Scottish geographical magazine . g an average drift of 12 miles a day. Scoresby , in addition. 1 An Account of the A7-ctic Regions, vol. i. pp. 213-217. GREENLAND SEA ; ITS SUMMER CLIMATE AND ICE DISTRIBUTION. 299 several other instances in which the mean drift works out at 14, 13, and 8| milesper day respectively. Several instances are also quoted in the annual ice reports of the DanishMeteorological Institute, of which the following may be cited. On 27th March1896 the Staerkodder was beset in lat. 73° 30 N., 9° W. long., and drifted until April10 SSW. to 71° 20, 6° 20 W., a distance of
Scottish geographical magazine . g an average drift of 12 miles a day. Scoresby , in addition. 1 An Account of the A7-ctic Regions, vol. i. pp. 213-217. GREENLAND SEA ; ITS SUMMER CLIMATE AND ICE DISTRIBUTION. 299 several other instances in which the mean drift works out at 14, 13, and 8| milesper day respectively. Several instances are also quoted in the annual ice reports of the DanishMeteorological Institute, of which the following may be cited. On 27th March1896 the Staerkodder was beset in lat. 73° 30 N., 9° W. long., and drifted until April10 SSW. to 71° 20, 6° 20 W., a distance of 140 miles, equal to 10 miles a end of March 1899 to the middle of April frozen-in sealing vessels driftedSSW. from about lat. 70° N. 13° W. to about lat. 68°. This gives a mean driftof 12 miles per day, and during the time the wind was light to moderate from theNE. and N. In May 1899 the Anna of Tromsoe was beset on 24th May, in ° 06 N., long. 16° W., and for a week drifted towards ESE. 19 miles per day,. Fig. 6.—Insulated ice-block iu the Greenland Sea. Ice-blink in background. thereafter 7 to 8 miles per day towards SSW. till June 4, and finally, with about15 miles per day to SE. till 8th of June, when she got clear in lat. 71° 20 N. andlong. 8° W. On 27th May 1907 the Scotia got beset amidst heavy floes in ° 50 N., long. 1° OS E., and drifted S. 34° W. until June 4, when she worked outof the ice in lat. 77° N., 5° 02 W., giving an average drift of 17 miles per most of this time the wind blew strongly from the north, which probablyaccelerated the drift. Taking a general average of the above instances, we are safe in assuming adaily drift of the ice equal to ten miles in a SSW. direction for the spring andsummer months. Ships beset in lat. 76° to 80° N. in the vicinity of Siiitzbergenshow that the currents in this region set to the north,^ but it is unnecessary to give 1 See Scoresby, An Account of the Arctic Regions, vol. i
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