KG .RECORD OF AURORAL PHENOMENA. 



December 25. 



"It was Christmas day. There are few places on the civilized earth in which that day is not, 

 perhaps, the most noted of the year ; to all, it is at least a holiday, and there are many to whom 

 it was somewhat more. The elements themselves seemed to have determined it should be a noted 

 day to us, for it commenced with a most beautiful and splendid Aurora, occupying the whole 

 vault above. At first, and for many hours, it displayed a succession of arches, gradually increas- 

 ing in altitude as they advanced from the east and proceeded towards the western side of the 

 horizon ; while the succession of changes were not less brilliant than any that we had formerly 

 witnessed." — Ibid., p. 231. 



December 30. 



"There was very good light during the clay from ten till half after three, and, in the course of it, the 

 temperature rose to minus 20°. There was also a faint Aurora; and some transits of the stars 

 were observed." — Ibid., p. 233. 



December 31. 



"On the Aurora Borealis which we had so often seen, no experiments could be made, from the state 

 of the weather, and the force of the winds, at those times." Ibid., p. 234. 



January 6, 1830. 



"Another obscure Aurora made its appearance in the zenith." — Ibid., p. 241. 



Sheriff Harbor (Gulf of Boothia).— Lat. 70° N. Long. 91° 53' W. Ross. 



January, 1831. 



"There were many gales, as the Journal has shown; and on all those days the barometer fell and the 

 temperature rose. But it was an invariable remark that, when the gale was from the northward, 

 the former fell less, and the thermometer rose more, than when it was from any other quarter ; 

 as this was also most striking when the wind was from the southward. The Aurora? were very 

 inconspicuous; but the halos were of a very striking character." — 2 Ross, 503. 



February 1, 8. 



"The cold weather continued through the two following days, in which there was nothing remark- 

 able but a slight Aurora." — Ibid., p. 504. 



March 1. 



"There was a bright Aurora, which agitated the magnetic needle in the manner that has been often 

 observed. Such light as I could collect from it by means of a large reading lens, had no effect 

 on the differential thermometer." — Ibid., p. 506. 



March 9. 



"Sunday (March 6) was somewhat warmer, the temperature rising in the day to 28° for two hours. 

 It was 40° on Monday night, and a hare was killed on that day. The two following days 

 (8th and 9th) were little noticeable for anything but a general continuance of the same weather 

 and temperature; except that, on the last of those, there was a bright Aurora." — Ibid., p. 506. 



Baffin's Bay.— Lat. 70° 03' 33" N. [Long. 63° 20' W.] April 6, 1851. Kane. 



"At 1 a.m., faint and fleeting Aurora visible to the S. E. At 9 p.m., an Aurora to the south 

 (true)."— 1 Kane, p. 530. 



Sheriff's Bay (850 feet north of Felix Harbor).— Lat. 70° 1' N. Long. 91° 54' W. Ross. 

 November 14, 1830. 



"A bright Aurora Borealis was the only noticeable event. They had been rare or absent for a 

 long time." — 2 Boss, 485. 



