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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION
[December
There are signs of water sky to the south, and I'm impatient to be off, but still one feels that waiting may be good policy, and I should certainly contemplate waiting some time longer if it weren't for the ponies.
Everyone is wonderfully cheerful; there is laughter all day long. Nelson finished his series of temperatures and samples to-day with an observation at 1800 metres.
Series of Sea Temperatures
| Depth Metres |
Temp. (uncorrected) | ||
| Dec. 14 | 0 | | -1·67 |
| Dec. 14„ | 10 | -1·84 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 20 | -1·86 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 30 | -1·89 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 50 | -1·92 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 75 | -1·93 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 100 | -1·80 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 125 | -1·11 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 150 | -0·63 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 200 | +0·24 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 500 | +1·18 | |
| Dec. 14„ | 1500 | +0·935 | |
| Dec. 17 | 1800 | +0·61 | |
| Dec. 17„ | 2300 | +0·48 | |
| Dec. 15 | 2800 | +0·28 | |
| Dec. 15„ | 3220 | +0·11 | |
| Dec. 15„ | 3650 | -0·13 no sample | |
| Dec. 15„ | 3891 | bottom | |
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