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But Capt. SvERDRUP has told me that a northerly wind was also 

 found almost continuously on the high land around the fjords. 



We find the general causes for the prevalence of the most frequent 

 winds in the mean distribution of the atmospheric pressure. As it will 

 be seen from my charts, PI. XI — XIII, in "The , Norwegian North Polar 

 Expedition 1893 — 1896, Scientific Results, edited by Fridtjof Nansen, 

 Volume VI, Meteorology", there is a barometric gradient towards the 

 East or ESE, i. e. a gradient for northerly winds, at the winter quarters 

 of the second Fram Expedition, in nearly all months. In June and July 

 the pressure is more evenly distributed around Jones Sound, and 

 southerly winds take the place of northerly as the preponderating winds. 



