Meteorology, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Meteorology, Vol. 3: TablesWhen we heard that Amundsen was in the Antarctic, and in consequence the small party under Lieutenant Campbell which Scott had sent to work near King Edward VII Land had to go to Cape Adare instead, we all considered it a minor disaster. But for the meteorological work this was an advantage which it is impossible to over-estimate, in fact, it led to a distribution of stations unique in the history of polar exploration and one which could not have been attained by any possible amount of forethought. With these stations working for nearly twelve months simultaneously at the three corners of a triangle embracing the Ross Sea and each station about 400 miles from its nearest neighbour, the records from each station became of highly enhanced value and problems could be investigated and solved which would have remained unknown after a hundred years of observation at one station alone.Not only in the distribution of stations were we lucky, but also in the character of the observations taken. At F ramheim the meteorological work of Captain Amundsen's party was not extensive but very reliable, especially the observations of pressure, temperature and wind. It was at Cape Adare, however, that the most remarkable meteorological work was performed. The party was small, consisting only of three officers and three men, but Mr. Priestley organised and carried through a set of meteorologi cal observations and records which is a model for future expeditions. It is necessary to handle the original records to realise to the full the pains expended on this work, for all records were in duplicate, clean fair copies of all note books and diaries being provided. I cannot be too grateful to the men of this party, to Priestley, Browning and Dickason in particular, and I am sure that anyone who has occasion to study the meteorology of Cape Adare will share my gratitude for the remarkable meteorological diary printed in full on pp. 470 - 551 of this volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.