Part 2 — APPENDIX VIII

METEOROLOGICAL RECORD OF THE DE WINDT EXPEDITION Paris to New York, 1901-1902

Date. Place. Remarks. 8 a.m. 6 p.m.

Dec.

19 Paris Nord Express Dull—some snow 40°

20 Berlin Clear—sunshine 42° 50°

21 Warsaw Clear 41° 33°

22 Viazma Dull—snow 20° 22°

23 Moscow "" 22° 19°

24 " Dull 17° 12°

25 " "snow -2° 5°

26 " "" -8° -5°

27 " Fog and snow -10° 5°

28 " Dull 14° 21°

29 " Dull—snow 6° 15°

30 " Dull 11° 12°

31 " Dull—fog 20° 22°

Jan.

1 " Dull 20° 22°

2 " " 30° 33°

3 " " 32° 33°

4 " " 37° 18°

5 Trans-Siberian Railway " 30° 28°

6 " 32° 29°

7 " 19° 29°

8 Bright—some clouds 21° 25°

9 Bright sunshine 12° 0°

10 Fine -15° -9°

11 " -14° 2°

12 Dull—snow 7° 5°

13 Irkutsk Fine 8° 15°

14 " Dull -2° 10°

15 " " 0° 15°

16 " Bright sunshine 10° 22°

17 " Fog and snow 15° 11°

18 " Bright sunshine -8° 6°

19 " Dull -2° -10°

20 Alzonovskaya Bright sunshine -31° -35°

21 Lena Post-Road Fog -65° -30°

22 " -50° -32°

23 " -50° 11°

24 " -12° 1°

25 Dull—snow and gale N.E. 0° 8°

26 Clear -8° 5°

27 Snow 12° 5°

28 Clear -5° -14°

29 " -35° -30°

30 Fog -51° -35°

31 Snow -10° -5°

Feb.

1 " -2° -2°

2 " -2° -5°

3 Bright sunshine 2° 5°

4 Dull 10° 12°

5 " 15° 15°

6 Fog 2° -5°

7 " -5° -4°

8 Fine -12° -28°

9 Bright sunshine -40° -32°

10 "" -30° -10°

11 "" -25° -16°

12 "" -28° -35°

13 "" -34° -25°

14 Yakutsk Snow -15° -24°

15 " Bright sunshine -24° -24°

16 " "" -32° -34°

17 " "" -34° -24°

18 " "" -32° -26°

19 " "" -20° -14°

20 " "" -24° -30°

21 " "" -41° -2°

22 Yakutsk to Verkhoyansk Dull -12° -10°

23 Bright sunshine -45° -20°

24 "" -41° -23°

25 "" -45° -30°

26 "" -42° -40°

27 "" -75° -75°

28 Dull—snow -35° -37°

Mar.

1 Bright sunshine -45° -63°

2 Verkhoyansk "" -65° -50°

3 " "" -40° -62°

4 " "" -66° -65°

5 Verkhoyansk to Sredni-Kolymsk "" -73° -10°

6 "" -30° -35°

7 "" -30° -25°

8 Fog -10° -78°

9 " -30° -30°

10 " -30° -0°

11 Bright sunshine -55° -60°

12 "" -35° -40°

13 "" -34° -25°

14 "" -40° -30°

15 "" -25° -25°

16 "" -10° -20°

17 "" -15° 0°

18 Sredni-Kolymsk "" -15° -10°

19 "" "" -20° -10°

20 "" Fog -10° -18°

21 "" " -38° -25°

22 "" Bright sunshine -35° -30°

23 Sredni-Kolymsk—Nijni-Kolymsk "" -40° -25°

24 Dull 0° -10°

25 Dull—gale S.W. -5° -15°

26 Fine -20° -5°

27 Dull—gale S.E. 5° -15°

28 Nijni-Kolymsk Dull -20° -15°

29 "" Fine -30° -8°

30 "" Bright sunshine -35° -10°

31 "" "" -30° -25°

Apr.

