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From Paris to New York by Land

by Harry de Windt

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Appendix VIII

Meteorological Record of the de Windt Expedition — Paris to New York, 1901-1902

Date.Place.Remarks.8 a.m.6 p.m.
Dec.
19ParisNord ExpressDull—some snow40°
20BerlinClear—sunshine42°50°
21WarsawClear41°33°
22ViazmaDull—snow20°22°
23Moscow“”22°19°
24″Dull17°12°
25″“snow-2°5°
26″“”-8°-5°
27″Fog and snow-10°5°
28″Dull14°21°
29″Dull—snow6°15°
30″Dull11°12°
31″Dull—fog20°22°
Jan.
1″Dull20°22°
2″″30°33°
3″″32°33°
4″″37°18°
5Trans-Siberian Railway″30°28°
6″32°29°
7″19°29°
8Bright—some clouds21°25°
9Bright sunshine12°0°
10Fine-15°-9°
11″-14°2°
12Dull—snow7°5°
13IrkutskFine8°15°
14″Dull-2°10°
15″″0°15°
16″Bright sunshine10°22°
17″Fog and snow15°11°
18″Bright sunshine-8°6°
19″Dull-2°-10°
20AlzonovskayaBright sunshine-31°-35°
21Lena Post-RoadFog-65°-30°
22″-50°-32°
23″-50°11°
24″-12°1°
25Dull—snow and gale N.E.0°8°
26Clear-8°5°
27Snow12°5°
28Clear-5°-14°
29″-35°-30°
30Fog-51°-35°
31Snow-10°-5°
Feb.
1″-2°-2°
2″-2°-5°
3Bright sunshine2°5°
4Dull10°12°
5″15°15°
6Fog2°-5°
7″-5°-4°
8Fine-12°-28°
9Bright sunshine-40°-32°
10“”-30°-10°
11“”-25°-16°
12“”-28°-35°
13“”-34°-25°
14YakutskSnow-15°-24°
15″Bright sunshine-24°-24°
16″“”-32°-34°
17″“”-34°-24°
18″“”-32°-26°
19″“”-20°-14°
20″“”-24°-30°
21″“”-41°-2°
22Yakutsk to VerkhoyanskDull-12°-10°
23Bright sunshine-45°-20°
24“”-41°-23°
25“”-45°-30°
26“”-42°-40°
27“”-75°-75°
28Dull—snow-35°-37°
Mar.
1Bright sunshine-45°-63°
2Verkhoyansk“”-65°-50°
3″“”-40°-62°
4″“”-66°-65°
5Verkhoyansk to Sredni-Kolymsk“”-73°-10°
6“”-30°-35°
7“”-30°-25°
8Fog-10°-78°
9″-30°-30°
10″-30°-0°
11Bright sunshine-55°-60°
12“”-35°-40°
13“”-34°-25°
14“”-40°-30°
15“”-25°-25°
16“”-10°-20°
17“”-15°0°
18Sredni-Kolymsk“”-15°-10°
19“”“”-20°-10°
20“”Fog-10°-18°
21“”″-38°-25°
22“”Bright sunshine-35°-30°
23Sredni-Kolymsk—Nijni-Kolymsk“”-40°-25°
24Dull0°-10°
25Dull—gale S.W.-5°-15°
26Fine-20°-5°
27Dull—gale S.E.5°-15°
28Nijni-KolymskDull-20°-15°
29“”Fine-30°-8°
30“”Bright sunshine-35°-10°
31“”“”-30°-25°
Apr.
1“”“”-26°-30°
2“”Fine—some snow-18°-20°
3“”Fine-20°-14°
4SukharnoStrong gale N.W.-16°-20°
5″“””-15°-22°
6″“””-20°-20°
7Camp 1Bright sunshine-16°-20°
8Dull0°0°
992Strong gale N.0°-2°
10Arctic CoastSnow20°-10°
11Strong gale N.W.-10°-10°
12“”E.5°15°
13Poorga N.W.12°25°
14“”12°9°
15“”4°-7°
16“S.E.-2°5°
17“”10°5°
18“E.0°4°
19Strong gale N.E.0°0°
20“”W.-5°2°
21Fine—N.E. light6°10°
22Gale S.W.0°0°
23Snowstorms30°5°
24″25°5°
25Dull—snow12°19°
26Strong gale N.W.22°15°
27Gale N.W.20°15°
28Light breeze N.14°10°
29Dull25°-2°
30Bright sunshine-8°10°
May
1Dull—gale N.18°16°
2Snowstorms22°0°
3Gale N. and snow25°15°
4Strong gale N.W.20°20°
593“”N.E.22°20°
6Dull55°24°
7Gale N.E.32°28°
8“S.W.38°26°
9Fog26°20°
10Bright and clear15°28°
11“””18°25°
12“””23°17°
13Dull—strong breeze S.W.22°25°
14“”””22°15°
15Poorga N.E.15°15°
16Dull—strong gale N.E.20°18°
17Strong gale N.W.—snow20°18°
18Snow25°20°
19Whalen—Bering StraitsDull—still32°25°
20“””“”45°25°
21“””“”50°34°
22“””“”32°31°
23“””Snow44°45°
24“””Fog44°39°
25“””Strong breeze S.—dull36°40°
26“””Gale S.E. and sleet35°36°
27“””Fine36°39°
28“””Dull—fog42°40°
29“””Dull43°40°
30Bering Straits″49°34°
31″38°46°
June
1Bright and clear34°28°
2Gale S.32°32°
3Dull—rain42°34°
4Bright and clear56°51°
5Clear38°52°
6Fine—hazy56°68°
7Clear47°65°
8″46°55°
9″48°88°
10″48°60°
11″45°38°
1294Rain46°36°
13″46°40°
1494″43°40°
15Fog40°42°
16Clear40°55°
17Still53°55°
18″51°50°
19Cape Prince of Wales—AlaskaGale S.—dull—rain42°41°
20Strong gale S.W.34°40°
21“””33°36°
22Gale N.W.—dull45°42°
23“S.W.—dull36°38°
24“S.W.—dull38°38°
25Nome CityClear and bright45°65°
26“”“””45°62°
27“”“””55°70°
28“”“””62°64°
29“”“””60°64°
30Saint Michael’s“””62°73°

