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: 1206 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 82 tons 1534 lbs 

The Sewell pump in the engine room is kept running about 15 minutes every hour to pump out such 
amounts of water as flow aft through leaky gate of water tight bulkhead forward. Fire is kept under 
Baxter boiler to heat deck house and as the water accumulates forward of the water tight bulkhead to 
pump it out by the forward spar deck bilge pump. Engineer's force continue converting 6 inch piston 
pump into 3 inch plunger pump and necessary work for fitting steam cutter's boiler to run the steam 
cutters engine in connection with said pump. 
Having broken out the provisions and other stores it was found that an accumulation of dirt and rust 
prevented the long rod (working from spar deck to close the gate) from working properly on the screw 
spindle connected with the starboard gate. Having cleared it, the gate was closed as far as possible, but 
enough water forced its way through to necessitate the working of the Sewell pump as above stated. 
The port gate seemed perfectly tight. To reach the difficulty at the starboard gate it will be necessary to 
cut away the flooring in the small store room between fore hold and coal bunkers, which work will be 
immediately commenced. The gate is either sprung out of place or broken. 
Water in the ship to day 

at 8am
at 4pm
at midnight 
At forward side water 
tight bulkhead
14 inches
8 inches
13 inches
At fire room bilge
16 inches
15 inches
15 inches 

Sounded at noon in 30 fathoms, muddy bottom. No drift indicated by lead line. At 2.45pm the north side 
of Wrangel Land being in sight the following bearings were taken; most eastern visible extremity S. 6° E. 
(true); most western visible extremity S. 32° 30' W. (true): the table top mountain usually seen bore S. 
20° 50' W. There was also an appearance of land between S.W. and W. x S. (true). Ice froze over 
sounding hole 7 inches in preceding 24 hours.
The day commenced and continued clear and pleasant with considerable haze around horizon. Light 
variable airs and calms. Falling barometer and nearly uniform low temperature.
At 1am faint auroral arch from W. to N.E. 25° in altitude ends 10° above horizon; at 2 the same was very 
faint; at 3 faint auroral arch from N.E. to W. through zenith; at 4 & 5 auroral gleams N.E. and W. Early 
daylight at 5.35. At 9 the sun showed on the horizon. At 8pm faint auroral arch in N. 15° in altitude and 
one in S. 20° in alt with diffused light between; at 9 diffused auroral light chiefly in N.W.; at 10 the same 
all over sky. 
Faint sound from ice in motion from N.E. to N. and at 11 and midnight faint arch 30° in altitude from N.E. 
to W.N.W.

Moon 11° 24' S. 
New moon