METEOROLOGICAL REPORT 
By G. C. Stimpson, D.Sc. 
CAPTAIN SCOTT’S great desire was that good scientific work 
should be done on the Expedition. He therefore did everything 
in his power to help those to whom he entrusted the work by 
giving them all possible facilities and large financial aid, and he 
allowed me to use all the money subscribed in my native town 
and country for the scientific work under my charge. In conse- 
quence no expedition has gone out so well equipped with stores 
and instruments for physical investigation. The following short 
statement of work done at Cape Evans will give some idea of the 
completeness of the outfit: 
(a) An almost unbroken record by self-registering instru- 
ments of: temperature (two instruments), barometric pressure, 
wind force (two instruments), wind direction, sunshine, elec- 
trical state of the atmosphere, and the three elements of terres- 
trial magnetism. 
(b) Regular observations of the usual meteorological 
instruments. 
(c) An investigation of the upper air by means of balloons 
both with and without instruments, by which knowledge has been 
gained of the temperature and air currents up to a height of 
over five miles. 
(d) Weekly absolute determinations of the magnetic 
elements. 
(ec) Hourly observations of the aurora during the whole 
period when it was dark enough to observe. 
(f) Aclose study of the optics of the atmosphere. 
(g) Accurate determination of the value of gravity by means 
of pendulums. 
(h) A very thorough study of ice, as it occurs both in the 
air, and on the ground. 
In addition to the above a valuable set of meteorological ob- 
servations was made at Cape Adare. 
It is impossible to discuss here, even briefly, the results ob- 
