446 



As regards weather, the sledge partv liail less cloud and less fug than obtained at Winter Quarters, and 

 no snow ; at Winter Quarters snow fell on 3 days out of the 1 1 under notice. 



Lieutennnt BABNK to Journeying to the south from the 13th to the 20th September, inclusive, Lieutenant BAKXK and party 

 * mill, .September, obtained values for temperature from the 13th to the 17th which show a mean of - 45 8 F., against 

 28 9 F., the mean of temperature observations at Winter Quarters. The maximum temperature, 

 -36 ''5 F., was registered on the 13th, with a light breeze from south-west; at Winter Quarters the 

 maximum, - 20 F., occurred two days after, with a light breeze from east-north-east. During a light 

 breeze from south-west, on the 15th, the minimum temperature, -66"'8F., was registered, and a day 

 later the minimum for the same period, -37 '2 F., was recorded at Winter Quarters, a wind from east- 

 north-east, force 7, blowing at the time. The mean wind directions during the journey are found to have 

 been 3 days south-south-west, 1 day north, and 4 days of calm; the force, 1. It was north-east by east, 

 2 -5, at Winter Quarters during the period. The atmosphere was clearer on the journey than at Winter 

 Quarters, otherwise the weather appears to have been similar. 



Dr. WILSON to Cape From the 12th October to the 4th November, 1903, inclusive, a sledge party made a journey to Cape 



ber'to"' 4Ui'' 'NOV." Crozier and back > in charge of Dr. E. A. WILSON. From the time of starting to the end of the month the 



ember, 19 . mean temperature was - 8 F., while it was - 3 -3 F. at Winter Quarters. The maximum for the period, 



G -5 F., occurred during a gale (force 8) from south-west on the 27th ; the maximum at Winter Quarters, 



12 F., registered on the same day, was associated with a moderate breeze from south-east. The lowest 



reading on this part of the journey, -33 '4 F., was noted on the 15th and again on the 17th, during 



calms; the lowest at Winter Quarters, - 27' 2 F., registered on the 19th, was likewise noted in a calm. 



The mean direction and force of the wind, as estimated by the travellers, is found to be south-west by 

 south, 3, while at Winter Quarters it was east, 2 - 6. The weather was overcast or cloudy, alike on the 

 journey and at the ship, but rather less so on the journey. The travellers recorded snow on 7 days 

 only, and no fog ; while at the ship snow fell on 11 days, and the weather was foggy on 6. 



From the 1st to the 4th November, inclusive, the difference between the temperature experienced by 

 the sledge party and that which obtained at the ship was still more accentuated. 



On the journey the mean temperature is found by the observations to have been 5-3 F., against 

 11'8F. at the ship. The maximum, 29'5F., noted on the 4th in a calm, may be placed against 

 24 - 5 F., the maximum at the ship, recorded on the 2nd, also in a calm. The minimum, - 16" F., noted on 

 the 2nd by the travellers when a calm prevailed, is 10 -5 lower than the minimum at the ship during the 

 same period, which occurred on the 3rd, with a light air from north. The mean direction and force of the 

 wind, as estimated by them, was west by south, 1'3; at the ship it was east-north-east, 2 "4. The weather 

 experienced by the travellers was similar to that which obtained at the ship, except that the ship had fog 

 on 1 day, while the travellers had no fog. 



Lieutenant BABNE to Between the 7th October and the 12th December a journey was undertaken to the south-west, led by 

 O,Ttober" e to' 12th Lieutenant BARNE. Lieutenant BAENE arrived in latitude 79 16' S., longitude 165 48' E. on the 31st 

 December, 1903. of October. During this part of the journey the observations for temperature show a mean of -15 - 3, 

 while the mean at the ship was -4'l F. The maximum temperature, 4 - 5 F., was observed by the 

 sledge party on the 31st, with a light breeze from south by east, and the maximum at the ship for the 

 23 days, 12 F., occurred on the 27th, with the wind from east-south-east, force 3. The minimum 

 temperature, - 50 -5 F., entered in the Journal of the sledge party on the 8th, with the wind's direction 

 south, force 2, is 23 -0 lower than the minimum at the ship during the same time, which was associated 

 with a light breeze from north. The average direction and force of the wind on this part of the 

 journey is found to have been south-south-west, 2 ; at the ship it was east by north, 2 -6, during the time. 

 Overcast or cloudy weather was experienced by the sledge party as well as at the ship; but while the 

 former had snow on 6 days, at the latter there was snow on 12 days ; and while the travellers had fog on 

 3 days, there was fog at the ship on 8. On the 20th November Lieutenant BAKXE had reached a position 

 in latitude NO' 7' S., longitude 161 4' E., and the return journey commenced. During November 

 observations for temperature show a mean of 11 F., while the mean at McMurdo Sound was 15-4F. 

 The maximum temperature, 31 '2 F., registered on the 30th in a calm, is only 2 - 8 lower than the 

 maximum for the same period at the ship, registered on the 22nd, also in a calm. The minimum, 



