40 



1902 April] 



MKTEOIIO LOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE "DiscovKitv." 



16th. 



17th. 



i] it light over Mt. Erebus. 



Min. on ship's rail, 5'0. Temp. on snow, 

 Commenced using thermometers in screen 



on the lee, 



4.30 p.m. Min. at high-level station for 

 24 hours, ir. -o. 



Clear in morning, but clouded over about 

 1 p.m. and remained overcast tor the rest 

 of the day. Winds light and variable. 

 Jinroiucter unsteady, but inclined to rise 

 at night. Thermometer rose a little. 

 Up to this date the thermometers had 

 iiei-n exposed in the screen on board the 

 "Discovery." The after av, mug was 

 spread on April 5th, and subsequently 

 the minimum temperature was observed 

 on the ship's rail and compared \\ it h the 

 minima from the screen. A screen \\as 

 now erected on the ice lanyards from tin- 

 ship, and from noon of this day the obser- 

 vations of air temperature were obtained 

 from thermometers exposed in it. 



18th. 



