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Barrow Strait and Lancaster Sound.— Between Lat. 74° 36' 53" N., Long. 91° 45' 45" W., 

 and Lat. 74° 20' 06" N., Long. 86° 26' 16" W. December, 1850. Kane. 



"3d. Faint Aurora visible for a short time. 

 5th. A transit Aurora, ending with luminous bands to the S. E. 

 6th. Faint Aurora, 4 a. m., to the west (true). 

 8th. Faint Aurora, 3 a. m., to the southward and eastward (true); another, 10 a.m., to the 



N. W. (true). 

 11th. An Aurora to the southward, 4 a. m." — 1 Kane, p. 522. 



Off Beeehy Island.— [Lat. 74° 40' N. Long. 92° W.] November 8, 1850. Kane. 



"Aurora to the southward and westward, 5h. a. m. (true). 

 Ten Auroras observed during the month." — -1 Kane, p. 520. 



Assistance Harbor (Cornwallis Land).— Lat. 74° 40' N. Long. 94°16'W. Sutherland. 

 December, 1850. 



"The Aurora Borealis was frequently observed, but the extent and brilliancy of this beautiful 

 meteoric phenomenon never equalled what had been seen in September and October, while 

 crossing the Atlantic, in the latitude of Cape Farewell." — Sutherland, 1, p. 449. 



January, 1851. 



"The sky, during the hours of daylight — which, by this time, were lengthening out very plainly — 

 was frequently spread over with fleecy clouds; and at night the Aurora, of a beautiful golden 

 color, danced from east to west in vivid coruscations, and enlivened our midnight scenes, 

 although, as has been remarked already, they were much less vivid than in more southern lati- 

 tudes."— Ibid., pp. 457-58. 



Barrow Strait (off Griffith Island).— [Lat. 74° 45' N. Long. 94° W.] September, 1850. 

 Kane. 



"12th. A feeble Aurora at midnight. 

 15th. A feeble Aurora." — 1 Kane, p. 516. 



Winter Harbor.— Lat. 74- 47' 13" N. Long. 110° 49' W. 1819-20. Tarry. 

 October 13, 1819. 



"On the evening of the 13th, the Aurora Borealis was seen very faintly, consisting of a stationary 

 white light in the southwest quarter, and near the horizon." — 1 Parry, 109. 



October 20, 1819. 



"Between six and eight p. m., we observed the Aurora Borealis, forming a broad arch of irregular 

 white light, extending from jV. N. W. to S. S. E., the centre of the arch being 10° to the east- 

 ward of the zenith. It was most bright near the southern horizon; and frequent, but not vivid, 

 coruscations were seen shooting from its upper side towards the zenith. 

 The magnetic needle was not sensibly affected by this phenomenon." — Ibid., p. 111. 



N. B. — 1. Light most bright near southern horizon. 

 2. Magnetic needle not sensibly affected. 

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