1 "" "" -26° -30°

2 "" Fine—some snow -18° -20°

3 "" Fine -20° -14°

4 Sukharno Strong gale N.W. -16° -20°

5 " """ -15° -22°

6 " """ -20° -20°

7 Camp 1 Bright sunshine -16° -20°

8 Dull 0° 0°

9[92] Strong gale N. 0° -2°

10 Arctic Coast Snow 20° -10°

11 Strong gale N.W. -10° -10°

12 ""E. 5° 15°

13 Poorga N.W. 12° 25°

14 "" 12° 9°

15 "" 4° -7°

16 "S.E. -2° 5°

17 "" 10° 5°

18 "E. 0° 4°

19 Strong gale N.E. 0° 0°

20 ""W. -5° 2°

21 Fine—N.E. light 6° 10°

22 Gale S.W. 0° 0°

23 Snowstorms 30° 5°

24 " 25° 5°

25 Dull—snow 12° 19°

26 Strong gale N.W. 22° 15°

27 Gale N.W. 20° 15°

28 Light breeze N. 14° 10°

29 Dull 25° -2°

30 Bright sunshine -8° 10°

May

1 Dull—gale N. 18° 16°

2 Snowstorms 22° 0°

3 Gale N. and snow 25° 15°

4 Strong gale N.W. 20° 20°

5[93] ""N.E. 22° 20°

6 Dull 55° 24°

7 Gale N.E. 32° 28°

8 "S.W. 38° 26°

9 Fog 26° 20°

10 Bright and clear 15° 28°

11 """ 18° 25°

12 """ 23° 17°

13 Dull—strong breeze S.W. 22° 25°

14 """" 22° 15°

15 Poorga N.E. 15° 15°

16 Dull—strong gale N.E. 20° 18°

17 Strong gale N.W.—snow 20° 18°

18 Snow 25° 20°

19 Whalen—Bering Straits Dull—still 32° 25°

20 """ "" 45° 25°

21 """ "" 50° 34°

22 """ "" 32° 31°

23 """ Snow 44° 45°

24 """ Fog 44° 39°

25 """ Strong breeze S.—dull 36° 40°

26 """ Gale S.E. and sleet 35° 36°

27 """ Fine 36° 39°

28 """ Dull—fog 42° 40°

29 """ Dull 43° 40°

30 Bering Straits " 49° 34°

31 " 38° 46°

June

1 Bright and clear 34° 28°

2 Gale S. 32° 32°

3 Dull—rain 42° 34°

4 Bright and clear 56° 51°

5 Clear 38° 52°

6 Fine—hazy 56° 68°

7 Clear 47° 65°

8 " 46° 55°

9 " 48° 88°

10 " 48° 60°

11 " 45° 38°

12[94] Rain 46° 36°

13 " 46° 40°

14[94] " 43° 40°

15 Fog 40° 42°

16 Clear 40° 55°

17 Still 53° 55°

18 " 51° 50°

19 Cape Prince of Wales—Alaska Gale S.—dull—rain 42° 41°

20 Strong gale S.W. 34° 40°

21 """ 33° 36°

22 Gale N.W.—dull 45° 42°

23 "S.W.—dull 36° 38°

24 "S.W.—dull 38° 38°

25 Nome City Clear and bright 45° 65°

26 "" """ 45° 62°

27 "" """ 55° 70°

28 "" """ 62° 64°

29 "" """ 60° 64°

30 Saint Michael's """ 62° 73°

THE END.

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T. NELSON AND SONS PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS

[Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected.

In Chapter II, "accom- the expedition" has been changed to "accompanied the expedition".

In Chapter IV, a missing quotation mark has been inserted before "You must not take your furs off".

In Chapter V, "other goulish repasts" has been changed to "other ghoulish repasts".

In Chapter VI, "arrive as its destination" has been changed to "arrive at its destination".

In Chapter XI, "a mountain two rivers and a village" has been changed to "a mountain, two rivers and a village"; and a comma has been changed to a period after "a voyage of nearly two months from Sredni-Kolymsk".

In Chapter XIII, "by Waldemar Borgoras" has been changed to "by Waldemar Bogoras".

In Chapter XIV, "a rocky, precipitous promonotory" has been changed to "a rocky, precipitous promontory"; a comma has been changed to a period after "during their periods of festivity"; and a missing period has been added after "a Russian and a Turk".

In Chapter XV, a missing period has been added after "after a terrible night in the ice".

In Chapter XVI, "fiery poision" has been changed to "fiery poison"; a missing period has been added after "through the open doorway"; and "we near our destination" has been changed to "we neared our destination".

In Chapter XVII, a single creek is successively referred to as "Last Chance" and "Lost Chance": the second occurrence has been changed to "Last Chance". Also, "held and and shaken" has been changed to "held and shaken".

In Appendix I, "Niji-Kolymsk to Bering Straits" has been changed to "Nijni-Kolymsk to Bering Straits".

In Appendix III, "Beté-Kül to Auna-Sük" has been changed to "Beté-Kül to Anna-Sük".

In Appendix IV, "Keni-Kül to Ari-Tumul (Y.))" has been changed to "Keni-Kül to Ari-Tumul (Y.)".]