V.—The Meteorology of the Weddell Quadrant and Adjacent Areas

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Main Author: Mossman, Robert C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1909
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800011893; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800011893

Having been struck by the evident importance of Antarctic phenomena in relation to the climatic condition of lower latitudes, I have endeavoured in the following discussion to give a complete representation of these conditions, and to trace their bearing on the climate of sub-Antarctic and temperate zones. It is only now that sufficient data are available for such a purpose. I have been singularly fortunate, not only in the opportunities which I have had for obtaining access to valuable data, but also in the possession of that “practical” knowledge which has resulted from my two years' residence in the Antarctic. In any discussion of this nature it is obviously an immense advantage to have studied in the field the conditions there obtaining. This I have been able to do also for the Arctic during two voyages undertaken for this specific purpose, thereby being enabled to appreciate the great diversity in the fundamental conditions affecting the meteorology of the two Polar regions.