H. MOHN. 



M.-N. Kl. 



Observations without Instruments. 



The Cloudiness was noted in the usual scale: o clear, lo overcast. 



The observations were made every day from the i^^ April to the 

 yth May. From that day to the 6*^^^ August they could not be made satis- 

 factorily because of the darkness. From the 6*^ to the 21^^ August they 

 were made only at 2 p. m., and from that day to the ß""'^ September at 

 8 a. m. and 2 p. m. After that, to the 29**^ January, they were again made 

 at the 3 observation-hours. 



The Sun is never above the horizon at Framheim between the 22'^'* 

 April and the 20**^ August, and never below it between the 20^^^ Oc- 

 tober and the 21^*^^ February. The period of darkness is 120 days and the 

 period of midnight Sun 124 days. The twilight is of very long duration 

 in the high latitude of Framheim. 



The Form of the Clouds was noted at the same time as the amount 

 of cloud. 



Ci. denotes Cirrus. 

 Ci. — S. » Cirro-stratus. 

 Ci. — Cu. » Cirro-cumulus. 

 A. — Cu. » Alto-cumulus. 



A. — S. denotes Alto-stratus. 

 Cu. » Cumulus. 

 S. » Stratus. 



Precipitation, 

 s denotes Snow. 

 S 



si >; 



Heavy Snow. 

 Sleet. 



d.s. denotes Drift Snow. 



f » Fog. 



F » Heavy Fog. 



Aurora Polaris. 



Direction in which it was seen. 



Rings (Halos) round the Sun (S.) or Moon (M. 



The observations were taken at 8 a. m., 2 p. m. and 8 p. m., Fram- 

 heim Mean Time. The date was not changed when the »Fram« passed the 

 180*^ meridian. The conventional dates are one day later. 



