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The Journey to the Polar Sea

CHAPTER 2
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In the course of the week we removed into the house our men had prepared since our arrival.

We found it at first extremely cold notwithstanding that a good fire was kept in each apartment and we frequently experienced the extremes of heat and cold on opposite sides of the body.
November 24.
We obtained observations for the dip of the needle and intensity of the magnetic force in a spare room.

The dip was 83 degrees 9 minutes 45 seconds and the difference produced by reversing the face of the instrument 13 degrees 3 minutes 6 seconds.

When the needle was faced to the west it hung nearly perpendicular.

The Aurora Borealis had been faintly visible for a short time the preceding evening.


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