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24th, 21.00 A very strong auroral glow behind Mount Erebus,, 

 throwing up the latter in strong relief. 

 22.00 A very strong curtain, trending N.W. along the 

 highlands of Ross Island. High streamers arising 

 from this zone in the N. When strongest this 

 appeared as a uniform intense glow. At other 

 times filaments were distinct and rapidly vibrat- 

 ing. Chief travel of excitation from the N. to S. 

 Appeared to be a slight drift to the N.W., where 

 in proximity" to Mount Erebus it became dis- 

 tinctly kinked to the E. It waned from S. to 

 N. In its later stages subsidiary curved portions 

 formed at the S. end and in the N.N.E. 

 22.30 A curtain, trending N. and S., somewhat E. of the 



zenith, best developed in the N.'E. 

 28.00 An extensive curtain, trending N. by E., over the 

 zenith from S. to N. Its continuity broken in 

 several places. The luminescence was strongest 

 in the N. It showed a slow but definite drift to 

 the N .N.W. ; 20° up in the E. was another 

 parallel band. 

 23.15 The curtains previously noted were iioav a little more 



to the W. The more westerly now fading. 

 23.30 The remnant of the long N. and S. arc visible in the 



far N. and just S. of the zenith. 

 24.00 Remnants of the N. and S. curtain still remained, 

 also a streamer patch* appeared N. of Mount 

 Erebus. 

 25th, 00.30 A large patch of aurora in the zenith, also several 

 broken lines of aurora towards Mount Erebus. 

 2.00 A curtain aurora to the E.S.E. 

 4.00 A stratus cloud to the N. with an auroral glow over 



it. The aurora died away in the N. 

 6.00 A curtain aurora to the N.W. Daylight subse- 

 quently obscured observations. A blizzard pre- 

 vailed during the day. 

 23.30 Blizzard still blowing and an aurora visible above in 

 a fairly clear sky. The display, in the form of 

 two parallel curtains, trending approximately N. 

 and S. A strong glow also observed along a 

 cloud-edge to the E. 

 24.00 An auroral display, chiefly centred in the N. On 

 account of the driving snow-grit could not closely 

 observe its movements, but it appeared to be 

 comparativelv steady. 

 26th. 00.30 An auroral display in the S.E.' 



2.00 A strong auroral glow in the S.E. 



6.15 Auroral curtains along the horizon from N.E. to W. 



by N. 

 7.00 A slight curtain aurora in the S.E. 

 19.30 An auroral streamer in the N. The sky frequently 

 observed towards midnight, but no aurora seen. 

 27th, 2.00 An auroral glow to the S.E., also one streamer 20° 

 up to the S. 

 4.00 A faint curtain very much broken up in the N. and 

 N.E. A curtain in the zenith; an auroral glow 

 in the S. 

 6.00 Fragments of auroral curtains in the sky. 



