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ZONE No. 5.

LATITUDE 65° To 70° NORTH.

The data for the study of the winds of this zone consist of observations made in the following portions of it:

1st. Arctic seas of North America and Greenland, and islands in the same, for an aggregate period of more than four and a half years.

2d. North America, at five different stations, for an aggregate period of nearly

six years.

3d. Greenland, at two stations on its western coast, for periods severally of five and twelve years.

4th. Northern and Western Iceland, at two stations, for periods severally of two and five years.

5th. Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and Norway, for thirty-three days.

6th. Finmark and Lapland, at nine stations, for an aggregate period of over

seven years.

7th. Northern Sweden, at four stations, for an aggregate period of twenty-two and a half years.

8th. Northeastern Siberia, at two stations, at one of which observations were regularly recorded for a period of seventy-two days, and at the other we have the general result only for a period of three years.

In this zone, therefore, the observations regularly recorded, and incorporated into this work, represent, in the aggregate, a period of nearly sixty-four and a half years.

(Nos. 1 and 2.) Behring Strait and vicinity, and Northern Alaska.

Observed at the following places, viz. :—

At sea (longitude 177° E. to 163° W.), by Beechy, for 13 days, in the summer of 1827; by Rogers and Schonborn, for 23 days, in the summer of 1855; and on board the New Bedford whaling barques Cleone, Roscoe, and Helen Snow, for 457 days, in the summers and autumns of 1859 to 1861, and 1864 to 1869, both inclusive.

Port Clarence and Kotzebue Sound, by Beechy, for 136 days in the summer and autumn of 1828.

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Bet. W. & N.W.

N. W.

Calm or var.

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Observed at the following places, viz. :

Fort Anderson, by R. McFarlane, from May, 1863, to April, 1864, inclusive.

Fort Confidence, Great Bear Lake, by Richardson, from October, 1848, to April, 1849, inclusive. Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake, by Franklin and Richardson, from September 11th, 1825, to May 16th, 1827, with the exception of June, 1826, and part of July and September.

Fort Hope, Repulse Bay, by Rae, from September, 1846, to August, 1847, inclusive, and during the year 1854.

Fort McPherson, by Andrew Flett, for ten months, from February to November, 1863.

Igloolik and vicinity, by Parry, from August 13th, 1822, to August 12th, 1823, viz., 317 days at Igloolik, 9 days along the northeast coast of the peninsula, 28 days in the Strait of Fury and Heckla (lat. 69° to 70°, long. 82° to 86° W.), and the remaining 11 days off the west entrance of the same. Winter Island and vicinity, by Parry, from August 1st, 1821, to July 31st, 1822, viz., 269 days at the island, 65 days in various bays and straits within 100 miles of it, 6 days in the upper part of Hudson's Strait, and the remaining 25 days off the northeast coast of Melville Peninsula.

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The winds of this place were originally recorded for 32 points of the compass, but in the published abstracts the record is condensed by grouping with the winds from the eight principal points N., N. E., E., etc., those from the succeeding points in the order N., N. by E., N. N. E., etc., as in this table.

2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons.

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Arctic Ocean, longitude 80° to 85° W., by Parry, for 46 days in the summer and autumn of 1822 and 1823.

Baffin's Bay, longitude 52° to 65° W., by John Ross, for 28 days in the summer and autumn of 1818; by Parry, for 61 days in the summer and autumn of 1819, 1820, 1824 and 1825; by Snow, for 6 days in the summer and autumn of 1850; by Kane, 99 days in the spring, summer, and autumn of 1850 and 1851; by Penny, for 6 days in the spring and summer of 1850 and 1851; and by McClintock, for 83 days in all the different seasons in the years 1857, 1858 and 1859.

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Summer 4 2 3 0 4 2 3 8 7 1 5 1 4 6 4
Autumn 10 9 38 5 5 0 365 013 13 10

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11. Baffin's Bay.

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
The year!

98 73 41 58 35 35 21 46 34
90,25 68 27 66 22 44 13 50
23 13 45 8,16 6,26 12 31
0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 0

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0 N. 29 52 W.
23 39 35 16 63 60 259 42 N. 11 47 W.
680 18 36 765 33 52 N. 21 5 E.
031 15 28 623 8 21 N. 0 32 E.
0 0 0 0 1 0 이 0 S. 52 3 E.

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1 Computed from the resultants for the seasons.

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N. 87 19 W. .08 S. 80 W..29

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S. 86 58 E. .26 S. 40 E. .08

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5 4 N. 73 55 E. .36 N. 71 E. .15

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The year

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79 17 16 30 N. 77 0 E. .21

1826

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