METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



483 



Miscellaneous Observations 



As already stated, meteorological observations were made at fixed stations other than those 

 reported upon above. These are for the most part only occasional and irregular, for which 

 reasons it has not seemed desirable to make any attempt to compile them for publication. 

 However, the observations made in the course of the several sledge trips are valuable and of 

 interest as affording some general gauge as to the conditions of travel in the archipelago 

 during periods of relatively high temperatures, such as were encountered by the parties on these 

 trips. 



Meteorological observations on march north from Cape Flora to Teplitz Bay 



September 27 to November 20, 1904 



Observers : Anthony Fiai,a and Chari^ks Seitz, M. D. 



Date 



1904 

 Sept. 27 

 28 



Oct. 



29 



I 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 



L. M.T. 



13 

 14 



15 

 16 



17 

 18 



19 



21 



h m 



A. M. 

 A. M. 



8 00 

 8 00 



6 00 

 12 00 



9 00 

 12 00 



A. M. 

 12 00 

 12 00 

 12 00 

 18 00 



9 00 



18 00 



9 CO 



17 30 



12 00 



8 00 

 12 00 



p. M. 



8 00 

 6 CO 



12 00 



9 00 

 9 00 



i8 00 

 8 30 

 17 30 

 10 30 

 17 00 



5 00 

 10 00 

 17 00 



Fahrenheit 

 temperature 



+14 

 +16 

 +16 

 +21 

 Rising 



Falling 

 +26 

 +23 

 +19 

 +23 

 +23 

 +26 

 +26 

 + 16 

 +10 



— I 

 + 9 

 + 9 

 +31 

 +27 



o 



— 2 



— 4 

 + 11 



— 4 

 + 8 

 +31 

 +27 

 + 5 



— 2 



— 4 

 o 



+ 2 

 + 6 

 +20 

 +14 



Prevailing 

 ■wind 



SW 

 SW 

 W 

 W 

 SE 

 SE 

 SE 

 SE 

 N 



SE 

 SE 

 SE 

 NW 



NW 



S 



SE 



N 



N 



SE 

 SW 



Var. 

 WSW 



WNW 

 N 



SB 



SE 



SW 



, SW 



NW 



Remarks 



Camped in high drifting wind at Camp Point 



Cloudy ; high drifting wind 



Clear ; first attempt to cross De Bruyne Sound ; obliged to return 



Cloudy ; drifting wind ; impossible to cross sound 



Cloudy ; high drifting wind 



Cloudy ; storm continued 



Cloudy ; storm continued ; maximum + 34° 



Cloudy ; ice in sound grinding its way seaward 



Clear ; light airs from north ; many open lanes in sound ; all 



ice broken and in motion 

 Misty ; calm 



Dense mist ; snowing ; light breeze 

 Misty ; sleeting ; variable airs 

 Misty ; snowing 

 Clear ; high drifting winds all night 



Clear; impossible to cross sound 



Cloudy ; high drifting wind and rising temperature 



Clear ; light breeze 

 Misty 



Clear ; strong breeze ; ice in motion 

 Heavy mist 



Cloudy ; heavy raiu ; sound open in several places 



Sound filled with ice from NW 

 I/anes in sound freezing over ; clear 

 Minimum — 6° 



Minimum — 8° ; clear ; light breeze 

 Minimurn —5" ; light breeze 

 Minimum + 1° ; cloudy ; drifting wind 



