-102 EXPEDITION TO POINT UARKOW, ALASKA. 



or no motion. At 1 1.15 there, was an arch through Orion, Gemini, Leo Minor, an<l Coma Bereir 

 (brightness 1 i, with streamers in Couia P.erenices ami Canes Yeuatiei. At 12.15 there was a simi- 

 lar arch through Orion, Gemini, Lynx, Ursa Major, Canes Venatici. and Hoiites, and a streak in the 

 N. shooting up from Bootes through Corona IJorcalis and Draco to Cepheus. At 1 a. m. a sinuou.; 

 band (brightness 1'), starting from the lower part of Orion in the KSK., extended through Gemini, 

 I i -.; Major, Canes Venatiei to a point low in Bootes in the NNW , with a baud below it not quite 

 so bright going only half way to the west, and a still more indistinct third band. The middle 

 band was (he brightest at 1.15, and what had been mere traces of bands starting from the same 

 point and crossing wst of the zenith had developed a brightness 1. At 2.15 the band (brightness 

 1 to 2) now started in Mouoceros in the KSK.. and passed through Canis Minor, Cancer, Leo Minor. 

 and Canes Venatici to Bootes, with the western band very faint, and brightest in the NN\V. At 

 ."> a. m. most of the sky was covered with luminous lia/e somewhat segregated into bands from the 

 NN\V. to ESE., one brighter than the rest (nearly 1; from Hercules across the zenith, one from 

 Hercules to Orion through Lyra, Draco, Cepheus, Camelopardalis and Auriga. The eastern bands 

 of the last observation had paled to 1, and the whole was fading at 3.15. At -1 there were several 

 faint bands, the most distinct (brightness 1) in NNW. from Hercules in the NXW. up through 

 Lyra, Draco, Trsa Major, and Leo Minor to Leo in the ESE. This had moved west about 15 and 

 had faded to a tra^e at 1.15, and the only distinct band (0 to 1) was in the south from Monoi 

 to Orion's belt. At 5 a. m. several bright (2 to 3) yellowish green bands moving slowly, one band 

 composed of streamers vibrating rapidly from W. to E. extended from Pisces through Cetus, 

 Aries, Taurus, Orion, Gemini, and Canis Minor to Cancer. At G a. m. there were several pat< 

 of faint streamers (0 to 1) in the E. and N. At 7 a. in. quiet bauds (brightness 1) ran from Cygnus 

 through Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Auriga, and Gemini to Leo and Cancer. At 8 a. m. a quiet band 

 (brightness 1) extended through Cygnus, Draco, aud Bootes to Leo. At 9.10 a. m. a faint white 

 quiet band lay along the horizon from the NE. to the W., and from NE. to N\V. a (0 to 1) quiet 

 band at an altitude of about 2.~P. The baud on the horizon continued at 10, but had faded some- 

 what, and there were traces of (0 to 1) aurora in the NNWW. and NNK. The aurora was the 

 same at 11.10 with the addition of faint patches in the NK. aud ENE. At 12.17 the entire south- 

 ern half of the sky was covered by broad parallel bauds running from the NK. to SW., with a 

 broad band on the northern side at an altitude of about 48. The magnets were considerably dis- 

 turbed. At 1 p. in. pale bauds running from ESE. to WNW. covered the sky from Leo Minor to 

 Andromeda, but at 1.12 there were only traces in the SE. and faint traces of several bands through 

 the zenith and Ursa Major. Apart from the disturbance above mentioned the needles were very 

 quiet, though early in the evening the horizontal force was rather high. 



December 12 ami 1.'!, 1S82, 11.15 a. m. to 1 p. m. At 11.15 p. m. there was a faint Hush in the 

 NK. in Cancer and Gemini, but the sky soon became overcast and did not clear again till G a. m., 

 when there was a broad, faint (0 to 1), motionless band from Perseus through Auriga, Camelopar- 

 dalis and Ursa Major to Leo Minor and Coma Berenices. At 7 a faint (0 to 1) band ran from 

 Auriga through Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cygnus, and Corona Borealis to Bootes. Clouds interfered 

 greatly with the observation of the rest of the aurora, though traces were observed through the 

 lia/.e and clouds at S, <. 10, and 10.10 a. in. At 1 p. in. patches of pale white light were seen 

 through breaks in the clouds near the southern horizon and at the zenith. The magnets were com- 

 paratively quiet, though the horizontal force was high early in the evening and lower toward 

 midnight. 



DrrriiilH'r 11, 18S2, 2 a. m. to 12.10 p. in. Beginning with the darkness there was more or less 

 pale glow along the N K. horizon, but no definite aurora till 2 a. in., when there was an arched band 

 (1) from Canis Minoris through Cancer to Leo Minor, where it disappeared in the clouds. This 

 was much fainter at 2.15. At 3 there was a broad hazy (0 to 1) band starting in Monoceros in the 

 KSK. uj) through Canis Minor, Cancer, Lynx, aud Ursa Major, where it faded out. At ;.>.!"> it 

 extended on to Hercules in the NN\V. At 4 it had merely risen .slightly, but at U5 it had devel- 

 oped into a broad, hazy, and somewhat sinuous band (1 to 2) from Hydra in the ESI-;, to Hydra 

 in the NN"\V. through Cancer, Gemini, Lynx, Auriga, Camelopardalis, Ursa Minor, Cepheus, 

 Draco. Cygnus. and Lyra, slowly drifting westward. At 5 a. in. a motionless baud (brightness 1) 

 extended from 1'isees through Taurus to Orion. At G there were two motionless yellowish green 



