o 



Circle east. 



o 



Circle west. 



o 



Reading. 



71° 52' 15' 

 52 10 



51 50 



52 25 



199 35 50 

 30 

 35 

 50 



72 31 30 

 30 

 35 

 40 



Temperature 27°. 5. Barometer 29.98 inches. Tlie suu sceu occasionally through clouds, observed 



without shade-glass. 



On account of the uncertaiuty in the chronometer error it was considered safer to use the flrst 



combination alone, as trcing nearest to true noon. 



Chronometer error . . — 4'' 35"" 9" 

 Mean time of observation . 23 50 55 

 Equation of time . . -f 53 



h 



8 13 



X = 



a + X 



Declination 



Latitude 



27' 



18° 35' 03 



7 26 11 



78 51 08 



Recapitulation of Results for Latitude and Adopted Longitudes. 



Fiskernacs 

 Proven 

 Upernavik 

 Refuge Harbor . 

 Cape luglefield . 



Winter-quarters, Van Rensselaer Ilarbor 7 8 

 Marshall Bay 78 



Latitude. Longitude W. of Greenwich. 



63° 02'. 8 50° 32'.5=3'' 22'" 10'^ Approx. longitude. 



72 23.0 55 37.5 3 42 30 



72 46.2 56 02.8 3 44 11 Long, by Ingleficld. 



78 32.7 73 50 4 55 20 



78 34.1 72 55 4 51 40 



37.1 70 52.8 4 43 31 



51.1 68 54.0 4 35 36 



