Entry Index: 147
Position: No position
Date by Position: 19 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: 435 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 105 tons 148 lbs AM Overcast and hazy. Light breezes from N.W. Between 6 and 11 there were several heavy pressures on port quarter. No perceptible motion to the ice. No open water in sight. Ship heeling 5° to starboard. Moderate pressure on port quarter at intervals from 11 to 12. Sounded in 22 1/2 fathoms. Blue mud. Ship drifting to S.S.W. (mag.). PM Overcast and hazy. Snow falling at times. Moderate breeze from N.E. by E. Between 6 and 7 considerable pressure from ice on port side. Moon 10° S. New moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
From six a.m. to noon heavy ice pressure on port quarter and beam, increasing our heel to 5°. From six to seven p.m. heavy beam pressure.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nw | 29.77 | — | -6.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 2 | nw | 29.76 | — | -6.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 3 | nw | 29.76 | — | -7.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 4 | nnw | 29.75 | — | -7.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 5 | nnw | 29.74 | — | -7.2 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 6 | nxe | 29.73 | — | -7.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 7 | nnw | 29.73 | — | -7.5 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 8 | nnw | 29.7 | — | -8.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 9 | nexn | 29.71 | — | -7.0 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 10 | nexn | 29.69 | — | -6.5 | — | 32.0 | ocz |
| 11 | nexn | 29.69 | — | -6.5 | — | 32.0 | oc |
| 12 | nexn | 29.68 | — | -7.0 | — | 32.0 | oc |
| 13 | ene | 29.63 | — | -6.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 14 | ene | 29.63 | — | -6.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 15 | nexe | 29.64 | — | -5.5 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 16 | nexe | 29.64 | — | -6.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 17 | nexe | 29.64 | — | -5.7 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 18 | nexe | 29.64 | — | -5.5 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 19 | nexe | 29.66 | — | -5.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 20 | nexe | 29.65 | — | -5.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 21 | nexe | 29.63 | — | -5.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 22 | nexe | 29.63 | — | -5.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 23 | nexe | 29.6 | — | -4.0 | — | 32.0 | ozsq |
| 24 | nexe | 29.59 | — | -3.7 | — | 32.0 | ozsq |
