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: 1045 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 81 tons 1384 lbs 

The forward spar deck bilge pump is kept working all day by means of the Baxter engine, the gates in 
the water tight bulkhead being kept closed, and the water allowed to accumulate forward of them. The 
bilge pump holds its own well. By actual observation one half inch of water per hour found its way aft 
into the engine room, and such quantity of it as was not required to feed the main boiler was pumped 
overboard by the Sewell pump, while the work of fitting the steam cutter's boiler and engine to the main 
engine bilge pump is carried nearer to completion. The working of the cutters engine and its connections 
with the pump was tried by using steam from the main boiler, and the result was satisfactory. The only 
work on the rig now on hand is fitting the steam cutter's boiler to supply the steam instead of the main 
boiler.
Water in the ship to day 

at 8am
at 4pm
at midnight 
At foremast step 
1 inch
1 inch
1 inch
At water tight bulkhead
11 inches
14 inches
15 inches

Sounded at noon in 30 fathoms, muddy bottom. No drift indicated. Ice formed over sounding hole 7 
inches since noon yesterday. "The north side of Wrangell Land" in sight, the bearings of the extreme 
visible ends being S. 9° E. and S. 41° W., both true. True direction of ship head S. 45° W.
Weather clear and pleasant with light S.W. winds, falling barometer and slowly rising temperature. At 
5pm the ice was in motion to S.W. x W. and at 6pm to N.W. New moon visible on southern horizon at 
4pm. 
At 1am an auroral gleam in N.E.; at 2 a faint arch 15° in alt extending from N.W. to N.E.; at 4 auroral 
streamers in N.N.E., and at 5 one in W.N.W.; at 6 a faint auroral arch 37° in alt extending from N. to W. 
At 9pm an auroral arch 20° N. from N.E. to N.W.; at 10 two arches, each 30° in alt, one north and the 
other south of zenith. At 11 three fan-like streamers diverging in W.N.W. and converging in N.E. with 
altitudes respectively of 45°, 60° and 75°. At midnight the auroral display was magnificent. The three 
fan-like streamers mentioned at 11 continued at the same altitudes (40°, 60° and 75° in N.) but at the 
N.E. ending the three streamers united to form a thick spiral band of light twirling around on its point. 
Masses of green light passed over the middle streamer (or arch), and, regularly following the spiral 
disappeared at the horizon. Suddenly the eastern spiral-like ending expanded into a spiral-like curtain, 
and all three arches rose and advanced until the central one reached the zenith. Now a pause of two 
minutes duration occurred, both ends becoming spiral curtains and bearing E.S.E. and W.N.W. 
respectively. Pulsations of green light ~ pulsations of red light through all three arches, and finally the 
central arch assumed the colors and regularity of a rainbow, while red and green prevailed successively 
in the northern and southern arches, making them wiggle like serpents. The ship and floe were lighted 
up as if by a full moon. At the end of the two minutes the arches swung on the zenith as on a pivot until 
they faced W.S.W. and then they moved downward toward that horizon in the same manner and with 
the same succession changes as in moving upward, until reaching 45°, 60° and 75° in altitude 
respectively, they died away.  

Moon 0° 11' S. 
New moon