NO. 6.] 



SOUTHWARDS FROM THE WINTER HUT. 



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1896, June 3. Sailing on the ice towards Cape Fisher. It is not stated when the departure 

 took place. 



Bar. 751.5 mm, Temp. - 1.5 C. 



Circle Hor. Point 89 51' + x. Assumed clock correction lh 5 m 30", corresponding to 

 12 8 .5 daily acceleration and I = l.l. 



The tent was raised in the evening somewhat past Cape Fisher. The travellers went on 

 the next day at 6 p.m, first sailing on the ice, then rowing in the kayaks round Cape Richthofen 

 till 7 a.m June 5. 



1896, June 6. Before leaving the tent-place near Cape Richthofen the bearing was taken 

 of "most easterly point of new land" (on the other side of Jackson's Markham Sound) in 

 S 68 E; open sea visible in S 75 W, both by compass. 



After some six hours of sailing on the ice the following observations were taken with the 

 sextant. Index corr. + 5', height of eye 4 feet. Bar. 750.5 mm, Temp. 3 C. 



Watch I 



Oh 23m Os pm 



Noon 



Sun L. L. 31 31' 



" 31 42 



The meridian altitude gives y = 80 44'. If the first altitude be used to seek the hour 

 angle corresponding to 11' reduction to the meridian, it would give the watch 1^ 6 m 54 s in 

 advance of apparent time or 1^ 8 25 s in advance of mean time; of course with considerable 

 uncertainty. 



From the same station the following bearings were taken (noted on a sketch): 



West point of island in the north (Jackson's Cape Richthofen) . N 7 E by Compass 



Most southern visible point of the same island S 90 E 



North point of another island in the sound (J. Bromwich Island?) S 70 E 



A small island far east is indicated between the last two bearings. 



North point of a third island (J. Fridtjof Nansen Island ?) . . S 62 E 



West point of the same island S23E 



East point of a fourth island (J. Reginald Koettlitz Island ?) . . S 15 E 



North-west point of the same S6W 



The tent was raised in the evening near the point of the last bearing. 



As the two bearings of C. Richthofen (supposing that this was the point observed from 

 the south side of the Hope Island on June 1) cut under a too small angle, the last named 

 bearing was combined with the parallel of 80 47'.5, which appears to be the latitude of this 

 point according to an observation of Mr. Armitage taken in the neighbourhood 1895 April 27 

 during Jackson's expedition. This gives for C. Richthofen / = 141' and for the present station, 

 by means of the bearing above, / = 1 52'. Applying the daily acceleration of 12s.5 from May 16, 

 this would give the watch lh 9 10" in advance of Local Mean Time on June 6, Noon, not more 

 different from the above approximate value, than could be expected. 



The following observations were taken before leaving the point near Koettlitz Island, 

 where the travellers stopped on the evening of June 6. 



