National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–1904 Meteorology

THIS work completes the series of meteorological investigations which were begun after the return of the National Antarctic Expedition in the year 1904. While the first volume, which appeared in the year 1908, dealt with the meteorological observations of the Discovery station and of the sledge journeys carried out from there, the second volume now published gives the results of the International Meteorological Cooperation, which existed from 1901 to 1904, in order to discuss, in a summarised form, the weather conditions of the higher southern latitudes during that period of investigation. For this purpose it was from the first arranged, at the instigation of the German authorities, to construct daily synoptic weather charts of the higher southern latitudes for the period October 1, 1901—March 31, 1903. The data for these charts were to be supplied by the land stations on the southern continents, and by ships of all nationalities which were during that time further south than 30° S. latitude. These were requested to take observa-tions daily at the time of Greenwich noon, relating to air-pressure, temperature of the air and sea, amount and motion of clouds, precipitation, and other noteworthy phenomena. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. Meteorology. Part ii. Comprising Daily Synchronous Charts October 1, 1901, to March 31, 1904. Prepared in the Meteorological Office, under the superintendence of M. W. Campbell Hepworth. Pp. 26 + charts. (London: The Royal Society, 1913.) Price 21s.