The End

Established 1798

In Chapter IV, a missing quotation mark has been inserted before “You must not take your furs off”.

In Chapter V, “other goulish repasts” has been changed to “other ghoulish repasts”.

In Chapter VI, “arrive as its destination” has been changed to “arrive at its destination”.

In Chapter XI, “a mountain two rivers and a village” has been changed to “a mountain, two rivers and a village”; and a comma has been changed to a period after “a voyage of nearly two months from Sredni-Kolymsk”.

In Chapter XIII, “by Waldemar Borgoras” has been changed to “by Waldemar Bogoras”.

In Chapter XIV, “a rocky, precipitous promonotory” has been changed to “a rocky, precipitous promontory”; a comma has been changed to a period after “during their periods of festivity”; and a missing period has been added after “a Russian and a Turk”.

In Chapter XV, a missing period has been added after “after a terrible night in the ice”.

In Chapter XVI, “fiery poision” has been changed to “fiery poison”; a missing period has been added after “through the open doorway”; and “we near our destination” has been changed to “we neared our destination”.

In Chapter XVII, a single creek is successively referred to as “Last Chance” and “Lost Chance”: the second occurrence has been changed to “Last Chance”. Also, “held and and shaken” has been changed to “held and shaken”.

In Appendix I, “Niji-Kolymsk to Bering Straits” has been changed to “Nijni-Kolymsk to Bering Straits”.

In Appendix III, “Beté-Kül to Auna-Sük” has been changed to “Beté-Kül to Anna-Sük”.

In Appendix IV, “Keni-Kül to Ari-Tumul (Y.))” has been changed to “Keni-Kül to Ari-Tumul (Y.)”.]

Notes

92 40° below zero inside tent for three hours at night.

93 Dates from this must be set back one day on account of crossing 180° long.

94 Sea ice opened.

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