KXPKDITION TO POINT !:.M;KO\V, ALASKA. 197 



Tin- foregoing notes arc presented :is flu- first con I in nuns sei ies of obsen alicn.s >,>i 1:1 l,,ce life 

 during winter in (he. A relic regions. 



Tin-, only icference to any observation of I In- kind that I have been able to lind in any of the 

 accounts <it' Arctic: exploration \vill lie round in Dr. Sutherland's ' Journal ol a Voyage in l';il)in's 

 l'.ii.\ ami Mm row Stiait," vol. 1, pp. I40-44J. On December 3. 1S50. the sea-\\alcr in tin- firehole 

 was observed to be luminous, especially when agitated by the tide line. "* * A iniiiiitc 



acaleph was disein ered which seemed to possess eilin. * * The shape \viis jteilectly ^lobnhir, 



exeept when in a Mate of motion, and Ihen it was ruddy pyramidal.'' This \vas probabh tin young 

 Jicrnr nir.i'iiln \\hieli we found so abundant under the ire. 



B._ xoms ON >srKi\\(;i: LIKH OI'-SKRVKD OCRINU THK VOVAGK FROM SAN 



l-'h'ANClSCOTO POINT IIAK'ROW. AND MlMUNCi- THK SKASON OF OPEN WATEK 

 AT POINT P.AHKOW. 



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j,tly lj._ Latitude 37 0' N.; longitude 1^4 .'53' W. (at noon). 



Large numbers of Vclclla s]>. floated past the vessel. 

 .lul,, ^.Latitude :5li "> 5L' N. ; longitude ll'ijo 33' W. 



\'i'//ll<i sp.; less jilenty. 

 .hi!;/ ^'L Latitude 37 09' N.; longitude. ll'.SO-U' W. 



A few Vilelld s]>. 

 ,/tdi, !':{. Latitude 38 11' X.; longitude 134 17' W. 



Large numbers of Lepas sp. floating in bunches. 

 July L'4. Latitude 39 10' ~N.; longitude 134 54' W. 



I.CIIKX .sp. ; ))leuty. 

 ,/./,/ L'5. Latitude 41 17' X.: longitude ]3", 4ti' W. 



Lcpas sp. ; pleutj'. 

 ,l,,li, !.><;. Latitude 42 44' X.; longitude 13(P is' \V. 



Lcpafi s]>. in unusually large numbers. 

 ,//,, L-s. Latitude 45 > IS' X.; longitude 130 45' \V. 



Water tilled with the shells of dead Yeh'Uu', to some of which were atlarhi-d a Dingle 



large blue barnacle ( ? Lcpttn sp.); Lcj)<tn sp. jilenty. 

 - July -29. Latitude 45 02' X.; longitude 139 37' 4.V \V. 



Large numbers of Vclclla sp. dead or dying. 

 J,,]y 30. Latitude 45 > 3(1' N.; longitude 1 IT- 40' \V. 



Dead or dying \'cMI<i s)>. ; still very plenty. 

 AugiiKt 4. Latitude 42 29' X.; longitude, no observation. 



Tallin lien-uli'<( : saw several. 

 August 11. Latitude 54 15' X.; longitude 15S 5.s< W. 



Temperature of water at 110011 52.2 F. M'at.er full of MnliiKir. 



'. Me rlciini/i ti/'iii/i ; saw one. 



* .1 nrt:li<( laliiitn ; plenty and small. 



.' (.'yuneii ixHttrlxi! ; ])leiity. 



.' /'(/((/// Sp. 



l-ittntrofiliorti iiii-rl: -itnii : very plenty and large. 



In crossing Bering Sea we had rough weather and observed no surface life. Ann tin 

 was observed in Plover Kay. Kasiern Siberia. 



AIM rir on-: AX. 



August 31. Latitude (!)o 01' X.; longitude IMS I'.V AV. T-ii}ernUirc of wan-i . 47 C I. 

 fijaneii pontclftii : rather plenty. 



