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- 1947-02-20 (Production)
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SUMMARY:
Daily weather notes from 26 February to 6 March are recorded, followed by a note on the impassable road to Gompo Ne and the limited supplies available in villages. The writer lists staple foods and remarks on numerous large and small landslides in the lower Po Tsangpo valley.
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26-27th Feb: Cleared at night. 27th sparklingly bright.
27-28th Feb: Rain at night. 28th cloudy with sunny patches.
28-1st March: Little rain at night. 1st a clear bright day.
1-2nd March: - - - 2nd mostly clear sky.
2-3rd March: Min 41°. Lightly clouded night. Sun clouded day. Hot. Max about 78°.
3-4th March: Min 46°. Some rain at night. Cloudy day.
4-5th March: Min 46°. Rain all night, rained hard all day 5th.
5-6th March: ? Rain all night + rain all 6th.
Note about road to Gompo Ne ship line.
Road is impassable everywhere for ponies. Supplies in very limited quantities are available at nearly every village, and consist of barley, wheat, maize, millet, fowls, barking deer + takin meat, milk. In summer to these could be added eggs. Some turnips + radishes, probably dried, are also available. The road is not easy: 1st + 2nd days could be made into one march perhaps, but the others are long in time + effort. A most noticeable thing about the lower Po Tsangpo valley is the number of very large landslides + small ones too, on both sides. Some of them have come down 2000 or
