BOWERS' METEOROLOGICAL LOG 



Time. 

 20 July 9.0 A.M. 



5.30 P.M. 

 8.0 P.M. 



21 July 8.0 A.M. 



Noon 

 7.30 P.M. 



22 July (Sat.) 



3.0 A.M. 



6.30 A.M. 



A.M. 



23 July 9 A.M. 



24 July 



25 July 



6.30 A.M. 

 . IO.O A.M. 



Noon 

 6.0 P.M. 



Noon 

 2 P.M. 



3 P.M. 

 26 July ii A.M. 



26 July 9 P.M. 



27 July 9 A.M. 



5 P.M. 

 9 P.M. 



Minimum 



Temperature. Wind. Weather. 



- 27 3 b. c. 



- 23-3 4 b. c. 



24 6 b. c. 

 (In pressure ridges.) 



During night wind increased to 8, falling towards 

 6 A.M. to 5. 



20*4 3 o. c. 



2 o. m. 



23-7 i c. b. 



Unsettled weather: pitched tent to leeward of hut. 



Start of blizzard: Friday afternoon; Loss of tent 

 early morning Saturday. 



Commenced blowing heavily from S., with little 

 drift. 



9-10 o. 



Heavy drift and wind in strong gusts; tent blown 

 away. 



Collapse of blubber stove. 



All day wind blowing with almost continuous 

 storm force very slight lulls, followed rapidly by 

 squalls of great violence. About noon roof carried 

 away. Storm continued with unabated fury all 

 day not much drift. 11 P.M. Knoll visible. 

 Loss of igloo roof. 



Finding the tent. 



2 c. b. 



3 c. b. 

 From midnight squalls interspersed by short 



lulls to 9. 



Dull, cloudy, and unsettled appearance to S. 

 Slight to gentle breeze all day. 



12 4 c. b. 

 Start to return to C. Evans. 



i5'3 (breeze freshening) 4 o. b. 

 Breeze freshened to fresh gale; later to 9, and 



continued this for about ten hours, easing up 

 towards morning. 



- 17 (?) 8 o. c. 



2i'5 2-4 b. c. 

 Wind fell light. Sky cleared. Among pressure 



ridges. 



- 45 o b. 



46*3 o-i b. 



46 o b. 

 -47 o b. 



At 9 A.M. clouds moving slowly over slopes 

 of Terror from N. 



- 49'3 



