Meteorological Observations on the Alabama Expedition. 293 
The “Alabama Expedition” worked in about the same localities 
on the Northeast coast of Greenland as did the “Danmark Expedition” 
in the years 1906—1908, and meteorological observations were made 
as well on the voyage to Greenland (Shannon Island), as in winter- 
quarters on Shannon Island and Bass Rock, and furthermore on sledge- 
expeditions across the inland-ice and along the Greenlandic North- 
east coast. 
The Expedition had however not the same facilities nor instruments 
for making meteorological observations as the “Danmark Expedition” 
had, nor was any member of the Expedition a trained meteorologist, 
who could plan and carry out the daily routine work. The commander 
of the Expedition had himself collected the meteorological instruments, 
and he planned the observations made during the stay in Greenland. 
Instruments. 
The Expedition had the following meteorological instruments at 
its disposal: 
1 Mercury barometer, Adie No. C. 553 (Kew pattern station baro- 
meter, with certificate). 
1 Aneroid barometer (Ship’s barometer). 
1 Aneroid barometer, No. 977, diameter 6 cm, with certificate from 
Kew Observatory. 
1 Aneroid barometer, diameter 4 cm. 
1 Aneroid barograph, (Richard). 
4 Station thermometers, mercurial, divided in half degrees. 
1 Maximum thermometer, horizontally, divided in whole degrees. 
1 Minimum thermometer, divided in whole degrees. 
6 Sling thermometers, mercurial, divided in whole degrees. 
2 Thermometer screens for placing the station thermometers. 
2 Thermographs, (Fuess). 
1 Pocket anemometer, (Schalenkreuz, Fuess). 
The mercury barometer, the barograph, the station thermometers, 
the maximum and minimum thermometers and the thermometer screens, 
had been lent to the Expedition by the Danish Meteorological Insti- 
tute, the thermographs and the anemometer by the “Danmark Expe- 
dition”, while the rest of the instruments were bought at the firm of 
CORNELIUS KNUDSEN, Copenhagen. 
The corrections on the barometers and thermometers had been 
found by comparison with the Normal instruments belonging to the 
Danish Meteorological Institute. 
Comparisons between the ship’s barometer and instruments belon- 
