40G TUE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



can the Esquimaux stand, but all Europeans wlio visit 

 these parts. 



Although in such a temperature the ship itself was 

 fearfully cold, we succeeded as easily as before in keeping 

 warmth in the cabin, and only on stormy days did the 

 quantity of coal used exceed 201bs. or a little more. At the 

 cracks of the cabin door so much ice collected that it had 

 to be removed once every day, and where the cold wind 

 blew directly on the cabin- wall, constant attention was 

 necessary to keep the mattresses free from ice and dry. 



Some of the observations of temperature at this time 

 are |)erhaps worth noting, as giving the different degrees 

 of cold at different heights. On the 22nd Dr. Copeland 

 observed, on a mountain 918 feet high, —25.37° Fahr., 

 whilst below it was about 28^°. Above, a strong north 

 wind was blowing, of which below we had no sign. Still 

 more interesting is the fact that, on the 15th, the astro- 

 nomers, at a height of more than 1960 feet, found only 

 27°, so that from the exertion of climbing they were 

 bathed in perspiration. Below, at the same time, it was 

 nearly zero. 



On the 16th an event happened which, under the circum- 

 stances, might have endangered the safety of the ship. 

 It was spring-tide ; and at the lowest ebb the ship 

 grounded. As the ice and the snow wall adhered to the 

 ship, we could see the water sink in the tide-hole ; and 

 the weight of the ice forcing down the vessel was enor- 

 mous ; and had the ground been uneven, the stern-post or 

 the rudder must have been damaged. The ice was at 

 this time fifty-seven English inches thick. 



On the 21st, the Tegular meeting was again held for 

 magnetic readings. 



