MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS 



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calm, clear overhead, hazy to 30 above horizon. 5:21:06, scale stopped here, then 

 decreased; 5:21: 18 to 22, unable to check magnet with pin, had to stop motion with block 

 and then check with pin; 5:22: 10, aurora in northeast and zenith of irregular shape, light 

 wind, clear overhead; 5:22:38, aurora faint in east; 5:23:12, aurora in faint streaks from 

 zenith to northeast and east. 7:00:06, hazy 20 above horizon, aurora in south; 7:00:24, 

 faint streaks of aurora in south and north ; 7:01:08, arc-shaped aurora from zenith to north- 

 west ; 7:01:24, scale decreasing; 7:01:44, aurora has disappeared, sky overcast, calm, few 

 stars to be seen ; 7:02: 28, faint streaks of aurora from northeast to zenith, more stars visible ; 

 7: 03: 34, no aurora visible, calm, sky hazy ; 7: 04: 34, scale increasing ; 7:04 142, scale increas- 

 ing. 9: 14:42, daylight ends, about 5 hours' duration ; 9: 15: 24, very faint aurora in north- 

 east. 10:00:00, faint aurora in south at 10 altitude, bank of clouds below; 10:01:06, 

 scale increasing but does not pass 48 d .2; 10:01:52, scale reaches 45 a .5 at 1:53; 10:03:50, 

 scale quiescent at 35*. i and then continues decreasing almost imperceptibly; 10:07:28, wind 

 of 10 miles velocity from southwest, cloudy, no aurora; 10:08:22, scale decreased to 42*. o ; 

 10:08:34, scale increased about 7 divisions; 10:09:24, scale increasing; 10:10:50, scale 

 decreasing; 10: 12:44, scale increases to 55 d .o ; 10: 16: 38, overcast ; 10: 22: 12, scale decreasing 

 rapidly; scale reads i7 d .i 3122:14.4; 10:22:54, decreasing off scale. 11:19:34, brilliant 

 aurora from northeast to southeast. 12: 20:00, sky clear, no aurora ; 12:22:56, bear trying 

 to break into observatory ; 12: 23: 20, aurora in southeast ; 12: 23:40 to 48, observer investi- 

 gating outside to see if bear is gone. 14:00:00, cloudy, light wind; 14:06:18, scale 

 increased to 6o d .i. '17:01:08, scale decreasing to 2i d .2 ; 17:01:42, scale increased to 

 64 d -5 ; 17:01:56, scale decreasing; 17:03:00, high wind during balance this day's work; 

 17: 03: 40, scale decreasing ; 17:05: 58, scale decreasing to 4i d .o after 5: oo ; 17: 06: 42, magnet 

 checked with adjusting pin ; 17: 07: 02, increasing ; 17: 07: 42, shoveling snow from entrance ; 

 17:08:38, daybreak; 17:08:42, niaguet oscillating vertically, hut perfectly steady in high 

 wind; 17:08: 58, vertical oscillation has ceased; 17:12:08, shoveling snow from entrance; 

 17: 16: 05, no more alternating on account of snow drifting against entrance to hut. 18: 17: 48, 

 faint aurora in northeast, wavy streak from horizon to zenith ; 18: 18: 22, aurora northeast to 

 southwest through zenith ; 18: 18:48, after this oscillation scale decreased to 3o d .o ; 18: 18: 52, 

 aurora much stronger in northeast where it consists of many irregular bands ; 18: 19: 48, after 

 this scale increased to 42*. 8 ; 18:20:00, magnet dropped from top of pier to floor. 19, 

 high wind throughout observations this day. 20:00:56, very faint aurora. 23, duration 

 of daylight, 8 hours. 24, clear and calm at beginning of observations, wind rising to 60 

 miles an hour at 7: 10 and continuing until about 14:00, when it began to slacken, being light 

 at end of day's work; 24:07:30, J. V. enters hut, has two small iron rings on person, these 

 are removed; 24:08:08, reading increased on next oscillation to 55 d .2 ; 24:10:32, magnet 

 checked with adjusting pin ; 24: 16: oo, temperature rising rapidly outside all day ; 24: 16: 58, 

 daylight ends ; 24: 19: 26, magnet vibrating up and down ; 24: 21: 48, scale increasing to 55 d .8 

 at 21:49. 8; 24: 21 : 52, very faint aurora east to southeast ; 24: 22: 38, aurora becoming much 

 stronger and extending from east to south. 28:00:00, sky overcast, revolver placed for 

 first time in far end of sight shaft; 28:00:56, pocket knife found on person and removed ; 

 28:05: 26 and 28, scale increasing. 



March, 1904. i: 12:00, partly cloudy and snowing ; revolver not taken to hut. 2:00:00, 

 revolver not taken to hut ; occasional gusts of wind ; 2: 06: 14, daylight begins ; 2: 12: 26, wind 

 increasing; 2:14:18, wind diminishing, clear; 2:16:14, light clouds in south, balance sky 

 clear, moderate wind ; 2: 17: 22, daylight ends ; 2: 19: oo, sky clear, wind very light ; 2: 20: oo, 

 moon rises in east with very distinct four-armed cross through center ; 2: 20: 16, scale increased 

 to 66 d .o ; 2: 20: 20 and 24, magnet checked with adjusting pin ; 2: 20: 30, irregular spiral aurora 



