Entry Index: 176
Position: 72.45, -178.38
Date by Position: 18 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 meridian altitude Moon at 5pm 72° 27' N. Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations planet Mars 178° 23' W. Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: using as distilled. Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 36 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 175 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 101 tons 727 lbs AM Day opened overcast and hazy. Fine snow falling. Wind fresh and squalls from W. by N. Auroral gleams at times. Sounded in 31 fathoms at 11. Grey mud. Drifting to eastward. Aired bedding. Moon rose at 11.50. During the night an opening about 1/4 mile wide and extending in an E. and W. direction was made in the young ice about 500 yards to the northward of the ship. The opening is at the edge of the old floe. At noon it was covered with young ice. Ship heeling 2 1/2° to starboard. PM Clear and pleasant. Gentle breeze from W'd. Bright starlight. Crew engaged in felting berth deck and in making water closet covers. Moon 1° S. New moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
This morning we discover a large opening in the ice about five hundred yards to the northward of the ship, about one quarter of a mile in width and extending east and west. This is bringing the uneasiness close home.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wxn | 29.72 | — | 0.3 | — | — | oczs |
| 2 | wxn | 29.73 | — | -0.6 | — | — | oczs |
| 3 | w | 29.74 | — | -2.8 | — | — | bczs |
| 4 | wxn | 29.76 | — | -6.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 5 | wxn | 29.79 | — | -9.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 6 | wxn | 29.82 | — | -11.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 7 | w | 29.85 | — | -13.0 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | w | 29.88 | — | -11.5 | — | — | oc |
| 9 | w | 29.9 | — | -7.5 | — | — | oc |
| 10 | w | 29.92 | — | -6.0 | — | — | oc |
| 11 | wxn | 29.94 | — | -9.0 | — | — | oc |
| 12 | wxn | 29.97 | — | -14.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 13 | wxn | 29.98 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 14 | wxn | 30.0 | — | -19.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 15 | wxn | 30.04 | — | -21.8 | — | — | bc |
| 16 | wxn | 30.08 | — | -23.0 | — | — | bc |
| 17 | wxn | 30.12 | — | -24.7 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | wxn | 30.16 | — | -25.7 | — | — | bc |
| 19 | wsw | 30.2 | — | -26.0 | — | — | b |
| 20 | wsw | 30.23 | — | -26.5 | — | — | b |
| 21 | w | 30.26 | — | -27.0 | — | — | b |
| 22 | w | 30.32 | — | -26.0 | — | — | b |
| 23 | w | 30.32 | — | -27.0 | — | — | b |
| 24 | w | 30.34 | — | -27.5 | — | — | b |
