Entry Index: 285
Position: 72.51, -178.55
Date by Position: 5 April 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 72° 30' 19" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 178° 33' 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: 510 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 68 tons 1288 lbs 5am: B.B. in vacuo = -7°; B.B. in air = -23° 6am: B.B. in vacuo = 7°; B.B. in air = -23° 7am: B.B. in vacuo = 32.5°; B.B. in air = -22° 8am: B.B. in vacuo = 42.5°; B.B. in air = -21° 9am: B.B. in vacuo = 43°; B.B. in air = -16° 10am: B.B. in vacuo = 35°; B.B. in air = -16° 11am: B.B. in vacuo = 45°; B.B. in air = -16° 12am: B.B. in vacuo = 50°; B.B. in air = -15° 1pm: B.B. in vacuo = 52.5°; B.B. in air = -16° 2pm: B.B. in vacuo = 51°; B.B. in air = -15° 3pm: B.B. in vacuo = 38°; B.B. in air = -15° 4pm: B.B. in vacuo = 35°; B.B. in air = -14° 5pm: B.B. in vacuo = 36.5°; B.B. in air = -14° 6pm: B.B. in vacuo = 18°; B.B. in air = -14.7° Water in the ship to day. at 8am at 4pm at midnight At water tight bulkhead 8 inches 12 inches 8 inches At fire room bilge 2 inches 0 inches 1 inch Until 9am the pumping is done by the Baxter engine and steam cutters engine, while the steam cutter's boiler is used as customary for distilling. At the hour named blew the water out of the Baxter boiler, and took the apparatus apart for a thorough scaling and cleaning, upon completion of which the engine and boiler were transferred to the fire room and got ready for use in that place. Dismantled the gearing for working the forward spar deck bilge pump by steam and adjusted all available parts thereof to work the shifted bilge pump in the fire room hatch. The pumping forward is done by hand when necessary. Sounded at noon in 33 fathoms, muddy bottom, a slight easterly drift being indicated by the lead line. A seal having used the sounding hole as an air hole, no ice has formed in the center; but a gradual formation to 6 inches in thickness has taken place toward the circumference. Sunrise at 4.24am. Sunset at 7.40pm. Ruddy sun glow in north at midnight. Bright and pleasant weather with moderate west and W.N.W. breezes and rising barometer. Lowest temperature at 5am; highest temperature at 5pm. At 1am broken curtain aurora through zenith moving with rapid undulations from west to east, and spreading into two bands toward north and south. A narrow lane of open water describing a semi-circumference about the ship from S.W. around by west to N.E. and distant about 7 miles. Moon 3° 46' S. Last quarter
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Sounded at noon in thirty-three fathoms, muddy bottom, a slight easterly drift being indicated by the lead line. A seal has found our sounding place a convenient breathing hole, and comes there so regularly that no ice has been able to form over the centre of it since noon yesterday, but from the centre outward there is ice six inches in thickness in some places. ... Mr. Dunbar in his wanderings to-day visited the apparently grounded ice again, and saw quite a lane of open water, but nothing to shoot at. From our topsail yard a narrow ribbon of water can be seen running from S.W. around by W. to N.E., and averaging seven miles in distance from us.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wxs | 29.72 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 2 | w | 29.72 | — | -21.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 3 | w | 29.71 | — | -22.0 | — | — | bc |
| 4 | w | 29.71 | — | -22.5 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | w | 29.71 | — | -23.5 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | w | 29.73 | — | -23.0 | — | — | bc |
| 7 | w | 29.76 | — | -22.0 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | w | 29.77 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | w | 29.77 | — | -20.0 | — | — | bc |
| 10 | w | 29.79 | — | -19.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | w | 29.79 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | w | 29.79 | — | -17.5 | — | 27.8 | bc |
| 13 | w | 29.79 | — | -16.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 14 | w | 29.79 | — | -15.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 15 | w | 29.81 | — | -15.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 16 | w | 29.84 | — | -14.2 | — | — | bcz |
| 17 | w | 29.85 | — | -14.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 18 | w | 29.86 | — | -14.7 | — | — | bcz |
| 19 | wnw | 29.87 | — | -16.0 | — | — | bc |
| 20 | nwxw | 29.89 | — | -18.0 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | nwxw | 29.91 | — | -19.0 | — | — | bc |
| 22 | nwxw | 29.93 | — | -21.0 | — | — | bc |
| 23 | nwxw | 29.94 | — | -22.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 24 | wnw | 29.94 | — | -24.0 | — | — | bcz |
