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: 600 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 77 tons 738 lbs 

Worked the forward spar deck bilge pump by hand until 10pm at which time the Baxter boiler, being 
scaled and cleaned, was again used. The steam cutter's boiler and engine were employed in connection 
with the main engine bilge pump about 15 minutes every hour, the remainder of the time being devoted 
to distilling.
Water in the ship to day

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

Sounded at noon in 33 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight westerly drift being indicated by the lead line.
Ice formed 4 inches in thickness over sounding hole since yesterday. Early daylight at 4.40am. Sunset 
at 4.25pm.
Light winds between W.N.W. and S.S.W. with slowly rising succeeding slowly falling barometer and 
uniformly low temperature. Bright and pleasant weather.
At 1am faint aurora 10° in altitude in N.W. changing to curtain form 20° in altitude; at 2 faint semi-arch 
from N.E. to N. 25° in altitude; at 3 faint gleams near horizon in W.N.W. Sounds from ice in motion in 
N.E. between 1 and 3. At midnight broken arch 30° in altitude in N. extending from N.E. to W.N.W.

Moon 3° S. 
Full moon