SERIES B. ZONE 3. L AT. 7 5° TO 80° N. 



71 



ZO]\E I^o. S. 



Latitude 75° to 80° North. 



The observations in this zone were made by different Arctic explorers for an 

 aggregate period of 3120 days, or more than eight and a half years. 



(Nos. 1 to 5.) Western Arctic Ocean (north of America). 



Observed at the following places, viz. : — 



Northumberland Sound, by Belcher, from August 1st, 1852, to June .30th, 1853. 



At sea (longitude 90° to 91° W.) by Kane, Penny, and Belcher in the years 1850 to 1853, for an 

 aggregate period of 96 days. 



Port Befuge, Disaster Bay, by Belcher, from August 18th, 1853, to August 23d, 1854. 



At sea (longitude 10° to 90° W.), by Ross, for 10 days in the summer of 1818 ; by Snow, for 4 

 days in the summer of 1850 ; by Kane, for 33 days in the spring and summer of 1850, and summer 

 of 1853 ; and by McClintock, for three days in the autumn of 1857, and for 10 days in the summer 

 of 1858 ; making an aggregate of 60 days. The observations in spring were made between the 

 meridians of 80° and 90°, and those in summer and autumn between 70° and 80°. 



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Time of the 

 year. 



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Spring 



237 



379 



20 



272 



141 



67 



79 



479 



534 



N. 1° 53' E. 



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N. 9° W. 



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92 



1 



Northumlierland 

 Sound ' 



Summer 

 Autumn 



53 

 264 



345 

 320 



30 

 98 



139 



407 



162 

 113 



141 



72 



82 

 148 



259 

 424 



205 

 338 



N. 3 32 E. 

 N. 18 31 E. 



.09 

 .16 



S. 13 W. 

 N. 70 E. 



.05 , 59 

 .03i 91 





Winter 



125 



364 



50 



374 



114 



172 



65 



510 



386 



N. 5 47 E. 



.11 



S. 12 W. 



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N. 7 39 E. 



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2 



At sea ( 

 (lou. 90° to 97= W.) 1 



Spring 

 Summer 

 Autumn 

 Spring 



6 



15 



4 



104 



4 



325 



2 



98 



2 

 255 





 168 



5 

 137 



1 

 474 



1 

 466 



2 

 328 



4 

 845 



2 

 250 





 395 



2 

 124 



6 



1135 



3 



207 







94 







454 



N. 12 44 E. 

 S. 21 54 W. 

 N. 46 W. 

 S. 13 27 E. 



.21 

 .16 

 .30 

 .24 



S. 





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28 

 52 

 16 

 92 







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Summer 



275 



192 



379 



346 



118 



168 



108 



28] 



495 



N. 69 1 B. 



.15 



N. 17 E. 



.251: 98 1 



3 



Port Refuge -1 



Autumn 



111 



213 



75 



424 



210 



429 



113 



19- 



415 



S. 3 53 W. 



.19 



East 



OS' 



91 





- 



Winter 



73 



17 



57 



679 



445 



219 



79 



89 



602 



S. 11 55 E. 



.41 



S. 5 E. 



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90 





Tlie year' 





















S. 19 18 E. 



.20 









371 





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 year. 





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At sea ( 

 (Ion. 80° to 90° W.) ( 



Spring 











S. 67°47'W.??? 



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At sea ( 

 (Ion. 70° to 80° W.) ( 



Summer 



18 



4 



9 



3 



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5 23 



4 



12 



15 



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7, 



138 



N. 6 50 W. 



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Autumn 















2 







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3 



2 



0,5 



3| 



114 











4 



S. 79 35 W.??? 



.48 







3 



(Nos. 6, 1, and 8.) Northern Greenland. 



Observed at the following places, viz. : — 



Port Foulke, by Isaac I. Hayes, from September 1st, 1860, to July 31st, 1861. 

 Bensselaer Bay, under direction of Elisha Kent Kane, from September 1st, 1858, to Jan. 24th, 1855. 

 Lifeboat Gove, under Capt. Hall, from Nov. 1, 1872, to May 31, 1873. Observed by Dr. Bessels. 



' Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 



