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ISLAND CAMP, DECEMBER 16, 1903, TO JANUARY 9, 1904. 



Direction in which Kn-lms smoke 

 is goin^. 



Keinarks. 



Kxi rcme summit obscured. 

 SE, long stream 



E In big volume 



NE, small volume 



Upright, small quantity 



Vertically 1000 ft., then NE 



Vertically 3000 ft., then NE 



Vertically 2000 ft., then NE 



Not, risible 



Not visible 



Obscured 



Obscured 



Obscured 



Obscured 



Obscured 



Obscured 



Obscured 



Thick column, N\V 

 Thick column, NE 

 Thick column. N 



Thick column, NE 

 Thick column, SB 



SE 

 Thick streamer, E 



SE 



Obscured 

 Not risible 

 Notvttble 



8 p.m. Heavy roll Cu. on western range, obscuring all hut extreme summits. Some light cloud on En-bun summit. 



in p.m. Snow temp, at depth of 6 ins., 22'0. Similar clou. Is as at 8 a.m. Erebus summit nearly clear. Fine S.-cu. over western 



mountains. 



2 a.m. Heavy cloud obscuring western mountains. Ci. and Ci.-s. forming overhead. Strong wind blowing orer neck of peninsula. 



6 a. m. Str. covering Castle Koek promontory. A bank of A.-a. in South. Very wind-blown Ci.-s. Foggy orer all land. Western 



mountains obscured. Ci.-s. radiating E and W. 

 H a.m. Foggy. 



10 a.m. Apparently blowing very hard on peninsula. Str. over and on western mountains. Ci.-s. rery wind blown and torn. 

 2 p.m. Cloud over Castle Kock. Western mountains obscured, except foot hills. Fine prismatic colouring on clouds near sun. 

 4 p.m. Ci.-s. E and W in shattered bands. Very little smoke from Erebus. 



8 p.m. Ci.-s. wind blown and torn, in most extraordinary shapes, all the afternoon, movement not discernible, but changing formation 

 rapidly. Western mountains all obscured, only foot hills visible. Heavy S.-cu. and roll Cu. has been hanging over the open water 

 all the afternoon. Ci.-s. radiating NW and SE. Very fine prismatic colouring on Ci.-s. near the sun all day. 



4 a.m. Western mountains clear ; patches of detached Cu. hanging in E and S. Erebus summit .just hidden in cloud, clear below. 



8a.m. Sky clearing. Low S.-cu. in detached pieces coming up fast from S. Bluff entirely obscured; western mountains clear. 



Wind squally. 

 10 a.m. Ci.-s. very wind torn. Westeni mountains obscured. Sky more or less covered with thin sheet of A.-s. 



4 p.m. Stormy and windy looking generally. Halo and corona most of afternoon. Ice crystals falling all afternoon. 

 6 p.m. Becoming thickly overcast by A.-cu. from NE and SE. A.-s. on all southern and western hills. 



8 p.m. Ci.-s very wind blown and torn. Cu. and A.-cu. moving fast from SE. Erebus only visible at times. Western mountains 



clearing and a finer look all round generally. 

 10. p.m. Mountains S and W all clearing on' summits. 



Weather quickly cleared after Midt., and Ci.-s. gradually disappeared. All land clear of cloud except Terror, which had some Str. 

 below summit. Heavy roll Cu. on N side of Erebus, extending a little way across the Bay. 



4 a.m. Erebus smoke lias been gradually hauling round all the watch, and is now going to SE in long thick streamer. Heavy roll Cu. 



over to N -side of Erebus Island ; line rolls on top, and flat below. Some Ci.-s. in various parts, but fast dispersing. 

 I 6 a.m. Very fine Ci.-s. across foot of western mountains. Cu. over Black Island. Ci.-s. over Winter Quarters. 



i 10 a.m. Layer of Str. below summits of western mountains. Heavy roll Cu, to N of Erebus Island. Visibility not good, but clear. 



8 p.m. Ci.-s. very wind blown and torn. Western mountains entirely obscured. Erehus clear, but no smoke risible. 



lo p.m. Erebus quite clear. Western mountains aud all land over there obscured. Ci.-s. in most extraordinary wind-blown and 

 torn shapes. 



Erebus smoke is apparently shifting, as some can be seen going to SE in form of thin vapour. Very little wind apparently up 

 e. Ci. appear very wind torn. Heavy bunks of Cu. and S.-cu. obscuring western mountains, and extending to over Bluff. Cu. 



Small quantity. I. 1 . 1 



Vertical, then S 



Vertical, then S 



Zitf-zag to SW 



Thirk . trimmer, SE 



Long column, Si; , , _ .. 



SW. Krehus smukr iinin^ S must of afternoon, in thick column, rising 1000 ft. liel'ore breaking off. Very fine prismatic colouring of 

 Vertical, thru SK in ilciihi- column Ci. clou'l. iimr sun durin.; atlcrnoon. Hca\'v roll Cu. to N of Krelms Island. 



5 a.m. 



there. 



on Black ;nM Ilmwn Islands. 

 8 a.m. Heavy roll Cu. on western mountains and to Black Island, with bank of thick Str. behind them. Very white S.-cu., possibly 



A.-.-., hanging high above, and to N and S of, Erebus summit. Smoke going vertically for tiOOO or 7000 ft. and then inclined easterly 



I'M mi two distinct outputs on summit; very small quantity and coming out in puffs. 

 10 a.m. S.-cu. half-way up Erebus' south side. Cloudy and overcast S and W. 

 Noon. Heavy Cu., Niin., and S.-cu. in SW. Str. (?) hanging on Erebus at alt. of "00 ft. Erebus smoke gradually shifting round and 



rising very high in thin vapour. 

 4. 30 p.m. Heavy banks of S.-cu. to SE. 



6 p.m. En-bus clear. Western mountains nearly obscured. A.-cu. and Str. in various directions in detached form. Ci. to W and 



ifl 



Thick streamer, K 



Thick v(.liunc. NE 



Thick volume, NE 



Fair volume, E 



g afternoon. Heavy . 



8 p.m. Heavy Cu. and S.-cu. over to SW, W, and NW, clear to S and E, only a few* patches of Ci. overhead. 



in p.m. Heavy 'lark clouds to SW, 



Midt. Western mountains clearing. Heavy S.-cu. to S, SW, and W. 



4.30 a.m. Heavy roll Cu. and S.-cu. to N side of Erebus Island all the watch. A.-cu. (8000 ft.) passed over from SW. Clouds dispersing 



generally. Visibility very marked. 

 6 a.m. A few wisps Of A.-s. hanging round Erebus and Terror slopes. 



8 a.m. Cu. clouds alim-e western mountains and Mt. Discovery, also some smaller clouds hanging over Black Island. Sky clouding 

 over from SW in forenoon. 



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