Note 3 — Chapter XLIV · THE PRIMORSK OR SEA-COAST PROVINCE.
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Where the Vega was frozen in, west of Behring’s Straits, the temperature sank before the 28th November to 14°·8 below zero, and the newly-formed ice was already two feet thick. On Christmas Day the temperature fell to 31°, and in January to 50°·8, both below zero; whilst the average temperatures for October, November, December, and January were 22°·6 and 2°·1 above, and 9° and 13°·2 below zero respectively.