198 SIR G. BADEN-POWELL ON THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OP THE SUN, 1896. 
6. We left Dundee on the 18th July, but were much delayed by persistent calms. 
Nevertheless we arrived safely off the coast of Novaya-Zemlya on the 2nd August. 
7. At the small new Samoyede settlement of Karmakul we found two observing 
parties from Russia, constituted as follows :— 
Imperial Academy of Science Party. 
Prince Boris Galitzine (Leader) .... Physics. 
M. Backlund (Director, Pulkova) .... Astronomy. 
Me Kostinskey (Pulkova). ,, 
M. Hansky ,, . 5, 
M. Goldening .Photography. 
M. Jacobson .Zoology. 
Kasan University Party. 
M. Dubjago .Astronomy. 
M. Goldhammer .Physics. 
M. Zeigel. „ 
M. Krasnoff .Astronomy. 
M. Belkbdtch .Zoology. 
M. Baransyitch .Photography. 
8. The Russians had established their oliservation huts and instruments on rising- 
ground, perhaps GO feet above the sea-level, with barren undulating tundra, 
culminating two to three miles inland in a long range of hills, say 1500 feet to 
2000 feet in altitude. We entered into friendly relations with them. 
9. We decided on making our observation spot as far to the westward as possible, 
hoping thus to eliminate all chance of obstruction by clouds gathering on these inland 
hills. 
We selected a site on an island, about 20 feet above sea-level, the strata being 
laminous slate, with an almost perpendicular upheaval. A bluff, some 30 feet high, 
protected the camp from seawards, but all was open to the eastward. 
The precise position of the camp was— 
Lat. 72° 22' 40" N. 
Long. 52° 38' 13" E. 
This position was verified by Lieutenant Webb by measurement from one of the 
Russian triangulation points—a beacon—about a mile distant, the latitude and 
longitude of which were supplied by the Russian observers. 
