132 GEELMUYDEN. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. [NORW. POL. EXP. 



The mean - lh On> 38" corresponds to Jt = 32'. 



Late in the evening the tent was raised near the Cape of Good Hope. From this point 

 the bearing was taken of two snow-covered islands, a large one (middle) in S 40 W, another 

 not much smaller in S 85 W by compass. 



A sketch which was taken in the afternoon of May 21, possibly on the station for the 

 last altitudes of the Sun, has the bearing of a line pointing to the middle of the fjord north 

 of the Slolsberg (Jackson's Gore Booth Fjord) N. 72 E, and a mountain somewhat south-east of 

 the Slotsberg N 80.5 E by compass. 



After a day of rest during a snow-storm and a short trip southwards to "The Castle" 

 (Jackson's C. Me. Clilitock) from which they returned, the travellers went over to the island. 

 Before leaving the following bearings were taken from the ice off the Cape of Good Hope: 



Most southerly point (Jackson's Cape Fisher) S 8 W by Compass 

 Point at Cape Athos (C. Clements Markham) N 2 E 



1896, May 28. From the north side of Hope Island : 



White Island N 8 W by Compass 



Black-spotted Island N 2 E 



Cape of Good Hope N 65 E 



The position of the two islands being determined by previous cross-bearings, and assuming 

 the magnetic declination to be 17.5 E, the first two bearings give the position of the station at 

 a distance of 1213 miles from the Winter Hut. Though the angle of intersection is only 10, 

 this result is probably to be preferred to the approximate value found above, the lines crossing 

 very nearly in the line giving the direction of the northern border of the island as seen from 

 the Winter Hut and the nearly coincident direction from the ice May 21. The coordinates of the 

 station would then be <p = 81 7' and ). = 1.2. The third observation then gives the Cape of 

 Good Hope 9-10 miles from the Winter Hut and y = 81 7'.5, I = 0.8. 



1896, June 1. From the south side of Hope Island the most southerly land point was 

 about S 2 W; a small island was seen outside of it. Two larger islands in view about SW 

 and one W or somewhat more northerly. 



A sketch has the following bearings, apparently from the same station: 



Auk berg (Jackson's Cape Fisher) S 38 E by Compass. 



Point on the south side of the fjord (C. Hichthofen?) S 3 E 



The same sketch has the following bearings from a point on the ice so much south-east 

 of the island that the Winter Hut was just clear of its east point: 



Winter Hut N 



Cape of Good Hope N 46 E 



The Castle (J. C. Me. Clintock) .... N 52 E 



The bearing of Cape Fisher combined with the bearing of the same point from the ice off 

 Cape of Good Hope gives its position <f = 81 3', I = l.l and distance from the Cape of 

 Good Hope 56 miles. 



The bearing of the Winter Hut is evidently erroneous ; the observer seems to have written 

 N on the line indicating the direction on the sketch, but forgotten to add the degrees east. As 

 it is, however, apparent from the sketch, that the station is on the line from the Winter Hut 

 through the inner point of Hope Island, the bearing of which was determined on May 16, this 

 direction combined with the bearing of the Cape of Good Hope (magnetic declination ass. 17.5 E) 

 gives for the station y> = 81 5', ). = l.l or 1.2 and distance from the Cape of Good Hope 4 miles. 

 The bearing of the Castle will then give this point 0.4 mile south of the Cape of Good Hope. 



