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Page 54
... midnight 71 ° F .; at 6.0a.m. 72 ° F .; at noon 78 ° F .; at 6.0 p.m. 73 ° F. The least variation of the thermometer from the mean readings was at night . The dif- ference from the average in the course of the 24 hours was half a degree ...
... midnight 71 ° F .; at 6.0a.m. 72 ° F .; at noon 78 ° F .; at 6.0 p.m. 73 ° F. The least variation of the thermometer from the mean readings was at night . The dif- ference from the average in the course of the 24 hours was half a degree ...
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... midnight the wind unexpectedly changed through east to south - east and , from the morning onward , rose to a stiff gale . It was very difficult for the ship to make headway against the swell , which carried away our martingale . From ...
... midnight the wind unexpectedly changed through east to south - east and , from the morning onward , rose to a stiff gale . It was very difficult for the ship to make headway against the swell , which carried away our martingale . From ...
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... midnight to noon we passed seventy - eight scattered icebergs , very irregular in appearance . The mist prevented us from making out objects at a greater distance than three - quarters of a mile , but sometimes we could see for some ...
... midnight to noon we passed seventy - eight scattered icebergs , very irregular in appearance . The mist prevented us from making out objects at a greater distance than three - quarters of a mile , but sometimes we could see for some ...
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Lyeskov Visokoi and Zavodovski Islands | 3 |
Wandering and Sooty Albatrosses | 9 |
Banksia Blue Tit Honeyeater and Waratah | 17 |
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a.m. the wind albatrosses altered course anchor Antarctic appeared ashore Bellingshausen birds black petrels blew blue petrels boat Candlemas Islands canoes Cape Captain Cook chart chronometers clouds cocoa-nut colour continued coral covered crew dark daybreak deck east eastward farther fathoms feet fresh freshened frost Governor heavy horizon icebergs icefield island knots land latitude Lazarev light wind Long longitude look-out lunar distances Macquarie Macquarie Island midday midnight miles Mirnyi mist morning mountain natives navigation night noon north-east north-west o'clock observed officers Ono Island Otahiti Palliser Island passed penguins Peter I Island Port Jackson proceeded rain reef round Russian sazhen ship shore shortened sail side sight snow fell South Georgia south-east south-west southern staysail swell tack temperature thermometer thick weather top-gallant topsails turned Van Diemen's Land variation vessels Vostok voyage whales wind shifted Zavodovski