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: 1290 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 85 tons 2025 lbs 

The Sewell pump is kept running all day at the rate of 40 strokes a minute, which holds the water in 
check while the carpenters are carrying the fillings up above the berth deck and settling well down in 
place the fillings already put in. The engineer's force is at work making necessary connections and 
forgings for using the steam cutters engine and boiler in connection with the bilge pump belonging to 
main engine.
Amount of water in the ship to day

8am
4pm
at midnight
Fire room bilge
16 inches
16 inches
15 inches 

The day commences overcast and cloudy with light westerly airs. By 4am the sky had cleared 
considerably, remaining so far remainder of these 24 hours. Rising barometer and rapidly falling 
temperature although the prevailing wind as light from the S.W. 
At 5am and 6am bright auroral arches extended from E. to W. with streamers from north horizon to 
zenith. Early daylight at 6.10am. At 11am a parhelic circle 22° in radius was observed about the sun.
Sounded at noon in 29 1/2 fathoms, muddy bottom, and a slight easterly drift was indicated by lead line.
At 1 and 2pm the ice was in motion to the W'd. At 6 an auroral arch was visible to N'd 5° in altitude with 
faint streamers. At 7 this same arch had risen in alt to 10°. A meteor fell in the West at 8pm. A diffused 
auroral arch was in the North at 9 and 10.
The surgeon continued and completed the usual monthly examinations.

Moon 23° S. 
Last quarter