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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

by N. extending across zenith.
 19 | 29.662 |  + 7    | m. o. much drift; door drifted up.
 20 | 29.472 |  +11    | o. q. much drift.
 21 | 29.60  |  + 9.5  | b. m. much drift.
 22 | 29.445 |  + 8    | b. m. o. s. o. m. q. s. o. q. drifting.
 23 | 29.273 |  + 9.5  | o. m. much drift.
 24 | 29.366 |  +10    | o. q. gale all night; much drift.
 25 | 29.83  |  + 8    | b. m. drifting; solar halo with parhelia.
 26 | 30.035 |  + 6.3  | b. A faint arch of aurora across zenith S.W.
    |        |         |   and N.E.
 27 | 29.911 |  + 4.6  | b. c. b. c. s. o. m. o. s.
 28 | 29.908 |  + 7.3  | b. m. drifting. Very cold to the sensation'
    |        |         |   spiculæ of snow falling; a broad band of
    |        |         |   aurora, the lower edge having a reddish or
    |        |         |   lake tint, running parallel to the horizon;
    |        |         |   alt. 2°, centre S.W., extent 70°; some
    |        |         |   beams of aurora S.E. pointing towards
    |        |         |   the zenith.
 29 | 29.954 |  + 7.3  | b. m.
 30 | 29.737 |  + 5.6  | o. b. c. m. s. b. c. s.
 31 | 29.714 |  + 8    | b. c. m. Cirrus; drifting.




    FORT HOPE, REPULSE BAY.
    --_Abstract of Meteorological Journal for February, 1847._


------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------
Day   | Temperature of the Atmosphere |
of    | taken eight times             |     Prevailing Winds.
the   | in twenty-four hours.         |
Month.+----------+----------+---------+------------------------+--------
      |_Highest._| _Lowest._| _Mean._ |     _Direction._       |_Force._
------+----------+----------+---------+---------------------------------
      | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._|                        |
   1  | -29.8    | -38.5    | -33.6   | N.N.W. N.W. W.         | 6-1
   2  | -30.8    | -37.3    | -33.73  | N.W. Vble. W. Calm. N. | 0-1
   3  | -29      | -35      | -31.53  | S.W. Calm. Vble.       | 0-1
   4  | -19      | -26.5    | -22.67  | Calm. Vble. Calm.      | 0-1
   5  | -14      | -20      | -16.71  | N.W. by S.             | 4-6
   6  | -14.7    | -22.5    | -17.5   | N.                     | 3-6
   7  | -22.5    | -27      | -25.16  | Calm. N. by W. Calm.   | 0-1
   8  | -22.3    | -30.5    | -26.25  | N. by W. N.N.W.        | 1-4
   9  | -20      | -25.5    | -21.65  | N.W. N.W. by W.        | 1-6
  10  | -20      | -27      | -23.35  | N. Vbl. N. by W.       | 0-2
  11  | - 8.7    | -18.3    | -11.64  | W.N.W. N. by W.        | 1-6
  12  | -18      | -23.5    | -20.25  | N. by W.               | 8-6
  13  | -35.3    | -38      | -36.83  | N.N.W. N. by W.        | 7-2
  14  | -26      | -36.5    | -31     | N.W.                   | 6-3
  15  | -37.5    | -42      | -39.83  | N.                     | 4-7
  16  | -36.5    | -42      | -39.14  | N. by W.               | 7-5
  17  | -35.5    | -40.5    | -38.4   | N. N. by W. N.W.       | 7-3
  18  | -27.5    | -34.5    | -30.57  | N. N. by W. N.N.W.     | 1-7

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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

Rae, John

Arctic regions; Northwest, Canadian; Scientific expeditions

by N. extending across zenith.
 19 | 29.662 |  + 7    | m. o. much drift; door drifted up.
 20 | 29.472 |  +11    | o. q. much drift.
 21 | 29.60  |  + 9.5  | b. m. much drift.
 22 | 29.445 |  + 8    | b. m. o. s. o. m. q. s. o. q. drifting.
 23 | 29.273 |  + 9.5  | o. m. much drift.
 24 | 29.366 |  +10    | o. q. gale all night; much drift.
 25 | 29.83  |  + 8    | b. m. drifting; solar halo with parhelia.
 26 | 30.035 |  + 6.3  | b. A faint arch of aurora across zenith S.W.
    |        |         |   and N.E.
 27 | 29.911 |  + 4.6  | b. c. b. c. s. o. m. o. s.
 28 | 29.908 |  + 7.3  | b. m. drifting. Very cold to the sensation'
    |        |         |   spiculæ of snow falling; a broad band of
    |        |         |   aurora, the lower edge having a reddish or
    |        |         |   lake tint, running parallel to the horizon;
    |        |         |   alt. 2°, centre S.W., extent 70°; some
    |        |         |   beams of aurora S.E. pointing towards
    |        |         |   the zenith.
 29 | 29.954 |  + 7.3  | b. m.
 30 | 29.737 |  + 5.6  | o. b. c. m. s. b. c. s.
 31 | 29.714 |  + 8    | b. c. m. Cirrus; drifting.




    FORT HOPE, REPULSE BAY.
    --_Abstract of Meteorological Journal for February, 1847._


------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------
Day   | Temperature of the Atmosphere |
of    | taken eight times             |     Prevailing Winds.
the   | in twenty-four hours.         |
Month.+----------+----------+---------+------------------------+--------
      |_Highest._| _Lowest._| _Mean._ |     _Direction._       |_Force._
------+----------+----------+---------+---------------------------------
      | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._|                        |
   1  | -29.8    | -38.5    | -33.6   | N.N.W. N.W. W.         | 6-1
   2  | -30.8    | -37.3    | -33.73  | N.W. Vble. W. Calm. N. | 0-1
   3  | -29      | -35      | -31.53  | S.W. Calm. Vble.       | 0-1
   4  | -19      | -26.5    | -22.67  | Calm. Vble. Calm.      | 0-1
   5  | -14      | -20      | -16.71  | N.W. by S.             | 4-6
   6  | -14.7    | -22.5    | -17.5   | N.                     | 3-6
   7  | -22.5    | -27      | -25.16  | Calm. N. by W. Calm.   | 0-1
   8  | -22.3    | -30.5    | -26.25  | N. by W. N.N.W.        | 1-4
   9  | -20      | -25.5    | -21.65  | N.W. N.W. by W.        | 1-6
  10  | -20      | -27      | -23.35  | N. Vbl. N. by W.       | 0-2
  11  | - 8.7    | -18.3    | -11.64  | W.N.W. N. by W.        | 1-6
  12  | -18      | -23.5    | -20.25  | N. by W.               | 8-6
  13  | -35.3    | -38      | -36.83  | N.N.W. N. by W.        | 7-2
  14  | -26      | -36.5    | -31     | N.W.                   | 6-3
  15  | -37.5    | -42      | -39.83  | N.                     | 4-7
  16  | -36.5    | -42      | -39.14  | N. by W.               | 7-5
  17  | -35.5    | -40.5    | -38.4   | N. N. by W. N.W.       | 7-3
  18  | -27.5    | -34.5    | -30.57  | N. N. by W. N.N.W.     | 1-7

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

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

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