Entry Index: 131
Position: No position
Date by Position: 3 November 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: 70 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 106 tons 1458 lbs AM Weather overcast and misty. Faint moonlight. Broken clouds at times. A large crack in the ice about 200 yards to the N.W. of the ship. Opening about 20 feet across. Sounded in 23 fathoms. No drift. Ship heeling 4° to starboard. PM Weather generally overcast. Air filled with driving snow. Moon and stars visible at times. In accordance with a written order from the Commanding Officer directing the Medical Officer to make an examination of the officers and men of the this vessel on the first day of each month or as soon thereafter as practicable for the purpose of ascertaining the physical condition of each person, the first of such examinations was commenced today. Moon 24° N. Full moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Discovered this morning a crack in the ice two hundred yards N.W. of the ship. It ran in an irregular direction for about one quarter of a mile, and was in places nearly twenty feet in width. The surface of the sides of the opening was but two feet above the surface of the water, which had of course become ice. This is bringing these cracks too near home to be pleasant, and I sincerely hope no nearer openings will cause us to be uneasy in our now comfortable berth, where we seem as steady as in a dry-dock. A faint trembling of the ship in high wind, such as is now blowing (at midnight), is the only unsteadiness which we have.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nwxn | 29.55 | — | 5.7 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 2 | nwxn | 29.54 | — | 6.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 3 | nwxn | 29.53 | — | 6.8 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 4 | nwxn | 29.52 | — | 5.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 5 | nwxn | 29.5 | — | 5.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 6 | nwxn | 29.5 | — | 4.7 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 7 | nwxn | 29.48 | — | 3.8 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 8 | nwxn | 29.47 | — | 3.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 9 | nwxn | 29.43 | — | 2.5 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 10 | nwxn | 29.44 | — | 3.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 11 | nwxn | 29.43 | — | 4.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 12 | nwxn | 29.42 | — | 5.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 13 | nwxn | 29.41 | — | 5.0 | — | 32.0 | ofzs |
| 14 | nwxn | 29.41 | — | 5.0 | — | 32.0 | ofzs |
| 15 | nwxn | 29.42 | — | 3.0 | — | 32.0 | ofzs |
| 16 | nwxn | 29.42 | — | 4.0 | — | 32.0 | ofzs |
| 17 | nxw | 29.42 | — | 5.2 | — | 32.0 | ofzs |
| 18 | nxw | 29.41 | — | 5.5 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 19 | nxe | 29.41 | — | 5.0 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 20 | nxe | 29.41 | — | 5.7 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 21 | nxe | 29.41 | — | 5.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 22 | nxe | 29.41 | — | 3.2 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 23 | nxe | 29.4 | — | 0.5 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 24 | nxe | 29.4 | — | 0.7 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
