Note 5 — Chapter XIII

This mean must be a little too low, because the whole of August is not included. I see Von Buch says, “we can hardly assign to Saltenfiord, Norway (in lat. 67°, or 13° 22′ nearer the pole than Port Famine) a higher mean temperature than 34°, nor a higher temperature for the warm month of July than 57°.8.” (Travels through Norway, p. 123.) Captain King gives as the mean for February, which probably is the hottest month at Port Famine, only at 51°.1. Some observations made at the Falkland Islands (2° 13′ north of Port Famine) which are often quoted, give as the mean for the whole year 47°.3, and for the summer 53°.1. These results are very much higher than what I should have anticipated, from the climate of the neighbouring mainland.