Entry Index: 160
Position: 72.5, -177.97
Date by Position: 2 December 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 Latitude by observation of ✱ Aldebaran at meridian passage 72° 30' N. Longitude by chronometer from observation of Moon at 11.55pm 177° 58' 15" W. No snow in vicinity. Distilling. Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 40 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 435 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 103 tons 913 lbs AM Misty weather. Thick at noon. Light breeze from N'd. Very high barometer. The physical examination by the surgeon was continued and finished. At 12 sounded in 30 fathoms. Blue mud. Drifting to S.S.E. (mag.) = S. (true) Ship heeling 2 1/2° to starboard. PM Weather misty until 7 when it cleared off. Very beautiful night. Moon and stars very bright. Lunar haloes showing prismatic colors at times. Lunar rainbow in the S. at 10.30. Auroral arch (34° in altitude) from N.N.E. to N.N.W. (mag.) which at 11.50 flashed into a magnificent auroral curtain. Moon 18° N. Full moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wnw | 30.57 | — | -2.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 2 | wnw | 30.57 | — | -1.8 | — | — | bcz |
| 3 | nw | 30.58 | — | -3.2 | — | — | bcz |
| 4 | w | 30.6 | — | -3.7 | — | — | bcz |
| 5 | nnw | 30.6 | — | -5.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 6 | nnw | 30.62 | — | -6.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 7 | n | 30.62 | — | -6.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 8 | n | 30.62 | — | -8.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 9 | n | 30.62 | — | -7.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 10 | n | 30.64 | — | -7.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 11 | n | 30.66 | — | -7.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 12 | nw | 30.65 | — | -6.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 13 | nw | 30.64 | — | -4.5 | — | — | oz |
| 14 | nw | 30.63 | — | -6.0 | — | — | oz |
| 15 | n | 30.63 | — | -6.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 16 | nxw | 30.64 | — | -6.7 | — | — | bcz |
| 17 | nxw | 30.64 | — | -7.5 | — | — | bcfz |
| 18 | n | 30.64 | — | -8.0 | — | — | bcf |
| 19 | n | 30.66 | — | -9.0 | — | — | bc |
| 20 | n | 30.67 | — | -10.0 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | ne | 30.69 | — | -10.5 | — | — | bc |
| 22 | nxe | 30.7 | — | -10.0 | — | — | bc |
| 23 | ne | 30.7 | — | -11.0 | — | — | bc |
| 24 | ne | 30.7 | — | -10.5 | — | — | bc |