Entry Index: 123
Position: No position
Date by Position: 26 October 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Latitude by observation at noon: no observation Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations: no observation Snow used for water Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 225 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 107 tons 788 lbs At 3 removed aneroid to deck house. Reading unchanged in moving. Com. and until 4am First part overcast and hazy. Latter part cloudy. Light breeze from W. by N. [signed] Hans Erichsen 4 to 8am Cloudy weather. Light breeze from W. [signed] Ed Star 8am to meridian Bright and clear. Light breeze from W. by N. Sounded in 23 1/2 fathoms. Blue mud. Drift to S.S.E. (true). Ship heeling 4° to starboard. At 10 Comd'g Officer inspected ship. Held divine service at 10.30. [signed] Luis P. Noros Meridian to 4pm Clear and cold. Light breeze from W. During last hour the loom of high land was visible bearing S. 18° W. to S. 34° W. (true). [signed] John Cole 4 to 6pm First hour clear and light breeze from W. Last hour overcast and hazy. [signed] Hans Erichsen 6 to 8pm Overcast and cloudy. Light air from W. by N. [signed] Ed Star 8pm to midnight Clear overhead. Hazy horizon. Light airs from W. and W.N.W. [signed] Luis P. Noros Soundings 23 1/2 fathoms At 22 1/2 fathoms = 31° - Salinometer 1.02620 at 42.5° - Hydrometer 1.02530 at 42.5° At 8 1/2 fathoms = 30° - Salinometer 1.02450 at 48° - Hydrometer 1.02420 at 48° Moon 6° N. First quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Weather clear and pleasant, and the low temperature is not cared for in contemplating a bright day. A movement has, however, taken place in the ice, but whether it is owing to a reduction of temperature or a reduction of pressure I cannot say. About five hundred yards ahead of the ship is a crack in the field a foot wide, and extending in a circular direction for half a mile, and five hundred yards ahead of that a crack six feet wide, and extending the same distance or more. In both cases the rent is a neat one; the water coming up within a foot and a half of the surface, but rapidly freezing in this temperature.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wxn | 30.2 | 56.0 | -10.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 2 | wxn | 30.2 | 54.0 | -10.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 3 | wxn | 30.2 | 50.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 4 | wxn | 30.21 | 47.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 5 | wxn | 30.2 | 44.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 6 | wxn | 30.2 | 42.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 7 | w | 30.2 | 44.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 8 | w | 30.21 | 43.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 9 | wxn | 30.22 | 40.0 | -14.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 10 | wxs | 30.22 | 52.0 | -15.5 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 11 | wxs | 30.22 | 48.0 | -15.5 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 12 | wxs | 30.22 | 46.0 | -15.5 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 13 | w | 30.2 | 48.0 | -16.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 14 | — | 30.2 | 48.0 | -16.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 15 | — | 30.2 | 48.0 | -16.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 16 | — | 30.19 | 10.0 | -17.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 17 | — | 30.17 | 10.0 | -13.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 18 | — | 30.17 | 10.0 | -13.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 19 | — | 30.16 | 14.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 20 | — | 30.16 | 10.0 | -12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 21 | — | 30.15 | 12.0 | -13.0 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 22 | — | 30.16 | 11.0 | -13.0 | — | 32.0 | bz |
| 23 | wnw | 30.15 | 9.0 | -14.0 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 24 | wnw | 30.15 | 6.0 | -15.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
