. Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. APPKVDIX. â m) lie yellow southerly ds, sevenil uore than ess in the ed to me e steel in ossibly be s for ten nentioncd â iC*-- â^â¢^. t steadily, n it went [)'. There >ale white the same remarked, meters, 1 d a small It 1'' 1'. M. E.; but 0°10'E., uin in the id become ec arches a, or that d motion, usual, I 1 was less ids white, At S" it altered from 0« 5' E. t
. Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. APPKVDIX. â m) lie yellow southerly ds, sevenil uore than ess in the ed to me e steel in ossibly be s for ten nentioncd â iC*-- â^â¢^. t steadily, n it went [)'. There >ale white the same remarked, meters, 1 d a small It 1'' 1'. M. E.; but 0°10'E., uin in the id become ec arches a, or that d motion, usual, I 1 was less ids white, At S" it altered from 0« 5' E. to 0° 10' E., and was tremulous. At 4" it was steady at 0° 10' E. Thermometer in the air 0°, and in the observatory -f 15^0; weather fine with hpht clouds, much the same as those already described. At 6" a beam rose from the , and shot up towards the zenith, when the needle moved from 0' '/ W. to 0° 30' W. December 6th. â The weather had been overcast all day, with snow, and a stron^r breeze from S. W. Ther- mometer from + 1 :]i° to + 9°, when at 7" it became calm, fuid the thermometer immediately fell to -| \ At midni^rht there was a light air from E., a clear sky, and the aurora was generally diniised. The thermometer had fallen to -11 \ and on examination the needle was vibrating from O" or/ yV'. A mass of aurora appeared at E., and it moved to 0^ 40' E., o'' 20' E., O** 42' E., and became stationary at tir/ and 40' E. Some beams darted up from W., and the re-* turned to 0° 5' E. The aurora was then generally diffused, and rather faint, when the marked end re- mained at 0" 0'. «i (i Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878. London : J. Murray
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