Record

RefNoMA/371/6
Previous numbersMA.377
LevelFile
TitleMeteorological observations made at Winter Quarters Bay, Antarctica, by Louis Bernacchi
CreatorBernacchi; Louis Charles (1876-1942); Belgian-born Australian physicist
Date11 May 1902-14 September 1903
DescriptionDescriptions of aurorae [aurora australis] observed at Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, with occasional sketches of the phenomena. The diary-style text entries are prefaced by [p.1] directions for observers on what to record: time of appearence and time of bright streamers, position of arch and altitude by landmarks, extremities by landmarks, rate of motion and definition, length to arch of streamers, position of corona, temperature cloud and wind, intensity by comparison with stars, and sketches. A key list of eleven observers is given by initials [p.2], commencing with Captain Robert Falcon Scott, leader of the National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 [the Discovery Expedition], and including Charles William Rawson Royds, Edward Adrian Wilson, Ernest Henry Shackleton and others of the expedition, with Louis Bernacchi.

The volume includes a single aurora chart, 1902 [pp.104/105] 'Printed at the Office of the "South Polar Times" ', and two blank printed forms [pp.106/107] headed 'Weather report for Greenwich Mean noon for one day'.

Label to inner front board: 'Evans Hallewell & Co. Manufacturing Stationers 5, Ave Maria Lane, Ludgate Hill, E.C. Regsiter Number 47256'.
Extent1 volume; 196p. [pp.96-98 and pp.104-196 blank]
FormatManuscript
Printed
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper. Black cloth binding. Paper label to front board, inscription damaged and illegible. Typed paper label to spine: 'MA.377'.
Dimensions259x208mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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