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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 | 30.011 |  +35    |b. c. o. s. and drift.
  2 | 29.715 |  +38    |o. m. s.  o. m.  o. s.
  3 | 29.623 |  +38.7  |o. m. s.  o. s.
  4 | 29.624 |  +39.5  |o. m.  b. c.  o. m.
  5 | 29.796 |  +41    |o. m s.  b. c.  b. drifting. A faint ray of
    |        |         |  aurora to the S. E. extending vertically
    |        |         |  towards the zenith.
  6 | 30.009 |  +38.8  |b. c. drifting. Some faint beams of aurora
    |        |         |  extending from S.W. to N.W., alt. 60°; one ray
    |        |         |  to the S.E. pointing towards the zenith.
  7 | 29.894 |  +37.3  |o. c. o. drifting.
  8 | 30.1   |  +39.5  |o. drifting.
  9 | 39.996 |  +35.2  |o. s. drifting thick.
 10 | 29.598 |  +40.2  |o s. o.  b. c. o. much drift.
 11 | 29.728 |  +38    |o. s.  o. m.  b. c. drifting.
 12 | 30.163 |  +38.1  |b. c.  m.  b. drifting.
 13 | 30.214 |  +34.9  |b. m.  b c. m. much drift.
 14 | 30.39  |  +36.2  |b. m. much drift. Solar halo and parhelia with
    |        |         |  prismatic colours; hazy near horizon; a faint
    |        |         |  beam of aurora to the westward directed toward
    |        |         |  the zenith; drifting.
 15 | 30.239 |  +37    |o.m.  o. s.
 16 | 29.963 |  +38    |o.s.  b. c. m. drifting.
 17 | 30.102 |  +37    |o.s.  b. c. m. drifting. Three beams of aurora
    |        |         |  pointing towards the zenith; two of them
    |        |         |  bearing N.N.W., and the other S.E.
 18 | 30.006 |  +33.7  |b. c. fo. o. m. At 9 A.M. there was a very red
    |        |         |  sky to the N. westward; sound heard at a
    |        |         |  great distance.
 19 | 29.573 |  +36.7  |o. s.  b. c. drifting.
 20 | 29.420 |  +36.8  |o. s. m.  o. s. f.  b. c. m. At 7 h. 30 m. a
    |        |         |  faint aurora extending from W. to S.E.,
    |        |         |  alt. 20°; motion rapid; no prismatic colours.
 21 | 29.409 |  +37    |o. s.  b. c. s.  o. f. s.  b. m. s.
 22 | 29.615 |  +39    |b. c. Some faint streaks of aurora, most of them
    |        |         |  to the S. eastward, and pointed towards the
    |        |         |  horizon.
 23 | 29.918 |  +33.7  |b. m.  b. c. Some faint rays of aurora visible
    |        |         |  this morning at 5 h. 30 m. in different parts
    |        |         |  of the heavens; drifting.
 24 | 30.408 |  +33.7  |b. c. drifting.
 25 | 30.573 |  +30.8  |b.  b. m. Two faint beams of aurora bearing
    |        |         |  W.N.W. and pointing towards the zenith;
    |        |         |  altitude of lower limb 30°.
 26 | 30.606 |  +32    |b. m. b. much drift.
 27 | 29.555 |  +31    |b. m.  o. s. drifting. Door drifted up.
 28 | 29.41  |  +26.6  |o. m.  b. c. s.  o.

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