Entry Index: 146
Position: No position
Date by Position: 18 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: 130 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 105 tons 583 lbs AM Weather overcast and hazy. Snow falling at times. Calm or light northerly winds. Between 6 and 8 there was considerable pressure from the ice ahead of the ship and on the port side. The ice was piled up close to the ship which was slightly raised by the pressure and heeled to starboard. The ice slacked up about 12. Sounded at 12 in 27 fathoms. Mud. Ship drifting to S. (true). Heeling 4 3/4° to starboard. PM Overcast and cloudy. Foggy at times. Fresh breeze from N.W. Ice quiet. Ship drifting to S. (true). Moon 15° S. New moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
At six a.m., with a light northern wind, the ice got under way again and jammed along to the N.W. The pressure across the bows was very great, and this time the grinding mass fairly reached the stem. I surely expected the ship to be carried along with it, but a heavy beam pressure held us up against our floe, and the barricade was switched off at an angle. The pressure lasted until noon, the ship creaking considerably, rising a little, and heeling over 4 1/2° to starboard.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calm | 29.59 | — | 8.5 | — | 32.0 | bz |
| 2 | calm | 29.61 | — | 7.8 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 3 | calm | 29.62 | — | 9.0 | — | 32.0 | bcz |
| 4 | calm | 29.62 | — | 10.2 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 5 | calm | 29.62 | — | 9.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 6 | calm | 29.61 | — | 9.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 7 | n | 29.62 | — | 4.8 | — | 32.0 | bcs |
| 8 | nxe | 29.62 | — | 6.5 | — | 32.0 | ocs |
| 9 | nnw | 29.61 | — | 6.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 10 | nnw | 29.64 | — | 6.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 11 | nnw | 29.66 | — | 4.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 12 | nnw | 29.67 | — | 3.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 13 | wnw | 29.68 | — | 2.5 | — | — | ozs |
| 14 | nw | 29.68 | — | 1.8 | — | — | ozs |
| 15 | nw | 29.69 | — | 1.0 | — | — | ofs |
| 16 | nw | 29.71 | — | 0.5 | — | — | ofzs |
| 17 | nw | 29.72 | — | -0.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 18 | nw | 29.73 | — | -2.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 19 | nw | 29.75 | — | -3.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 20 | nw | 29.75 | — | -4.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 21 | nw | 29.77 | — | -4.5 | — | — | bczs |
| 22 | nw | 29.78 | — | -5.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 23 | nw | 29.77 | — | -6.0 | — | — | oz |
| 24 | nw | 29.76 | — | -6.0 | — | — | oz |
