NO. 6.] 



SOUTHWARDS FROM THE WINTER HUT. 



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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' + x. Assumed LT-I = - lh 



30s. 



The assumed clock correction is adapted to a bearing of the Winter Hut given below and 

 corresponds to / = 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 il',5 



Compass 



Needle on the Slotsberg S 89.2 E 



Winter Hut N 40.4 E 



Cupe of Good Hope S 33 W 



Hope Island between S 40 W and S 50 W 



Black-spotted Island, middle N 57.5W 



White Island, middle N 50.5W 



Most northern black point N7 E (between Needle C. and 



Needle Cape N 10 E 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: While 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 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 '/a 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'. 



