3 66 SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF ZIEGLER POLAR EXPEDITION 



AURORA OBSERVED AT CAMP ABRUZZI, TEPLITZ BAY, RUDOLPH ISLAND 



October, 1903 y. 21:00 to 22:00, E to W, about 35 to 40. 21: 19: 10 to 20:40, E to W, 

 about 25 to 40. 30: 21 : 20 to 22: 10, SE to NW. 31: 21: 45 to 22: 10 from 60 to 90. 



November, 1903 1:05:00 to 6: 15 ; i: 16: 15 to 18:00. 4: 16:45 to 1 7-Z> E to W. 

 10: 17: 15 to 19: 10, E to W. n: 16: oo to 22: oo, E to W, about 35. 12: 15: oo to 16: 25, E 

 to W. 14: 20: 50 to 21: 10, W to E. 15: 22: 30 to 23: 10. 17: 14: 30 to 22: 10, E to W. 

 18:04:00 to 10: 30 ; 18: 14:00 to 21: 10. 19: 10: 30 to 10: 50, E to W and N ; 19: 14: 30 to 

 16:00; 19: 19: 35 to 21: 10. 22: 21: 10 to 21: 50. 23: 22: 45 to 24: oo. 25: 16: 30 to 17: 10. 

 26: 20: oo to 21 : oo from 30 to 45. 



December, 1903 2:07:00 to 8: 15. 8: 15:55 to 17:00, E to W ; 8: 19: 10 to 21: 10. 

 12: 20:00 to 21 : 30. 13:07:45 to 18: 30. 14:07: 45 tog: 10 ; 14: 19: 30 to 24:00. 17: 19: 30 to 

 24:00. 18: 11:45 to 12:30 ; 18: 19: oo to 23: 10. 19: 23: oo to 24: oo. 20: 19: 30 to 20: 15. 

 21 : 07: 30 to 9:00 ; 21 : 19: 50 to 21 : 50. 22: 19: 50 to 20: 30. 23:07: 45 to 8: 15 ; 23: 11:45 to 

 17: oo ; 23: 22: 40 to 24: oo. -24: 20: oo to 22: 30. 28: 22: 30 to 24: oo. 



January, 1904 2:19:45 to 21:00. 4:10:10 to 10:20; 4:12:00 to 12:40. 5:07:55 to 

 8: 25. 7: 22: 30 to 23:40. 9: 23: 15 to 24: oo. 10: 07: oo to 8: 40 ; 10: 14: 10 to 16: 25. 11:07: 

 30108:10; 11:15:251017:00; 11:22:101023:25. 12:15:501018:10; 12:19:201022:25. 

 13:11:00 to 11: 25; 13: 12:00 to 12: 40 ; 13: 14: 40 to 24:00. 14: 1 1: 50 to 12: 40 ; 14: 22: 30 

 1023:10. 15:12:0010 16:00; 15:16:30 to 20:10. 20: 12: 10 to 12: 35 in S. 23: 22: oo to 

 24:00. 24:00:00 to oo: 30. 25: 19: 30 to 21 : 10. 28: 19: 15 to 19: 25 ; 28: 19:40 to 19: 55. 

 30: 19: 45 to 20: 10 ; 30: 20: 30 to 20: 50. 31 : 20: 15 to 20: 45. 



February, 1904 1:15:10 to 15:40, E to W. 5:18:10 to 18:40; 5:22:20 to 23:00. 

 6: 21: oo to 24: oo. 7: 07: 45 to 8: 15 ; 7: 19: 15 to 24: oo. 8: 15: 30 to 17: oo ; 8: 18: oo to 

 24: oo. 9: 19: 55 to 20: 25. n: 19:00 to 24:00. 12: 21 : 30 to 24:00. 16: 19: 15 to 21: oo ; 

 1 6: 22:00 to 24:00. 1 8: 19: oo to 21: 10 ; 18: 22:00 to 24:00. 23: 20: 25 to 20: 35 ; 23: 22: 15 

 to 23:00. 



March, 1904 2: 19: 40 to 20: 20. 16: 21: 35 to 22: oo. 

 October, 1904 19, aurora in E. 28, fine aurora. 



November, 1904 2, light aurora 3 days. 4, aurora SE to SW. 7, light aurora in SE 

 and W. 9, light aurora, ESE to SW. 10, light aurora, E to W. 12, very light aurora, E to 

 SW. 13, light aurora, SE to middle SW. 16, light aurora, SSWto SSE. 17, brilliant aurora, 

 E to W, entire southern hemisphere. 26, light aurora. 27, aurora SE to W. 29, light aurora, 

 1 8 : 30, WNW to E, and 20 : oo, ESE to WSW. 



December, 1904 i, aurora NE to WNW ; wide auroral bands over S (SSE to SSW). 

 2, slight auroral display in flashes in N (NNE to NNW). 3, straight auroral baud over hori- 

 zon, SSE to SSW, with light dashes in E, during P.M. 4, auroral dashes from 12:45, NW to 

 NE ; magnificent aurora from 20: 15 to 21:30; bauds SE to WSW changed to waving streams 

 of all colors moving W to E, fading to a faint ribbon across sky, followed by flashes. 5, A.M., 

 light aurora, W to NNE, plain band ; noon, wide, uncolored arch across zenith, E to W ; 

 P.M., clear aurora NE to E. 6, A.M, aurora, E to W, center zenith. 12, P.M., light band, E to 

 W. 14, 1 2 : oo, light dashes in W and " auroral smoke " N to NNE; 18 :oo, dashes in W and 

 band, W to E ; 20:00, band over S horizon, remained steady until 21: 15, then lengthened to 

 W and worked N, expanding, waving, coloring and fading, until at 21:35 reached zenith ; 



