Entry Index: 158
Position: 72.6, -178.13
Date by Position: 30 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 Position by two lines of bearing by observation of Moon and planet Mars: Lat 72° 36' N. Long 178° 08' W. No snow in vicinity. Distilling. Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 42 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 535 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 103 tons 1663 lbs AM Weather cloudy and pleasant until 6 when it cleared off beautifully. Fresh breeze from S.E. by E. decreasing towards noon. Ship lying quietly. Heeling 2 1/2° to starboard. Evidences of heavy ice pressure in the vicinity of ship. A raven was shot by the Indian Aniguin. Sounded at 12 in 32 fathoms. Blue mud. Floe drifting to N'd and W'd. Loom of land in sight to the S.S.W. (mag.). Commanding Officer inspected the ship. PM Clear and pleasant. At 1 held divine service. Comd'g Officer officiating. Clear and beautiful during evening. Ice quiet until 11.30 when a slight movement took place. Moon 24° N. Full moon
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A day of peace and quiet doubly acceptable after the strain of yesterday. The gale blew itself out at six a.m., and we had a bright moonlight and starlight until the struggling daylight came into play at nine. Of course, we do not see the sun at all, and our noon is but the twilight of ordinary latitudes. Occasionally it is beautiful indeed, as, for instance, to-day, when we had a few golden and red streaks in the S., a clear blue sky to about 20° in arc, and the remainder of the heavens dark blue, illuminated by a full moon. Venus was visible at noon. The ice around us made a picture in its lights and shadows. The broken pack surrounded us in all directions, while, as if in the centre of a frozen lake, the Jeannette lay squeezed by slabs of ice eight and one half inches thick, with humped up and splintered floes, showing where she had proved her strength. Attempts to be poetical in the Arctic are praiseworthy, but I think I shall give them up. My sensations of being in critical situations are too keen to allow me to write in cold blood about the beauties of ice scenery. I will simply remark that the pack is no place for a ship, and however beautiful it may be from an aesthetic point of view, I wish with all my heart that we were out of it.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exs | 30.26 | — | 9.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 2 | exs | 30.25 | — | 9.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 3 | exs | 30.25 | — | 9.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 4 | exs | 30.25 | — | 8.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 5 | ese | 30.26 | — | 8.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 6 | ese | 30.26 | — | 8.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 7 | ese | 30.26 | — | 9.0 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | sexe | 30.28 | — | 10.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | sexe | 30.28 | — | 8.0 | — | — | bc |
| 10 | sexe | 30.28 | — | 10.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | sexe | 30.27 | — | 9.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | sexe | 30.28 | — | 9.5 | — | — | bc |
| 13 | se | 30.27 | — | 9.0 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | se | 30.26 | — | 8.5 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | exs | 30.27 | — | 7.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 16 | e | 30.29 | — | 7.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 17 | e | 30.3 | — | 5.4 | — | — | bcz |
| 18 | e | 30.3 | — | 5.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 19 | ese | 30.31 | — | 4.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 20 | ese | 30.32 | — | 4.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 21 | ese | 30.33 | — | 4.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 22 | ese | 30.33 | — | 4.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 23 | ese | 30.34 | — | 3.7 | — | — | bcz |
| 24 | ese | 30.35 | — | 4.0 | — | — | bcz |
