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Small ice fragments from a floe which is breaking up.
CloudThe commonest form of cloud, and also that typical of blizzard conditions, was a uniform pall stretching all over the sky without distinction. This was logged by us as stratus. Cumulus clouds are the woolly billows, flat below and rounded on top, which are formed by local ascending currents of air. They were rare in the south and only formed over open water or mountains. Cirrus are the “mare’s tails” and similar wispy clouds which float high in the atmosphere. These and their allied forms were common. Generally speaking, the clouds were due to stratification of the air into layers rather than to ascending currents.
CrustsLayers of snow in a snowfield with air space between them.
FinneskoBoots made entirely of fur, soles and all.
Frost SmokeCondensed water vapour which forms a mist over open sea in cold weather.
Ice-FootFringes of ice which skirt many parts of the Antarctic shores: many of them have been formed by sea-spray.
NunatakAn island of land in a snowfield. Buckley Island is the top of a mountain sticking out of the top of the Beardmore Glacier.
PiedmontStretches of ancient ice which remain along the Antarctic coasts.
PramA Norwegian skiff, with a spoon bow.
SaennegrassA kind of Norwegian hay used as packing in finnesko.
SastrugiThe furrows or irregularities formed on a snow plain by the wind. They may be a foot or more deep and as hard and as slippery as ice: they may be quite soft: they may appear as great inverted pudding bowls: they may be hard knots covered with soft powdery snow.
Sledging DistancesAll miles are geographical miles unless otherwise stated, 1 statute or English mile = 0.87 geographical mile: 1 geographical mile = 1.15 statute miles.
TankA canvas “holdall” strapped to the sledge to contain food bags.
Tide CrackA working crack between the land ice and the sea ice which rises and falls with the tide.
WindWind forces are logged according to the Beaufort scale, which is as follows:
No. Description. Mean velocity in miles per hour. 0. Calm 0 1. Light air 1 2. Light breeze 4 3. Gentle breeze 9 4. Moderate breeze 14 5. Fresh breeze 20 6. Strong breeze 26 7. Moderate gale 33 8. Fresh gale 42 9. Strong gale 51 10. Whole gale 62 11. Storm 75 12. Hurricane 92 EndnotesCook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Introduction. ↩
Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, vol. i, p. 23. ↩
Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, vol. i, p. 28. ↩
Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, vol. i, p. 268. ↩
Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, vol. i, p. 275. ↩
Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. i, p. 9. ↩
Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. i, p. 14. ↩
Ross, Voyage to the Southern Seas, vol. i, p. 117. ↩
Ross, Voyage to the Southern Seas, vol. i, pp. 216–218. ↩
Ross, Voyage to the Southern Seas, vol. i, pp. 244–245. ↩
Leonard Huxley, Life of Sir J. D. Hooker, vol. ii, p. 443. ↩
Leonard Huxley, Life of Sir J. D. Hooker, vol. ii, p. 441. ↩
Nansen, Farthest North, vol. i, p. 52. ↩
Nansen, Farthest North, vol. ii, pp. 19–20. ↩
Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. i, p. 229. ↩
Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. i, p. vii. ↩
Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. i, p. 273. ↩
See Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. ii, pp. 5, 6, 490. ↩
Wilson, Nat. Ant. Exp., 1901–1904, “Zoology,” Part ii, pp. 8–9. ↩
Wilson, Nat. Ant. Exp., 1901–1904, “Zoology,” Part ii, p. 31. ↩
Scott, Voyage of the Discovery, vol. ii, p. 327. ↩
Scott, The Voyage of the Discovery, vol. ii, pp. 347–348. ↩
See here through here. ↩
See here through here. ↩
See here. ↩
Priestley, Antarctic Adventure, pp. 232–233. ↩
Priestley, Antarctic Adventure, pp. 236–237. ↩
Priestley, Antarctic Adventure, p. 243. ↩
Atkinson has no doubt that the symptoms of the Northern Party were those of early scurvy. Conditions of temperature in the igloo allowed of decomposition occurring in seal meat. Fresh seal meat brought in from outside reduced the scurvy symptoms. ↩
This tenderness of gums and tongue is additional evidence of scurvy. ↩
Published by Fisher Unwin, 1914. ↩
Vol. ii, Narrative of the Northern Party. ↩
A. A. Milne. ↩
Ross, Voyage to the Southern Seas, vol. i, pp. 22–24. ↩
Bowers’ letter. ↩
Vide Scott’s Last Expedition, vol. ii, pp. 454–456. ↩
“Atmospheric Electricity over Ocean,” by G. C. Simpson and C. S. Wright, Pro. Roy. Soc. A, vol. 85, 1911.
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