154 GEELMUYDEN. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. [NORW. POL. EXP. 
1896, June 7. Bar. 746.9 mm, Temp. — 2°.4 C, 
Circle Hor. Point 89° 53’ + a, assumed latitude 80° 40‘ 
Watch I Vert. Circle | = LT—I ve i 
hms Oen in mn § 
496 45pm Sun LL. 61 25.7 —1 10 10 —0513 2 | — 0.307 
39 15 ” ULL. 118 28.0 —1 10 36 +0497 x — 0.279 
Compass 
Snowaaslandsssoutbernspointi sarin icles alent nem IOS nNNE 
” 
morthernspomne esas. ce eet cles coe ep ereuncitear ey INT Om, 
The cape we left yesterday (Cape Richthofen) .....N 6 E 
The last bearing may serve to correct the assumed latitude. Applying the magnetic 
declination 17° E its intersection with the line of equal altitudes gives g = 80° 39’; the diffe- 
rential quotients then give the clock correction — 1 10m 23s + 17s = — {bh 10m 6s, The same 
intersection gives also 4 = 8™ 10s, or watch I 1h 1m 568 in advance of M.T. at the Winter Hut; 
on May 16 the error was 0b 57m 24s, consequently an acceleration of 4M 328 in 21.8 days or 
128.5 daily. 
After a good sailing on the ice from 75 p.m June 7, the travellers stopped at 7 a.m June 8 
in a snow storm without reaching the land on the other side of the fjord (Jackson’s Allen 
Young Sound). A sketch from the following day has the bearing from west point of “low 
moraine island” (J. Koettlitz Island) to west point of “low moraine land” (J. Hooker Island) as 
S 10° E by compass. The stopping place of June 8 in the morning was about midway, but 
somewhat to the east of this line. The west point of Koettlitz Island was more westerly than the 
tent-place of June 6—7 on the north side of the island. On the same sketch is indicated a 
small island about 6 miles west of “low moraine land”, and another close to the north of it; 
probably Jackson’s Eaton Island and Scott Keltie Island. 
About 3 hours after leaving this station on the ice the following observation was taken: 
1896, June 9. Bar. 747 mm, Temp. ca. 0°. Ind. corr. (+ 5/?), height of eye 4 feet. 
| dy dy 
Watch I Sextant || N. Lat. ue dh 
hm s ae | Oba: 
10 3 4am [Sin L.L.] 29 0 || 80 264 + 0.202 | — 1.58 
18 45 ” 29 28 || 80 26.6 0.176 1.46 
“Land about 2 miles off.” 
The latitude is calculated with the assumed clock correction — 1h 13™, corresponding to 
4 = 2°.7, when the same acceleration is applied as before. 
The sailing on the ice continued till 6 pm. Before stopping in the neighbourhood of the 
west point of Hooker Island the travellers had to make a long circuit westwards, the ice bhe- 
ginning to give way under the sledges. After stopping, the following observations were taken: 
Bar. 749.5 mm, Temp. + 1°.0 C. Ind. corr. (+ 5 ?), height of eye 7 feet. 
Watch I Sextant | LT—I ps dp tS op 
hem) es Oye ae hm s 
7 28 15pm [Sun L.L.] 21 49 | —1 15 13 + 0.052 | — 0.897 
33 30 ” 21 34 || —1 14 28 0.062 — 0,398 
38 10 ” 214 20 || —1 13 32 0.072 | — 0.400 
41 45 ” 21 13.5 || —1 14 98 0.076 | — 0.401 
