﻿R. 
  S. 
  Tarr 
  — 
  Climate 
  of 
  Davis 
  1 
  and 
  Baffin's 
  Bay. 
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  Art. 
  XXIX. 
  — 
  Difference 
  in 
  the 
  Climate 
  of 
  the 
  Greenland 
  and 
  

   American 
  sides 
  of 
  Davis 
  1 
  and 
  Baffin 
  } 
  s 
  Bay 
  ;* 
  by 
  Kalph 
  

   S. 
  Tarr. 
  

  

  Route 
  followed. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1896, 
  I 
  made 
  the 
  

   journey 
  along 
  the 
  Labrador 
  and 
  Baffin 
  Land 
  coasts, 
  northward 
  

   in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  southward 
  in 
  early 
  and 
  middle 
  

   September.! 
  The 
  period 
  between 
  these 
  times 
  was 
  spent 
  on 
  

   the 
  Greenland 
  coast, 
  the 
  northernmost 
  point 
  visited 
  being 
  in 
  

   lat. 
  74° 
  15'. 
  Some 
  features 
  concerning 
  the 
  marked 
  difference 
  

   in 
  climate 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  separating 
  Greenland 
  

   from 
  the 
  American 
  land, 
  apparently 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  Arctic 
  

   voyagers, 
  but 
  new 
  to 
  me, 
  have 
  seemed 
  to 
  warrant 
  brief 
  state- 
  

   ment. 
  

  

  Climate 
  of 
  American 
  and 
  Greenland 
  sides. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  trip 
  a 
  landing 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Turnavik, 
  about 
  

   in 
  lat. 
  55°, 
  on 
  July 
  20. 
  There 
  extensive 
  snow 
  banks 
  were 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  still 
  lingering 
  in 
  the 
  sheltered 
  valleys, 
  at 
  points 
  

   no 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  hundred 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea 
  level. 
  

   Indeed 
  several 
  hundred 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Newfoundland, 
  snow 
  was 
  seen. 
  Later 
  a 
  landing 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  

   southern 
  Baffin 
  Land, 
  on 
  Hudson 
  Straits, 
  and 
  here 
  snow 
  banks 
  

   were 
  also 
  found. 
  Nearly 
  the 
  entire 
  distance 
  traversed 
  by 
  the 
  

   ship, 
  from 
  southern 
  Labrador 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Cumberland 
  

   Sound, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  degrees 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Circle, 
  where 
  

   we 
  left 
  the 
  American 
  coast, 
  we 
  met 
  with 
  floe 
  ice, 
  often 
  so 
  

   heavy 
  that 
  progress 
  through 
  it 
  was 
  slow 
  and 
  difficult. 
  This 
  

   was 
  an 
  unusual 
  season, 
  and 
  hence 
  the 
  conditions 
  were 
  some- 
  

   what 
  more 
  severe 
  than 
  common. 
  The 
  ice 
  is 
  rarely 
  so 
  abund- 
  

   ant 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  great 
  floes, 
  

   moving 
  southward 
  in 
  the 
  Labrador 
  current, 
  so 
  chilled 
  the 
  air 
  

   that 
  the 
  thermometer 
  often 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  thirties, 
  and 
  frequently 
  

   descended 
  to 
  the 
  freezing 
  point. 
  On 
  July 
  30 
  snow 
  fell 
  in 
  some 
  

   quantity 
  upon 
  the 
  ship, 
  which 
  then 
  lay 
  off 
  Frobisher 
  Bay. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  30 
  an 
  unsuccessful 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  enter 
  

   Cumberland 
  Sound, 
  which 
  was 
  then, 
  as 
  often 
  in 
  this 
  season 
  of 
  

   the 
  year, 
  completely 
  shut 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  heavy 
  ice 
  floe. 
  Not 
  being 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  remarkable 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  great 
  bay 
  which 
  extends 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  

   Arctic 
  circle, 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  Atlantic 
  to 
  Davis' 
  Straits, 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  no 
  

   name. 
  Baffin's 
  Bay 
  extends 
  from 
  Cape 
  York 
  to 
  Davis' 
  Straits 
  at 
  the 
  Arctic 
  circle 
  ; 
  

   but 
  no 
  name 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  bay 
  south 
  of 
  this. 
  Because 
  of 
  the 
  difficulty 
  experi- 
  

   enced 
  in 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  write 
  this 
  article, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  

   name, 
  I 
  would 
  propose 
  for 
  the 
  bay 
  between 
  Labrador 
  and 
  Greenland 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  

   Davis' 
  Straits, 
  the 
  name 
  Davis 
  1 
  Bay 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  navigator 
  of 
  tbese 
  waters, 
  who, 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  1587, 
  made 
  the 
  perilous 
  voyage 
  in 
  a 
  sailing 
  vessel 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   Upernavik. 
  

  

  f 
  As 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Peary 
  Greenland 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  