Entry Index: 148
Position: No position
Date by Position: 20 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: 125 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 105 tons 23 lbs AM Overcast and hazy. Fresh breeze from N.E. by E. Occasional pressure of ice on port side but slight. At 12 sounded in 22 fathoms. Blue mud. Drifting to S.S.W. (mag.). Ship heeling 6° to starboard. PM Overcast and hazy. Gentle to moderate breezes from N'd and E'd. Slight pressures from ice on port side occasionally felt. Moon 5° S. First quarter
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Beyond occasional slight pressure, which increased our heel to starboard to 6°, we have a day of no uneasiness. That is to say, we are not momentarily expecting to be turned away from our floe and sent grinding along with a stream of drifting floe lumps, or looking for a breaking in of our side by immense pressure. But as I cannot help realizing that we are in an exposed and dangerous position, and that either of the foregoing catastrophes may occur at any moment, I cannot be said to enjoy quiet or peace of mind. Sleeping with all my clothes on, and starting up anxiously at every snap or crack in the ice outside or the ship's frame inside, most effectually prevents my getting a proper kind or amount of rest, and yet I do not see anything else in store for me for some time to come. This pack is likely to have some motion all winter I suppose. So long as there may be water down by Behring Strait there will be space for relieving the pressure. But when the outlets close up and pressure continues, whether by wind or tidal action, the humping and piling up will go on around us and keep us in a constant state of turmoil for months to come. Truly this is no pleasant predicament. Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire in a comfortable home, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nexe | 29.57 | — | -2.5 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 2 | nexe | 29.57 | — | -2.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 3 | nexe | 29.57 | — | -1.7 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 4 | nexe | 29.57 | — | -1.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 5 | nexe | 29.57 | — | -0.3 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 6 | nexe | 29.55 | — | -0.3 | — | 32.0 | — |
| 7 | nexe | 29.56 | — | 0.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 8 | nexe | 29.53 | — | 0.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 9 | nexe | 29.52 | — | 1.0 | — | 32.0 | oc |
| 10 | nexe | 29.52 | — | 2.0 | — | 32.0 | ocs |
| 11 | nexe | 29.51 | — | 2.0 | — | 32.0 | ocs |
| 12 | nexe | 29.48 | — | 3.0 | — | 32.0 | ocs |
| 13 | nexe | 29.46 | — | 4.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 14 | nexe | 29.45 | — | 5.3 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 15 | nexe | 29.45 | — | 6.5 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 16 | nexe | 29.45 | — | 7.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 17 | nexe | 29.46 | — | 8.5 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 18 | nexe | 29.48 | — | 9.5 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 19 | nexe | 29.52 | — | 11.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 20 | ene | 29.52 | — | 12.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 21 | ene | 29.53 | — | 11.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 22 | ene | 29.53 | — | 11.5 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 23 | ene | 29.54 | — | 10.5 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 24 | ene | 29.55 | — | 9.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
