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The northerly wind example that we used before at the RP becomes a South-westerly if uniformly projected onto a near-planar map projection centered on the Pole.
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South-westerly and southerly winds had held for a few days, with fair weather; but that night there was thick snow, and the wind gradually fell calm, after which a fresh breeze sprang up from the south-east, with biting snow, and at the same time a lot of drift-ice.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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South-westerly to the river Mississippi_, was the unquestionable property of the _six Nations_, and _not_ of the Cherokees, or any other tribe of Indians, -- the General gave instructions to Sir William
Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates 1772 Great Britain. Board of Trade
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South-westerly and southerly winds had held for a few days, with fair weather; but that night there was thick snow, and the wind gradually fell calm, after which a fresh breeze sprang up from the south-east, with biting snow, and at the same time a lot of drift-ice.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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South-westerly and southerly winds had held for a few days, with fair weather; but that night there was thick snow, and the wind gradually fell calm, after which a fresh breeze sprang up from the south-east, with biting snow, and at the same time a lot of drift-ice.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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South-westerly direction, reaching the encampment of the Tokchim Tarjum the same night.
In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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South-westerly breeze blowing and I found it hard to have to cross the river, chase the yaks and bring them back to camp.
In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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A fleet of South-westerly rainclouds had been met in mid-sky
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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A fleet of South-westerly rainclouds had been met in mid-sky by a sharp puff from due North, and the moisture had descended like a woven shroud, covering all the land, the house-tops, and the trees.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Mount Laurels, a fair broad house backed by a wood of beeches and firs, lay open to view on the higher grassed knoll of a series of descending turfy mounds dotted with gorseclumps, and faced South-westerly along the run of the Otley river to the gleaming broad water and its opposite border of forest, beyond which the downs of the island threw long interlapping curves.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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