- ^0^ Dr Richardson’s Remarks 07i Hudscrffs Bay. 
- be nearly equal to that of the ship, the registered temperatures 
are used without alteration. In the other months, a deduction 
has been made, increasing from 2° to 5°, as their mean tempe- 
' -ratures decreased. The annual means thus obtained are nearly 
the same with Captain Parry’s corrected temperatures ; but the 
differences betwixt the summers and winters a little exceed those 
given by his tables. 
The means were obtained by Captain Parry from the twelve 
daily observations, made at intervals of two hours, or from 
4380 observations in the year, and thus possess a degree of ac- 
curacy which is very rarely attained. 
Table II. Shexving the Distribution of Heat hi the diffei^eut 
Seasons^ in various Latitudes. 
Mean Temperature of the Air in the Shade. 
Seasons. 
Cumberland 
House, 
Lat. 54°. 
Near Fort 
Enterprize, 
Lat. 66°. 
Winter 
Island, 
Lat. 64 4°. 
Igloolik, 
Lat. 69^°. 
Melville 
Island, 
Lat. 74|°. 
Six Summer Months^ 1 
April — September, j 
4- 55!97 
+ 37J8 
+ 26.28 
+ 24.08 
+ 22.36 
Six Winter Months.^ 1 
October — March, j 
+ 8.12 
_ 9.39 
— 12.59 
— 19.68 
— 25.79 
Spring., — ^March, \ 
April, May, j 
+ 31.37 
+ 8.72 
+ 2.65 
— 2.19 
— 6.94 
June, ' ) 
July, August, j 
+ C7.80 
+ 51.71 
+ 35.00 
+ 34.63 
+ 36.44 
Autumn., — Septem- \ 
ber, Oct. Nov. j 
+ 33.49 
+ 19.34 
+ 14.67 
+ 3.12 
— 3.34 
Winter^ — Decern- \ 
ber, Jan. Feb. j 
— 4.62 
— 23.03 
— 24.96 
— 26.76 
— 33.02 
Mean Annual Tern- > 
peratures, j 
+ 32°.01 
+ 14°.19 
+ 6°.84 
+ 2°.20 
— r.7i 
