Entry Index: 222
Position: No position
Date by Position: 2 February 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 35 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 35 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 1150 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 86 tons 1075 lbs The Sewell pump is kept going all day, running at the rate of 40 strokes a minute, keeping the water in check while carpenters progress with the work of filling in between frames &c. Engineer's force engaged in preparing gearing for steam cutters engine and boiler in connection with main engine bilge pump. Upon trying the steam cutters engine to day with the bilge pump, getting steam from the main boiler it was found that the engine ran too fast to make the pump do its work. Arrangements were begun to diminish by gearing the number of strokes of the pump. Water in the ship to day 8am 4pm at midnight Fire room bilge 16 inches 16 inches 16 inches The day opens very thick to the S'd with light N.N.W. winds, and continues generally overcast and hazy with variable northerly winds, falling barometer and rising temperature. At 1am auroral patches were visible in northern sky; at 3am auroral gleams in N.E. and at 5am auroral patches in N. and N.E. Early daylight at 6.30. A very light snow fell from 3pm to midnight. At 2am a large bear approached the ship, and after attempting to come on board was shot and killed by Mr. Dunbar. Sounded at noon in 29 1/2 fathoms, muddy bottom; the lead line showing a slight westerly drift. The ice formed 4 inches thick over sounding hole since yesterday, the thickness of the floe around it being 27 inches. At 1pm the ice commenced to move subjecting the ship to considerable pressure, but not altering her heel, 3° to starboard. More or less motion and pressure until 8pm. The usual monthly examination of the officers and men was commenced by the surgeon. Moon 19° 54' S. Last quarter
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We find considerable breaks in the ice near the ship this morning, accounting for the sudden cloudiness and haze at midnight last night. ... At one p.m. the ice began to move, and from that time until eight p.m. we were getting nips and pressures at a few moments' interval. We are so accustomed to these alarms now that we take them quietly, thankful when they end, and knowing we are helpless pending their duration.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nnw | 30.08 | — | -37.3 | — | — | bcz |
| 2 | nnw | 30.06 | — | -35.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 3 | nnw | 30.06 | — | -34.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 4 | nnw | 30.05 | — | -33.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 5 | n | 30.05 | — | -34.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 6 | n | 30.05 | — | -34.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 7 | n | 30.05 | — | -33.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 8 | n | 30.05 | — | -31.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 9 | nne | 30.03 | — | -31.0 | — | — | bo |
| 10 | nxe | 30.01 | — | -31.0 | — | — | bo |
| 11 | nxw | 30.0 | — | -30.7 | — | — | bo |
| 12 | n | 29.96 | — | -29.5 | — | — | bo |
| 13 | n | 29.95 | — | -28.3 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | nne | 29.94 | — | -27.2 | — | — | ocz |
| 15 | n | 29.93 | — | -26.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 16 | n | 29.92 | — | -25.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 17 | n | 29.91 | — | -23.8 | — | — | oczs |
| 18 | nne | 29.9 | — | -22.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 19 | nne | 29.88 | — | -21.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 20 | nne | 29.84 | — | -21.2 | — | — | oczs |
| 21 | nne | 29.82 | — | -20.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 22 | ne | 29.82 | — | -19.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 23 | ne | 29.8 | — | -19.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 24 | nnw | 29.8 | — | -19.0 | — | — | oczs |
