BOWERS' METEOROLOGICAL LOG 
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Time. 
5 July Minimum 
6 July 9.30 A.M. 
9.0 A.M. 
Noon 
4 P.M. 
5.15 P.M. 
7 July Midnight 
2 P.M. 
7.30 P.M. 
Minimum 
July 1. 15 A.M. 
10.30 A.M. 
7.15 P.M. 
Minimum 
9 July II A.M. 
1.30 P.M. 
7 P.M. 
Midnight 
Minimum 
Temperatu re. Wind . Weather. 
-75'3 
At 6 P.M. a fog bank worked over the lower 
slopes of Erebus. 
- 70-2 o b. 
Clear weather, with patches of white haze 
lying low in places. 
~ 76-8 (cloud 2) o b. m. 
Fog lying over Barrier to E. all day. Ross 
Island clear. A bank of low stratus visible 
behind peaks of Terror and Terra Nova nearly 
all day, apparently almost stationary. 
- 77 (carefully checked by Wilson) 
- 77*5 (other thermometer) 
(cloud 3) o b. m. 
minimum ~ 75-8 
- 69 o b. m. 
Low-lying mist (white) to N. and N.N.W. 
- 68*3 o b. m. 
-55*4 , I f- 
At 2 P.M. slight haze. At 4 p.m. fog ob- 
scured Ross Island, working over lower slopes 
of Terror from E. At 10 p.m. halo round moon. 
-59-8 
- 57*2 I b. m. f. 
At 6.30 A.M. fog all over. 
- 52-3 I b. f. c. 
~ 47 of. m. b. 
At 7 P.M. land obscured by thick fog ; from 
I A.M. slight snow fell. Thick foggy weather. 
-36-5 
- 367 2 o. f. 
- 29-2 o o. f. 
At 1.30 P.M. the moon was invisible, and all 
objects were obscured by thick fog. During 
afternoon march noticed slight difference in 
character of the surface, the snow having been 
acted on by wind more than hitherto. Surface 
harder, with occasional small sastrugi. 
- 29-5 I o. f. s. 
Thick foggy weather, with snowy mist. 
Occasional light puffs of breeze from S.W. 
- 27 00. s. f. 
Camped on finding ourselves on or about 
pressure ridges. Snow falling. Nothing visible. 
Some hours after midnight commenced to blow 
strong from S. or S.W. Noise of ice pressure in 
vicinity of beneath camp. 
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