()2 WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 2C and 27.) Northeastern Siberia. 



Observed at the following places, viz.: — 



No. 26. Nijnii Eolimsk, by Baron Wrangel, in the years 1820, 1821, and 1822, who says that a 

 northwest wind "blows almost without intermission," and in another place that the sea winds "always 

 jirevail.'" 



Anadyrsk, by a member of the Russo-American Telegraph Expedition in the years 1866 and 1867. 

 See note to Nos. 69, 70, and 71 of Zone No. 6. 



No. 27. Bushes Staiion, by George Bush, from October 21st to December 31st, in the year 1866, 

 as follows : — 



{North 9, N. E. 2, East 15, S. E. 7, West 29, N. W. 16 ; calm or variable 4. 

 Direction of resultant N. 48° 29' W. 

 Ratio of resultant to sum of winds, 31. 

 Number of days, 41. 

 I North 1, N. E. 1, East 8, S. E. 2, South 1, West 16, N. W. 30. 

 December I Direction of resultant N. 52° 52' W. 



C Ratio of resultant to sum of winds, 58. 



ZOIVE I\o. 6. 



Latitude 60° to 65° North. 



The data for the study of the winds of this zone consist of observations made 

 in the following portions of it, aggregating about 420 years: — 



Eegion. 



No. of 

 Btations. 



Aggregate length of time. 



Pacific Ocean 



American Continent 



Greenland . 



Hudson's Strait, Baffin's Bay, and Atlantic Ocean 

 Southwestern Iceland and Faroe and Shetland Islands 

 Norway and Sweden ...... 



European Russia 



Siberia ......... 



9 

 2 



5 



13 

 22 



8 



567 days. 

 Over 11^ years. 

 19 months. 

 256 days. 

 Nearly 35 years. 

 71:^ years. 

 270i years. 

 Over 27 years. 



(Nos. 1 to 6i.) Pacific Ocean and Alaska. 



Observed at the following places, viz. : — 



At sea (longitude 172° E. to 160° W.), by Beechy, for 21 days in the summers and autumns of 

 the years 1826 and 1827; by Rogers and Schonborn, for 43 days in the summer of 1855 ; and on 

 board the New Bedford whaling barques Cleone, Roscoe, and Helen Snow for 295 days in the 

 springs, summers, and autumns of 1859 to 1861, and 1864 to 1870, both inclusive. 



Fort St. Michaels, Alaska, by H. M. Bannister, of the Russo-American Telegraph Expedition, 

 from October 15th, 1865, to August 31st, 1866, and communicated by him to the author. 



Ikogmvt (on the river Kwipack), Alaska, by Jacques Netzvetof, and communicated by C. Wesse- 

 lowski to Prof Kaemtz for insertion in the Repertorium fiir Meteorologie. The observations appear 



' Nijnii Kolymsk. Percentage of winds in winter: 3 years, 1820-22. 



N. N. E. E. S. E. S. S. W. W. N. W. 



6 2 5 29 13 7 25 12 



Wrangel does not give the winds for each day, but says that moderate and strong winds from this direction 

 blew on these days, etc. From these remarks tlie above percentage was computed by Dr. Woeikof. 



