Entry Index: 298
Position: 72.76, -178.27
Date by Position: 18 April 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 72° 45' 46" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 178° 16' Variation of the compass by azimuth Sun observed at 4.30pm E. 22° 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: 66 tons 898 lbs Maximum temperature indicated by B.B. in vacuo = 95.5° The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump, and aft by the steam cutters engine driving the main engine bilge pump. The steam cutter's boiler is also used in distilling. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At water tight bulkhead 7 inches 7 inches 7 inches At fire room bilge 1 inch 1 inch 1 inch Sounded at noon in 33 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid N.E. drift being indicated by the lead line. Ice 2 1/2 inches in thickness formed around edge of sounding hole since noon yesterday. At 10am the ship was inspected by the Commanding Officer, after which divine service was read in the cabin. Weather gloomy until noon, the sky being overcast, and a light snow falling all the time. After noon the sky cleared although the fall of light snow continued until 10pm. During early morning vapor rose in great clouds from S.W. and W. indicating extensive ice openings in those directions. Moderate southerly wind becoming lighter after noon, dying out after 9pm and veering to north toward midnight. Falling, followed by rising barometer; with rising temperature to noon, and rapid fall with change of wind to northward. Moon 11° 57' N. First quarter
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The wasting action of the ice-field on the surface, as remarked by me heretofore, still continues. From aloft the view is far less discouraging than it was a month ago. Then the ice-field was all broken up by confused masses and heaps of shattered floes, the result of the winter's conflicts.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | s | 29.45 | — | 7.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 2 | s | 29.46 | — | 7.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 3 | s | 29.44 | — | 7.3 | — | — | oczs |
| 4 | sxw | 29.43 | — | 7.8 | — | — | ocz |
| 5 | s | 29.43 | — | 8.5 | — | — | ocs |
| 6 | s | 29.42 | — | 9.5 | — | — | ocs |
| 7 | s | 29.42 | — | 10.5 | — | — | ocs |
| 8 | s | 29.4 | — | 12.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 9 | s | 29.4 | — | 13.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 10 | s | 29.4 | — | 14.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 11 | s | 29.4 | — | 15.5 | — | — | ocs |
| 12 | s | 29.39 | — | 16.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 13 | sxw | 29.38 | — | 16.3 | — | — | bczs |
| 14 | sxw | 29.39 | — | 17.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 15 | sxw | 29.4 | — | 17.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 16 | sxw | 29.41 | — | 16.3 | — | — | bczs |
| 17 | ssw | 29.43 | — | 15.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 18 | swxs | 29.44 | — | 13.5 | — | — | bczs |
| 19 | swxs | 29.46 | — | 12.2 | — | — | bczs |
| 20 | sw | 29.48 | — | 10.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 21 | sw | 29.5 | — | 9.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 22 | calm | 29.51 | — | 4.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 23 | n | 29.53 | — | -3.0 | — | — | bc |
| 24 | n | 29.54 | — | -4.0 | — | — | bc |
