Entry Index: 262
Position: 72.52, -177.98
Date by Position: 13 March 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 72° 31' 13" Longitude by chronometer from evening observations Moon W. 177° 58' 39" 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: 455 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 73 tons 1438 lbs 1pm: B.B. in vacuo = 18.2°; B.B in air = 0° 2pm: B.B. in vacuo = 24°; B.B. in air = 0° 3pm: B.B. in vacuo = 29.5°; B.B in air = -0.5° 4pm: B.B. in vacuo = 8.5°; B.B in air = -2.5° The forward spar deck bilge pump is worked by Baxter engine, and the main engine bilge pump by the steam cutters engine. Distilling. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At water tight bulkhead 13 inches 8 inches 14 inches At fire room bilge 1 1/2 inches 2 1/2 inches 2 inches Sounded at noon in 31 1/2 fathoms, muddy bottom. A drift to the S.W. being indicated by the lead line. Ice formed 2 inches in thickness over sounding hole since noon yesterday. Weather generally gloomy and unpleasant. Very light snow falling at times until 6pm. Winds from N'd and E'd during the forenoon, and from the N'd & W'd during the afternoon. Steadily falling barometer, followed after noon by steadily rising barometer and falling temperature. Crew engaged in digging away ice around stern post. At 9pm faint aurora to N'd. At 11pm faint auroral patches to N. and N.E. and at midnight to S. and S.W. Moon 17° 32' N. New moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Ice formed over sounding hole only two inches since yesterday. This is the best evidence we have had of the effect of the present mild temperature. ... The high temperature, minus 1° until noon, and even as high as 0.3° at two p.m., and the falling snow, make the floe ice quite soft and soggy, and leave us with damp feet after our hour's walking. This softness is only superficial, however, for our men digging away under the stern find the ice of the hardness of flint. I never dreamed that ice could freeze so hard. But it is proof enough to see pick-axes wielded by strong men breaking off small pieces the size of one's hand, instead of good sized lumps. The mass of ice seems absolutely without pores (though, of course, since the atoms of salt caught up in it cannot be destroyed or eliminated, they must be held in minute cells), and clings to the ship's shape as if it formed a part of her. Except by the pick-axe chipping off and gouging and scoring the wood, the ice cannot be removed next to the ship's skin.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ne | 29.59 | — | -2.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 2 | nexn | 29.55 | — | -1.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 3 | nxe | 29.51 | — | -2.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 4 | nxe | 29.49 | — | -1.3 | — | — | oczs |
| 5 | nne | 29.47 | — | -1.5 | — | — | ocs |
| 6 | nne | 29.44 | — | -2.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 7 | nne | 29.42 | — | -2.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 8 | nne | 29.4 | — | -2.0 | — | — | bcs |
| 9 | nne | 29.38 | — | -1.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 10 | nne | 29.36 | — | -1.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 11 | nne | 29.38 | — | -1.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 12 | nne | 29.38 | — | -1.0 | — | 27.0 | ocs |
| 13 | wnw | 29.38 | — | -0.7 | — | — | oczs |
| 14 | wxn | 29.39 | — | -0.3 | — | — | bczs |
| 15 | wxn | 29.42 | — | -0.5 | — | — | hczs |
| 16 | w | 29.44 | — | -2.5 | — | — | hczs |
| 17 | wxn | 29.46 | — | -4.0 | — | — | hczs |
| 18 | wxn | 29.48 | — | -5.0 | — | — | hczs |
| 19 | wnw | 29.49 | — | -9.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 20 | wnw | 29.51 | — | -10.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 21 | nwxw | 29.51 | — | -10.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 22 | nwxw | 29.53 | — | -10.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 23 | nwxw | 29.54 | — | -12.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 24 | nwxw | 29.54 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
