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Crozier, from the 10th to the 18th of the month, during mngh uv.it her, Lieutenant ROYDS made the 

 following entries in his journal : 



IQt/i Orlnlirr. " Height above sea-level 940 feet. Summit of Mount Terror very misty. Arrived at 

 furthest camp." 



(The mean of the temperature observations on that day comes out as - 33" -6 F., as against - 26 '2 F. 

 at Winter Quarters. The minimum temperature was - 58' 5 F., against - 32 8 F. at Winter Quarters. 

 The weather was cloudy and calm to commence with, at camp, and was followed by a gentle breeze from 

 south-west ; at Winter Quarters the weather was cloudy and the breeze gentle from east-south-east.) 



llth Octolie,: " Record was deposited at Cape Crozier." 



(Mean temperature on that day was - 28 -0 F. ; minimum temperature - 35' -5 F. ; sky blue; no wind. 

 At Winter Quarters the mean temperature was -26'8F. ; the minimum temperature -40-8F. ; sky 

 blue ; wind light from east-north-east at first, then calm.) 



12th Orto/irr. " Wind rose gradually all day, ugly appearance to south." 



(Mean temperature - 28 'IF.; minimum - 40 F. ; wind gentle from south-west ; weather overcast, 

 misty. At Winter Quarters mean temperature -27'6F. ; minimum -37' - 2F. ; breeze light from east- 

 south-east ; weather overcast.) 



13th October. "Wind sprang up very strong during night and blew hard all day, with a short lull at 

 4 p.m. Enormous quantities of drift collecting round tents." 



(Temperature - 18" 5 F. (one observation); minimum temperature during previous 24 hours -30" F. ; 

 mean wind direction and force, south-west, 8 ; weather overcast.) 



14//1 October. " Exactly similar weather as yesterday. Wind lulled for about half an hour at 4 a.m., but 

 again came on, with increasing heavy gusts. Drift very thick." 



(No instrumental observations are given on this day. The mean wind direction and force, at Winter 

 Quarters, was south, 4; the weather was overcast and snow was falling.) 



15th October. " Wind about the same, blowing a whole gale, accompanied by heavy drift." 



(No instrumental observations given on this day. The mean wind direction and force at ship was east- 

 south-east, 4 ; the weather was overcast and snow was falling.) 



16th October. "Similar conditions as yesterday, wind still a strong south-west gale, with heavy drift. 

 In the afternoon the sun shone out a bit and the wind began to lull." 



(No instrumental observations given. Mean wind at Winter Quarters east by north, 3 ; weather 

 overcast.) 



11th October. "Wind still remains strong, about force 7, but sky was cloudless and wind gradually fell 

 towards evening." 



(Temperature, 8 p.m., -11F. ; mean wind south-west, G; general weather "blue sky." At Winter 

 Quarters the mean temperature was - 2 - 2 F. ; the mean wind east, 3 ; the weather clear to cloudy.) 



18//i October. "Glorious day; sky cloudless." 



(There was no wind.) 



In his ' Voyage of the " Discovery," ' Captain Scon' mentions that gales at Cape Crozier grow exces- 

 sively violent towards the end of September and in October, and that the ice sheet by this time has 

 probably commenced to weaken. 



During the twenty days occupied by Lieutenant ROYDS on his journey to Cape Crozier, the mean of the 

 temperatures observed is found to be - 20 F., and the mean minimum - 34 2 F. During the same 

 period the mean temperature at Winter Quarters is found to have been - ll-9 F., and the mean minimum 

 temperature -21 -2 F. ; but it must be mentioned that for five out of the twenty-one days Lieutenant 

 ROYDS'S observations were made in camp, near Cape Crozier, at an elevation estimated at 940 feet above 

 sea-level. 



During the months of September and October, 1902, mean pressure at the Winter Quarters of the " Ghiuss," September 

 German Expedition is found to have been 28-900 inches, which is 0'261 inch lower than that which 

 obtained at McMurdo Sound during the same period. The highest pressure during the two months 

 29-634 inches, recorded on the 28th September is 0'220 inch lower than the " Discovery's" for the same 

 period; the lowest pressure 27 '922 inches, recorded on the 13th October is 0'397 inch lower than the 



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