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NOTES TO MARCH RECORD. 



1st. Noon tried for soundings with 180 fathoms. 



2d. A large lane of water opened E. N. E. and W. S. W. about one mile south of the ship ; several 

 seals seen and four shot; aurora visible between S. W. by S. and east from 10.30 P. M. until 2 h 

 30 m - A. M. (3d) [patches, arches and streamers]. 



3d. Several lanes and cracks in the ice north of the ship, in which some narwhals and dovekies and 

 several seals were seen ; hail fell from 10 P. M. until 11. 



4th. 10 P. M. Auroral arch in the N. E. at a low altitude. [A broad arch reaching nearly to the 

 zenith.] 



5th. At noon, black bulb thermometer in the sun zero, temperature in shade, — 10° ; at 2 P. M. the 

 ice suddenly detached itself from the ship's bows and sides allowing her to rise eleven inches forward. 

 9 P. M. Aurora in clouds and streamers between N. W. and S., visible throughout the night; the 

 sound of crushing or cracking ice distinctly heard during the night. 



6th. 8 P. M., bright aurora between S. S. W. and E. from 8° to 50° above horizon, ceased at 10 h 

 30 m - . [Bands and arches with streamers towards the zenith.] 



7th. 6 A. M., appearance of high land supposed to be Disco bearing cast (true) ; 

 from 11 A. M. until 2 P. M. a double prismatic halo (red external) about the sun, 

 diameters 45° and 90° nearly; occasional parhelia or iuner halo in same altitude 

 as the sun ; a portion of inverted arch above outer halo ; sun's altitude 16°. 



8th. At daylight appearance of land bearing E. by N. ; a lane of water northwest 

 of the ship in which seals and narwhals were seen ; 10 P. M., faint aurora in S. E. 



9th. A bear passed near the ship ; many seals, some dovekies, and a black whale seen. 



10th. Two small seals shot and some narwhals seen ; several lanes and pools of water in the north- 

 ward. 



11th. Ice much broken up, also lanes and small pools of water northward of the ship. 



