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: 500 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 76 tons 913 lbs

The steam cutters engine keeps the main engine bilge pump running as required, 15 minutes every 
hour, the remaining 45 minutes being occupied in distilling. The forward spar deck bilge pump is run as 
usual by the Baxter engine and boiler until 10.30pm when the crown sheet of the boiler was found to be 
coming down from heat and pressure. The fire was hauled and the steam used to blow out the boiler. 
Upon examination it was found that scale had formed in a high spongy mass on the crown sheet 
differing from the ordinary deposit of scale. As the boiler had been scaled and cleaned four days ago, 
the occurrence above noted can hardly be accounted for, as ~: Commenced working the forward spar 
deck bilge pump by hand.
Water in the ship to day

at 8am
at 4pm
at midnight 
At water tight bulkhead
18 inches
15 inches
6 inches
At fire room bilge
0 inches
1 inch
0 inches

Sounded at noon in 33 fathoms. Mud and fine grey sand. No indicated drift. Ice 5 inches in thickness 
formed over sounding hole since yesterday. Early daylight at 3.50am.
Bright, clear and pleasant weather, light westerly and north-westerly winds and rapidly rising barometer. 
Temperature steadily decreasing. A spirit thermometer (uncolored spirit) with purple bulb was exposed 
to the air, and read and recorded at intervals.
The usual monthly physical examination of officers and men was commenced by the surgeon. 
At 1am triple auroral arch in the North at altitudes of 15°, 25° and 45° and extending from N.E. to 
W.N.W., also a very narrow arch through zenith. The same continued at 2am but at alt of 80° S. 70° and 
60° N. extending from W. to N.E., but suddenly changed and brightened in the West to a double curtain 
form which undulated rapidly each side of the zenith, and finally settled in arches, in altitude 60° to N'd 
and 70° to S'd. At 3 diffused auroral light in faint arches south of zenith and above horizon extending 
from W. to N.N.W. Much vapor arose from the ice at the same time. At 4 faint auroral light in west and 
south of zenith. Vapor continuing to rise from the ice. 
At 9pm brilliant curtain aurora from E. to W. through zenith. At 10 auroral arches with altitudes varying 
from 10° to 50° in N. with faint bands through zenith and diffused light to S'd. At 11 3 brilliant curtain 
arches in N. 45°, 60° and 75° altitudes respectively extending from N.E. to W.N.W. Streamers darted 
upwards from the ends toward the zenith. A faint arch also from N.E. to S. at an altitude of 45° in E.S.E., 
and faint arches south of zenith at altitude of 50° and 80°. Generally diffused auroral light over whole 
sky. The same display at midnight but growing faint. 

Moon 22° 22' S. 
Full moon