Latitude by observation at noon: no observation 
Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations: no observation 
Longitude by chronometer from observations of planet Mars 177° 43' 52" W.

Snow used for water 
Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 230 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 106 tons 38 lbs

AM
Weather overcast and hazy. Light variable winds or calms. Between 7 and 8 wind shifted to S.S.W. and 
temperature to -8°. Vapor rising from a large polynia to the E.S.E. (true). At 11 sounded in 17 1/2 
fathoms. Blue mud. Floe drifting to the E.N.E. (true). Land to the southward visible from aloft all the 
forenoon. About 12 there was a streak of clear sky above the horizon to the southward of ship and the 
tops of mountains bearing from south (true) to S.W. (true). The highest part bearing S. 2° W. (mag.) = S. 
25° W. (true), and was recognized as the land seen on that bearing October 29th, 1879. Ship heeling 4° 
to starboard. 

PM
Weather cloudy and hazy until 6 when it became clear and almost cloudless. Very brilliant aurora. 
Gentle breezes from W'd. About 3 there was a heavy pressure on the floe edge to the S'd of ship but it 
soon subsided.

Moon 10° S. 
Last quarter