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Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847Rae, John

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Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847

Name: Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847
Author: Rae, John

Rae, John

Arctic regions; Northwest, Canadian; Scientific expeditions

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Day |   Barometer and    |
of  |   Thermometer      |
Mon.|   attached.        |      Remarks on the Weather, &c.
    +---------+----------+
    |_Barom._ |_Thermo._ |
----|---------+----------+----------------------------------------------
  1 |         |          | s. ps.
  2 |         |          | b. c. drifting.
  3 |         |          | h. p. s. o. s.
  4 |         |          | h. p. r.
  5 |         |          | h. wet.
  6 |         |          | h. p. s.  o. p. s.
  7 |         |          | h. p. s.
  8 |         |          | c. o. o.
  9 |         |          | h. c.  c.
 10 |         |          | s. drifting.
 11 |         |          | s. s. s.
 12 |         |          | s. with much drift.
 13 | 29.338  |  +49     | s. and much drift.
 14 | 29.431  |  +46.3   | s. and drift.
 15 | 29.690  |  +44     | s. much drift.
 16 | 29.605  |  +30.5   | b. c.; drift; haze and some drift--parhelia;
    |         |          |   haze with scaly snow; faint aurora to the
    |         |          |   S. and S. by E. alt. 12°.
 17 | 29.719  |  +32.8   | b. c., much drift; aurora to the S.S.E.
    |         |          |   parallel to the horizon; alt. 12°.
 18 | 29.641  |  +31.5   | b. c., drift; cirrus; some faint streaks of
    |         |          |   aurora to the W.
 19 | 29.662  |  +29     | b. c., drifting; solar halo with prismatic
    |         |          |   colours and parhelia; snow and much drift.
 20 | 29.842  |  +29.5   | s. much drift.
 21 | 29.959  |  +30.5   | b. c., much drift; at 8 p.m. several streaks
    |         |          |   of faint aurora extending across the zenith
    |         |          |   in a N.W. and S.E. direction; many rays in
    |         |          |   different parts of the heavens.
 22 | 29.828  |  +28.5   |
 23 | 29.919  |  +32     | f. o.  f. o. s.  o. s.  b. c.  f. s.
 24 | 29.974  |  +31     | b. c. o. drifting.
 25 | 30.023  |  +29     | o. drifting.
 26 | 30.062  |  +29.3   | o. m.  b. c. drifting.
 27 | 30.47   |  +26.5   | b. c. m., some faint streaks of aurora in
    |         |          |   various parts of the sky bearing for the
    |         |          |   most part N.N.W. and S.S.E.
 28 | 30.505  |  +26.    | b. c., a few clouds near horizon; a very
    |         |          |   faint light yellow cloud aurora to the S.E.
    |         |          |   and N.W.
 29 | 30.119  |  +30.3   | c. s. b. c. s.  o. m. b. c., cirrus extending
    |         |          |   from S.S.E. to N.N.W., resembling much the
    |         |          |   aurora. Lunar halo.
 30 | 29.078  |  +39.7   | o. m.  o. s.  b. c. o. drifting.
 31 | 30.094  |  +34.3   | b.  b. c.  c., solar halo; cirrus; 120 lunar
    |         |          |   distances were observed from Jupiter and
    |         |          |   at Aquilæ, E. and W. of the moon.
    |         |          |   Lunar halo diam. 40° or 50°.

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