Temperature units

Usage examples of degrees.

II To Face Page Roald Amundsen in Polar Kit Frontispiece A Snow Beacon on the Barrier Surface 4 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Crevassed Surface on the Barrier 10 Depot in 83 Degrees S.

Then by degrees it was forgotten, and everyone went on with his own affairs.

We arrived there at an unfavourable time of the year and lost the north-east trade as early as ten degrees north of the line.

As a rule, there was an obstinate south wind blowing, and it would not have taken very much of it to make the last few degrees of north latitude stiffer than we cared for.

Leaden grey upon the sea, it passes into deep blue as the eye is raised, and pales by degrees until it is swallowed up in the radiant gleam from the Barrier.

By degrees my eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness of the tunnel, and I could see a greenish light shining through the snow-wall where he pointed.

It began with such a pleasant expression -- well-being was written upon it in the brightest characters -- then by degrees the smile wore off, and gave place to seriousness.

If the object was merely to have it a few degrees warmer in the tent, I thought it best to sacrifice this comfort to the weight we should thereby save.

It may perhaps be thought that when one gets so far down, a few degrees one way or the other do not make any difference, but they do.

He was shy at first, but by degrees let them come near him and put the harness on.

First we had to work our way across a hard, smooth slope, which formed an angle of 45 degrees, and ended in a huge, bottomless chasm.

The going also improved by degrees, for what reason it is difficult to say, as the storm continued unabated, and the drift -- now combined with falling snow -- was thicker than ever.

A fellow-man suddenly put down in our midst from civilized surroundings would possibly shake his head at so many degrees of frost, but it must be remembered that we have long ago abandoned the ordinary ideas of civilized people as to what is endurable in the way of temperature.

By degrees the ice-blink above the Barrier became lighter and lighter, and before very long we were so close under it that we only just had room to go about.

But by degrees the boats were made larger and more perfect, so that they could venture farther out and weather a storm if it came.