194. GEELMUYDEN. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS.  [NORW. POL. EXP. 
trended more south-west. The longitude is given below on the two suppositions of latitude 
81° 30’ and 81° 34. 
With g = 81° 30’, LT—I = 3h 45m 55s and E. Long. = 3b 44m 15s — 4 = 56° 4’ — 
” go=81 34, LT-l=3 48 4 and E. Long. = 3 4 2% —-J=56 36 — 4. 
After some hours of rowing from midnight Aug. 17—18 (estimated distance 6—8 miles), 
towards Cape Clements Markham, about SSW by compass, the travellers met the drifting ice 
and turned more eastwards to the firm ice. As the south-westerly wind freshened up, and the 
ice closed in, they were detained for several days on the ice off Cape Helland, where the 
following observations were taken. 
1895, August 19. Bar. 741 mm, Temp. — 0°.9. Height of eye 18 feet, Ind. corr. + 4’. 
| 
Watch 1 Sextant | UTI ed a tt 
| a dh 
hiemans Ones | hm s 
2 18 20 | Sun L. L. 12 27 || 3 49 23 + 0.014 — 0.447 
19 15 12 13.5 || 49 33 0.025 — 0.447 
21 39 1o S| 50 4 0.031 — 0.448 
Wm 1 iP 50 22 0.036 — 0.448 
25 49 11 59 | 49 29 0.038 — 0,448 
Mean | 3 49 46 | +0029 | — 0.448 
The assumed latitude was 81° 25’. Applying the correction 4y = — 1'.5, according to the 
following observations, the result is 
Watch I 2b 2im, LT—J = 3h 49m 43s and E. Long. = 3h 48m 31s - J= 57° 8’ —- Z, 
As the dead reckoning gives a somewhat smaller longitude, and the bearing of the two 
camps of August 17 and 19 had been estimated as nearly true north and south, it is possible 
that the apparent horizon has been elevated, as was manifest some days later on (see below). 
Assuming the same value of Zk = + 5’ as then (though the meteorological conditions were 
not quite the same, the southerly wind being considerably stronger during this stay), the result 
would be 
LT —I = 3h 47™ 29s and E. Long. = 3h 46m 17s — J = 56° 34 — J, 
1895, August 20. Same place. Bar. 743.5 mm, Temp. — 2°.1. Ass. Hor. Point 89° 51’. 
: dy dy 
Watch I Vert. Circle N. Lat. dt dh 
hm s ° ‘ ° ‘ 
956) 25) Sun LL. 109 50.2 81 23.3 — 0.076 =i 
10 0 25 109 46 93.4 — 0.079 dete’ 
10 4 45 70 0.2 22.8 — 0.083 — 1.14 
10 7 18 7, 2) | AA8 — 0.085 = hi} 
Mean || 81 23.6 — 0.081 
These values were calculated with the assumed LT—I = 3h 50m. If the second result 
for August 19 be adopted, LT—I would be 3h 47m 19s or Jt = — 2m 41s = — 4)‘ and 
N. Lat. = 81° 26'8 
or nearly the same as originally assumed on August 19. The influence on the longitude is 
insignificant, 
