Entry Index: 166
Position: No position
Date by Position: 8 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 Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: using as distilled. Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 40 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 187 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 102 tons 1546 lbs AM Clear and cold. Gentle breeze from N'd & E'd. Very brilliant aurora. At 12 sounded in 29 1/2 fathoms. Blue mud. Slight drift to the N.W. (mag.). Ship heeling 2 1/2° to starboard. Heavy pressure on young ice to the N.E. of ship about 1/2 mile distant. Loud noises from that quarter. PM Clear and cold. Hazy about horizon. Gentle breezes from S.E. quarter. Ice to N.E. of ship moving and crushing with violence. Washed clothes. Distilling. Moon 13° S. Last quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
I am afraid we are on the verge of another ice disturbance, for at times during the day the ice to the N.E. of us, and distant half a mile, began to move with its usual accompaniment of groans and shrieks while under pressure.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ne | 30.38 | — | -20.0 | — | — | bz |
| 2 | nexe | 30.38 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bz |
| 3 | e | 30.39 | — | -19.0 | — | — | bz |
| 4 | e | 30.4 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bz |
| 5 | e1/2s | 30.42 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bz |
| 6 | e1/2s | 30.43 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bz |
| 7 | e1/2s | 30.45 | — | -18.0 | — | — | b |
| 8 | e1/2s | 30.45 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | e1/2s | 30.46 | — | -17.0 | — | — | bc |
| 10 | e1/2s | 30.49 | — | -17.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | e1/2s | 30.5 | — | -17.0 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | sexe | 30.51 | — | -16.0 | — | — | bc |
| 13 | exs | 30.5 | — | -17.0 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | sexe | 30.48 | — | -16.0 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | sexe | 30.48 | — | -15.0 | — | — | bc |
| 16 | exs | 30.48 | — | -15.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 17 | exs | 30.47 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bz |
| 18 | sexe | 30.48 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 19 | sexe | 30.49 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 20 | sexe | 30.49 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 21 | sexe | 30.49 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 22 | sexe | 30.48 | — | -13.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 23 | sexe | 30.45 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 24 | sexe | 30.44 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
