The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2  by Roald Amundsen
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			as surprisingly small; and the number of stormy days agrees with 
			this low velocity. Their number for the whole period is only 11, fairly evenly divided between the months; there are, however, five stormy days in succession in the spring months October and November. The frequency of the various directions of the wind has been added up for each month, and gives the same characteristic distribution throughout the whole period. As a mean we have the following table, where the figures give the percentage of the total number of wind observations: N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm. 1.9 7.8 31.9 6.9 12.3 14.3 2.6  | 
		
			
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