Entry Index: 241
Position: 72.02, -175.84
Date by Position: 21 February 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation Moon on meridian at 9pm N. 72° 01' 23" Longitude by chronometer from observation Moon at 6pm W. 175° 50' 15" 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: 730 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 78 tons 1123 lbs The work of pumping by steam proceeds as usual. Careful calculation of the work performed by both pumps gives 1647 gallons of water per hour as the amount pumped out of the ship. Of this, 179 gallons leaks through abaft the water tight bulkhead and finding its way aft to the engine room is pumped out by the steam cutter rig; - the balance is pumped out by the forward spar deck bilge pump running in connection with the Baxter engine and boiler. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At water tight bulkhead 12 inches 12 inches 13 inches At fire room bilge 3 inches 2 inches 2 inches Sounded at noon in 33 fathoms. Mud and stones. Slight drift to N.E. indicated by the lead line. Early daylight at 5. Clear and pleasant weather. The usual amount of haze around the horizon, varying position at times. Steady barometer and uniformly low temperature. Steady and moderate breeze from W.S.W. At 1am auroral arches to N. 40° and 60° in altitude extending from N.E. to W.N.W.; at 2 faint auroral arch to N. 30° in altitude brightest at N.E. end; at 3 faint gleams of arch in N.W. disappearing in N. at an altitude of 30°. Vapor rising from the ice to the S'd and W'd - between noon and 6pm. At 10pm auroral arch 30° in altitude to N. extending from N.E. to W.S.W; at 11 a long flat arch 5° in alt to northward; at midnight lunar halo 3° in diameter. Ice formed 4 inches thickness over sounding hole since noon yesterday. Moon 21° N. First quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Vapor arising from the ice to the S.W. during the afternoon, indicating water hole.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wsw | 29.81 | — | -46.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 2 | swxw | 29.82 | — | -46.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 3 | swxw | 29.82 | — | -46.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 4 | sw | 29.82 | — | -46.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 5 | swxw | 29.84 | — | -47.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 6 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -47.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 7 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -47.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 8 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -48.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 9 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -48.5 | — | — | bz |
| 10 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -48.5 | — | — | bz |
| 11 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -49.0 | — | — | bz |
| 12 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -48.5 | — | 27.0 | bcz |
| 13 | wsw | 29.8 | — | -48.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 14 | wsw | 29.8 | — | -48.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 15 | wsw | 29.81 | — | -49.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 16 | wsw | 29.81 | — | -49.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 17 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -49.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 18 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -49.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 19 | wsw | 29.83 | — | -50.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 20 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -50.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 21 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -48.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 22 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -49.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 23 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -48.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 24 | wsw | 29.82 | — | -48.0 | — | — | bcz |
