58 Prof. L. Vegard : Results of Nortliliglit Investigations 



But even from such observations we ought to find fairly 

 good average values. From observations of this kind we 

 found the directions for the stations Kingua Fjord, Fort 

 Rae, Point Barrow, Sagastyr and Fort Conger for the polar 

 year, and for observations taken at GJ0ahavn and King- 

 Point in 1905-06 by the GJ0a Expedition of Roald 

 Amundsen. The results are collected in Table VIII. and 

 illustrated in tig. 3 (PL II.), which gives the mean direction 

 of band-forms relative to the magnetic axis-point. 



Table VIII. 



Station. </>. A. A,„. a. a m 



Haldde 1914 



69° 56' 



69° 56' 



22° 55' E. 

 22° 55' E. 



-28-46 

 -30-53 



o 



72-7 

 694 



o 

 101-1 



Bossekop 1839 



99-9 



Cap Thordsen 1882 ... 



78° 29' 



15° 42' E. 



-48-62 



62-6 



101-2 



Jan May en ,, 



71° 



8° 28' W. 



-36-1 



63-3 



99-4 



Godthaab ., 



64° 11' 



51° 44' W. 



— 12-2 



47-9 



60-1 



Nain 



56° 33' 



61° 40' W. 



- 3-55 



98-4 



101-9 



Kingua Fjord ., 



66° 36' 



67° 22' W. 



- 1-24 



66-3 



67-5 



Port Eae ,, 



62° 39' 



115° 44' W. 



+ 22 83 



128-9 



1061 



Point Barrow ,, 



71° 23' 



156° 40' W. 



+32-62 



133-8 



101-7 



Ssagastyr ,, 



73° 23' 



126° 36' E. 



+ 6-3 



84-3 



78 



Fort Conger ,, 



81° 44' 



64° 45' W. 



Kb predo 



ninant direction. 



Bay Treurenberg 1900 



79° 55' 



16° 52' E. 



-49-52 



75-92 



126-4 



Oj0ahavn 



68° 37' 



95° 45' W. 



+22 



135 



113 



King Point 



69° 7' 



138° 8' W. 



+ 32 



132 



100 



The table shows that the direction found by the French 

 Oommissiom in 1838-40 and that found by us for the same 

 phice in 1914 is very nearly the same. We also see that 

 10 stations out of 13 give a magnetic azimuth somewhat 

 greater than 90°, and among these we find all those stations 

 tor which we have the most accurate determinations. 



The exception to the rule shown by the stations Godthaab, 

 Kingua Fjord and Ssagastyr, might be explained from 

 inaccuracy of the measurements, but if the results should be 

 confirmed by future observations I think that the singular 

 direction of the bands which has been found for these 

 stations may be due to the fact that the magnetic field is not 

 symmetrical with respect to the magnetic axis. In this 

 connexion it is, however, of interest to notice that the station 

 Gj0ahavn, situated close to the magnetic pole, gives the 

 normal direction, while the station Fort Conger, situated 

 near the magnetic axis-point, shows no predominant direction 

 at all. 



Thus we find that on an average the magnetic azimuth 



