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1st, 7 .30 Aurora] glow stretching from X. to S.E. One bright 

 streamer to the N.N.E., rising from the horizon 

 to about 4-5°. 

 14.30 A glow on the S. side of Mount Erebus, shortly giving 

 place to auroral shafts, and later to a curtain 

 extending along the horizon through about 30° of 

 arc. 

 15.00 The above curtain had entirely faded, and a fine cur- 

 tain developed along the area to the N. of Mount 

 Erebus. This faded in about 20 minutes. 

 17.15 Several shafts over the horizon to the S.E. by E. 

 The skv had been clear, but scarcely anv aurora 

 • seen till after 22.00. 

 22.45 A faint arc trending N. by E. from the N. horizon to 

 the zenith. 

 2nd, 3.30 An auroral glow over a low. cloud in the N. and a 

 streamer on the left side of the same. Shortly this 

 developed into a small curtain near the horizon. 

 Weather became dense and blizzard conditions 

 prevailed. 

 3rd. Blizzard all day obscuring the sky. 



4th, 2.30 An auroral glow on a cloud between W.N.W. and 

 N.W. at 40° above the horizon. 

 3.30 An auroral glow on clouds near the S. horizon about 

 12° up. Weather mostly overcast, but clearing 

 somewhat on rare occasions. 

 5th. Weather conditions much the same, though clearing 



further. 

 1.45) An auroral cloud stretching W. by N., where it was 

 2.30) about 45° to 50° above the horizon down to the 

 horizon in the N. The outline was rendered in- 

 distinct by falling snow. This must have been a 

 powerful display, as first- and second-magnitude 

 stars only were visible through the falling snow . 

 8.00 Slight auroral glow to the N.W. Day partly clear, 

 but no further aurora noted till 23.00. 

 23. 00 Sky clear. An auroral glow along the horizon from 

 Mount Erebus to Cape Bird, in which area 

 abundant streamers were descending. 

 6th, 00.30 The display to N.E. had now faded, though a faintly 

 luminous haze continued for some time. 

 2.30 Faint broad streamers were descending over a large 

 area just N. of Mount Erebus. The streamers 

 terminated below on top of a large stratus cloud, 

 and did not appear between this cloud and 

 the horizon. 

 14.00 Small aurora to the N. 

 14.45 Faint auroral rays rising to the E.N.E. Moon rising 



in the N.N.E. 

 15.30| A stronger band with faint curtain structure ex- 

 15.45 1 tended from Mount Erebus to the N. and N.W. 

 The auroral light exhibited a definite green com- 

 ponent when seen in the moonlight. 

 17.30 A curtain extended across the zenith, trending E. by 

 X. This was fairly bright, and lasted about 15 

 minutes. Between the above displays and till 

 9 p.m. no aurora visible. The moonlight, how- 

 ever, was strong enough to obscure the fainter 

 exhibitions. 



