Note of the 1907 Cruise 55 



with information of the observations made by the Goldseeker at the 

 two stations Sec. 6a and Sec. 8, and these are embodied here. The 

 Stations 7 and 8 of the Goldseeker correspond closely with our 

 Stations 2 and 3, and, while the Scottish observations were made in 

 August, 1907, ours were made about three weeks later. 



Leaving Scalloway on Tuesday, September 17, rough weather 

 towards night necessitated shelter in Lerwick Harbour, and for two 

 days there was a very strong blow from south-west to west. The ship 

 did not get away until the 20th, and the first station marked by 

 Professor Pettersson was reached on Saturday, the 21st. This was 

 Lat. 60° 58' N., Long. 0° 47' E., and the depth 80 fathoms, with a 

 continually rising wind and heavy swell from the north ; by the time 

 the observations were finished it was really too rough to work any 

 longer. At 2 p.m. the same day the next station (2), in Lat. 60° 5' N., 

 Long. 2° 0' E., was reached, the wind still blowing strong from the 

 north and the barometer very high. The temperature at 50 fathoms 

 was so extraordinary that it was thought that the observation must be 

 wrong, but two more observations at this depth proved it to be correct. 

 The wind was very high and the swell strong, and as night was fast 

 approaching and further work became impossible, it was decided to run 

 past the next two stations (3 and -4), and make straight for the Nor- 

 wegian shore, a distance of sixty-seven miles, so as not to lose the fine 

 fair wind, and on the return passage to work the stations omitted. 

 Consecpiently Station 5 was reached on September 22, the land being 

 fifteen miles away east, three-quarters south, and covered with snow. 

 The sounding gave 193 fathoms. Starting work at 5 a.m., it took five 

 hours to take all the observations and to complete by the use of the 

 closing-net at 190, 60, and 20 fathoms. During this time the barometer 

 commenced to fall rapidly, and the wind backed to west-north-west, a 

 head- wind for the return passage. Station 4, Lat. 61° 32' N. and 

 Long. 3° 44' E., was reached in the afternoon, the wind strong and 

 west by north, and the weather looking very bad. Rain began to fall, 

 and the rough sea compelled the taking in of two reefs in the mainsail, 

 and bonneting off the foresail and storm-jib. The barometer having 



