Summer Temperature Spitzhergen. 23S 
Mean Temperature qf the Air fw 10 or 11 days^ taken on hoard 
H. M, S. Trent, Lieutenant Franklin,^ in the year 181 8, at^ 
Spitzher gen. —Means deduced from hourly observations. 
Date. 
Means 
of 10 
days. - 
Situation. 
Lat. 
Long. 
May 20-31. 
32!55 
76° 30 
12° OE. 
June 1-10. 
29.02 
79 45 
10 0 
... 11-20. 
36.55 
79 55 
10 0 
... 21-30. 
35.63 
79 55 
10 0 
July 1-10. 
35.78 
80 0 
10 15 
... 11-20. 
36.75 
80 25 
10 30 
... 21-31. 
35.40 
80 15 
11 15 
Aug. 1-10. 
35.06 
79 45 
9 45 
... 11-20. 
33.85 
79 40 
9 45 
... 21-31. 
32.50 
79 40 
9 45 
Mean Temperatures for the Summer, June, July and August, 
shewing that Latitude is of less importance in a Maritime 
Climate in Summer. 
Place. 
Temp, 
of Atmo- 
sphere. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
Year. 
Spitzbergen, 
34°50 
SO ON. 
O 
10 
OE. 
1818 
Melville Island,... 
37.11 
74 45 
no 
OW. 
1820 
Winter Island,... 
35.23 
69 30 
82 
30 
1822-3 
Igloolik, 
32.37 
66 15 
83 
0 
1821-2 
Mean Temperature of Warmest Month. 
Spitzbergen, .....35®.98 July. 
Melville Island, ...... 42.41 July, (climate partly continental). 
Winter Island, ..40.00 July. 
Igloolik,...,.. .....36.60 Aug. (July, 36°.50). 
Art. 111.— Table of the Temperature of the Sea, at various 
depths, made during Captain Franklin's Voyage to Spitz- 
bergen with Captain Buchan. 
May 26— In Lat. 76° 48' N., Long. 12° 26' E., a bottle was 
attached to a line, and let down to the depth of 600 fathoms. 
