No. 6.| SLEDGE EXPEDITION. OBSERVATIONS 1895. 121 
1895, June 27. Bar. 743.9 mm, Temp. — 0°.2. Hor. Point = 89° 52'+ a, LT—-Il = 
gh 50m +4 4 
Watch I Vert. Cirele || N. Lat. 
Ih 
hm i s Ole ° j 
10 5 50 | Sun LL. 59 5d | 82 97 —116 a2 — 0.079 0 
9 0 59 59 | 82 10.5 —117 a — 0.0820 
11 24 60 0 82 8.7 —118« — 0.0840 
17s 60 7 82 9.5 —120 2 — 0.0890 
93 5A 119 29 82 9.7 +122” — 0.0950 
26 58 119 24.7 || 82 105 +128 a2 — 0.0980 
30\-9 119 19.5 |} 82 122 +125 a — 0.1010 
382 50 119 18 82 99 +126 a2 — 0.1040 
Mean | 82 10.1 + 0.03 « — 0.091 0 
a may be neglected, but both the preceding and following observations seem to indicate 
that LT—I was about 35 57™ (neglecting the drift) or O about 100’; the result is then: 
Ne Lat. =) 822 1" 
1895, July 1. Bar. 747 mm, Temp. + 0°.5; height of eye 15 feet. 
a 
| 
| Ind 
Watch I Sextant Ras } 
I awe 
h s eae ‘ || A combination of the two sets gave 
10 538 | Sun L.L. | 28 50 0 || 
N. Lat. = 82° 5/5. 
Watch I 10h 24m, LT—{ = 4h 25m Qs, 
32 28 47 
28 41.5 
50 Sun L.L. | 21 49 +1 
51 21 44 | E. Long. = 4» 14m 6s _4 = 63° 31'—4. 
55 21 40 
nom Swes 
5 
dt dt 
Watch I Sextant LT_—I ps di ps ah 
hms o 4 hm s 
3 17 50 | Sun LL, | 23 29 4 20 % + 0.177 + 0.517 
19 45 23 30.5 4 19 17 + 0.179 + 0.518 
33 «9 93 55.5 419 2 + 0,212 + 0,530 
Compass || Magn. Decl. 
3 93 1 Sun Ct. 86°.35 | 9A°.8 E f 
97 20 89°.35 | 99.°.9 Magn. Decl. Mean = 28°.5 E 
30 5 90°2 || 922°.7 
The latitude following from the meridian altitudes of this and the preceding day is 82° 7' 
which was adopted. The mean result of the three altitudes is 
Watch I 3h 24m am, LT—I = 4h 19m 35s and E. Long. = 4) 12m 17s — 4 = 63° 4’ — 4. 
The drift in longitude during the long stay in the “Camp of Longing”, appears to have 
been small. 
From July 22 the travellers were struggling towards land, which first became visible on July 23 
in S 10° W by compass, but after some days of tolerable progress, which brought new land into 
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