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: 1160 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 80 tons 1298 lbs 

Completed the work of removing the bridge wall of steam cutters furnace and placing 16 inch grate bars 
instead of 9 inch grate bars. Got steam on cutters boiler again and found upon lengthened trial that the 
alteration before mentioned made it possible to work continuously the rig to main engine bilge pump, 
and thus keep the bilge nearly dry. Hauled the fires under the main boiler, run all the water from it, and 
drained out all engine and boiler pipes to prevent their freezing, and pumped the bilge dry with steam 
cutter rig. 
The forward spar deck bilge pump is kept running all day by the Baxter engine, holding its own well, with 
the water accumulating forward of water tight bulkhead. Enough water finds its way aft through some 
undiscovered leak between frames and planking to keep the steam cutters rig going. Crew engaged in 
trimming coal in after bunkers in order to make storage of some of the provisions which are now 
encumbering the spar deck. Carpenters continue to place filling material between frames forward of the 
bulkhead constructed across fore peak, as there is a slight oozing of water upward and along the berth 
deck keeping that place constantly damp. 
Water in the ship to day           

at 8am
at 4pm
at midnight 
At water tight bulkhead
10 inches
8 inches
13 1/2 inches
At fire room bilge
13 inches
10 inches
3 1/2 inches

The day begins squally from S.W. x W. and continues so the wind veering and hauling between S.W. 
and W.S.W. Weather very unpleasant until after 4pm.  Air full of drifting snow blown from the surface of 
the floe by the gusts. Early daylight at 5.05am. After 4pm clear weather and light steady breezes from 
S.W. x S. 
Sounded at noon in 30 fathoms, muddy bottom; slight drift to N.E. indicated by lead line. Seven inches 
ice formed over sounding hole since yesterday noon.
At 1am faint auroral curtain 10° in altitude in N. At 4am faint auroral arch 25° in altitude to N. extending 
from N.E. to W.N.W. At 8pm meteor to S.W., and at 9 one to N. At 11 a faint auroral arch 45° in altitude 
in N. extending from N.E. to W. ~; the same at midnight but broken in form. 

Moon 10° 30' N. 
New moon