VIII. Total eclipse of the sun, 1896.— The Novaya-Zemlya observations

1. As the observations of the total eclipse of the sun in 1896, made in Novaya-Zemlya by the “ O taria” expedition, are the only British observations of th at eclipse which secured successful results, it may be of some importance to detail the conditions under which those observations were made. 2. On learning that the Government funds available for the observation of the total eclipse of 1896 would not suffice for more than the parties detailed to Japan and to Norway, I willingly offered to take another party to Novaya-Zemlya in my yacht “ Otaria.”