tlu' Pole, \]\c :\\v cAU\\i)i iiu)\i' Irnin soiilli to iu)rlli l>ul 
IS i.lri\'(Mi I(t\vai\ls 1 lie west . 
'J'lic wt'slrni h(uiiular\' ol' \\\c n.-uiicr, lu)\V('\'tM\ is a 
rnngf ot lotlv inomitams wlnrli slop the wcsacrly iiu>Intn 
cntirc^lv. In t-oiisciiuciirc tin- |mcssiiic Jisl rthii I h tii hc- 
comcs uiistahlf aiul the tiaision is rcmoxTil by a i iisli ot 
air aloni;- tlu- Wcslcrn Mouniaiiis., I hiMiirJi M( I\liii\lo 
Souiul oul inlo (lie Ross Si-a. 'Tlu- t-Nultauc on wliuli 
ihis explanation is l>ast\l will Uc in llic s.ricniilio 
report . 
In oilier to t^i ve some iclea ol the in t taisa t y ol I h<' 
hli-/,7,ai ils a lew records ol one of t he sell rej-.ist erinj; anenio- 
nietei's aic icpi-oiIueeJ. These iceonls. were laktai ly\' an 
instninuMit at the luit, and as the hiil liaJ heiai luiilt 
in lh{' most shellfactl place availalih- the iceorJs. do nni 
^ive t he l ull h)rec oi t he wind. The di reef ion ol t he 
wiiul has been <-ntei(\l mi the records, :iinl in the line 
below llie tlii-eelit)!! lli<- time has hccn shown, as the time 
printed on the ( hart:; was not eoireet. 
The record tor March \ .\ i(;M, is, Is'iacal ot the bb/.- 
'/ards tlurini^ the iirst months, altei" our arrival, when the 
depots were beini^ laid aiul the tina ponies W(a-e lost 
(Fig. 2). 
The record for [uly .'.3, i()M, Is i n t (avia ini; a:; this 
was the bli'/./anl vvhi( h nearl\' proved latal to \Vil.^;on's 
]-)arty at Cape Cro/i(a-. The impoi tant ilnwy^ to notice 
in tliis record is the extr(anr i-iistiness, ol the wind : in 
the hour betvvetai 7 I'.m. ami S i'.m. the wind varied in 
velocity between 24 and S,| mil<-:; an houi" (I'lr,. 3)- 
Oneof llie most danj.';(aous pe( nlia ri I ies ol the blr/./.ards 
