Entry Index: 187
Position: No position
Date by Position: 29 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 Line of position Dec. 29th 9pm by observation of the Moon. Assumed Lat 72° 20' N., Long obtained 177° 31' W. Assumed Lat 72° 40' N., Long obtained 177° 11' W. Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 33 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 33 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 190 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 100 tons 112 lbs AM Clear and cold. Bright moon and stars. Light breezes from S'd & W'd. Frost dust in the air. Moon dog on horizon to S.W. (mag.). Sky almost cloudless. Slight haze above horizon at times. At 11.15 sounded in 30 fathoms. Slight drift to N'd. Muddy bottom. Ship heeling 2 1/2° to starboard. At 12 there was an appearance of land bearing S. by W. 1/2 W. (true) to S.W. 1/2 W. (true). PM Clear and pleasant. Calms or light airs from S'd and W'd. Crew engaged in washing clothes and in banking up ship with snow. Slight movement in the ice about 300 yards to the eastward of ship at 10.10. Moon 19° N. Full moon
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A slight grinding movement in the neighborhood of the late opening of the ice to the eastward at 10.10 p.m.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sw1/2w | 30.05 | — | -25.9 | — | — | bcz |
| 2 | swxs | 30.04 | — | -25.4 | — | — | b |
| 3 | sxw | 30.03 | — | -25.6 | — | — | b |
| 4 | sxw | 30.02 | — | -25.0 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | sxw | 30.0 | — | -25.0 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | sxw | 29.98 | — | -24.0 | — | — | bc |
| 7 | sxw | 29.96 | — | -22.5 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | sxw | 29.95 | — | -22.5 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | s | 29.92 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 10 | s | 29.9 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | s | 29.88 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | sw | 29.87 | — | -19.0 | — | — | bc |
| 13 | sxw | 29.84 | — | -20.5 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | sxw | 29.81 | — | -21.7 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | sxw | 29.82 | — | -22.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 16 | swxs | 29.84 | — | -24.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 17 | swxs | 29.85 | — | -24.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 18 | swxs | 29.86 | — | -24.5 | — | — | bc |
| 19 | wsw | 29.87 | — | -25.0 | — | — | bc |
| 20 | calm | 29.87 | — | -25.0 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | wsw | 29.84 | — | -25.0 | — | — | bc |
| 22 | swxw | 29.84 | — | -26.0 | — | — | bc |
| 23 | sw | 29.83 | — | -26.5 | — | — | bc |
| 24 | calm | 29.85 | — | -26.5 | — | — | bc |
