No. 6.| SOUTHWARDS FROM THE WINTER HUT. 131 
After short walks on the ice on the evenings of May 19 and 20 the following observations 
were taken during a rest on the following day. 
1896, May 21. Bar. 754.9 mm, Temp. — 5°.3 C, 
Hor. Point 89° 50‘ + a. Assumed LT—I = — 1h 0m 30s. 
5 dy 
Watch I Vert. Circle N. Lat. dt 
hm és ° ‘ | ° ‘ 
1 30 47 pm | Sm L. L. 118 40.5 | 81 86+2 — 0.025 Mean: 
36 57 ” eal: 60 31.5 | 81 9.6 —a — 0.029 81° 9'5 
40 14 ” weak tg 60 32.0 | 81 88 —a — 0.032 
44 38 ” 2 real be 118 322 || 81109 +a — 0.035 
The assumed clock correction is adapted to a bearing of the Winter Hut given below and 
corresponds to 4 = 0° 32’. 
From the same station the following observations were taken: 
Vertical Circle 
Summit of the Slotsberg . . . . . . . 89° 18’ and 90° 30'.5 
Glacier behind the Winter Hut . . . . 91° 37‘ and 88° 11'5 
Compass 
Needle on the Slotsberg . . ...... ~-. S89°2E 
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Cape of Good Hope Stays tet dese ANNE 
eae MslbiGl > f-5-0 se 00 5 0 between S 40° W and S 50° W 
Black-spotted Island, middle ...... . N 57°5W 
Wihitesisland-|middlew= saitecee cmc n ents eee SING OOO WY) 
Most northern black point . . .. .. =. =.WN 7° E (between Needle C. and 
INeedleGape’ 2-2 foe knee Gecarel © =o oe NE 0S OR C. Cl. Markham). 
Applying the declination 18° E the bearing of the Winter Hut is, with due regard to the 
convergence of meridians, equivalent to the true bearing S 59° W the opposite way. 
The above coordinates give the distance from the present station to the Winter Hut 
6 miles. The cross-bearings give then the following distances from the Hut: White island 
10 miles, black-spotted island nearly 9 miles, Slotsberg 9 miles, Needle Cape 4 miles. 
The distance from this station to the Slotsberg is 11.5 miles. The altitude of 0° 36’ 
measured above will then give the height of this mountain about 250 metres, the summit being 
1—2 miles behind the Needle. Assuming the glacier, the altitude of which was 1° 43’, to be 
2 miles behind the Winter Hut, its height would be about 440 metres. 
The bearings of the Cape of Good Hope and Hope Island cut under too small angles to 
determine the situation. If the distance of Hope Island be estimated by its angular magnitude, 
which was 7° from the Winter Hut and 10° from this station (supposing the same points to 
have been observed on both occasions) its distance would be 7/3.6= 14 miles or 20 miles from 
the Winter Hut, but this is of course somewhat uncertain. 
After a short walk the following observation was taken the same afternoon: 
Barometer and Temperature as above. Assumed Lat. 81° 9’. 
Watch 1 | Vert, Cirele|| = LT—1 | i : | — 
hymns o 4 hh wae 
Bee 0} San Tee bk) 2h i =i 050) = 0057 | — O41 
ee | oe a] a pmo 7 | 0448 | — 046 
