Entry Index: 316
Position: 73.16, 179.41
Date by Position: 7 May 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 09' 33" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun E. 179° 24' 45" Variation of the compass by azimuth Sun observed at 5.30pm E. 20° 32' 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: 400 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 63 tons 573 lbs Maximum temperature indicated by B.B. in vacuo = 99° between 1 and 2pm The pumping and distilling are done by the Baxter engine and boiler. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At fire room bilge 10 inches 13 inches 5 inches Sounded at noon in 30 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight southerly drift being indicated by the lead line. Crew engaged in removing auxiliary steam pump from old galley room to a position in the forward store room over the fore hold. Engineer's force engaged in removing steam pipe and suction pipe of said pump, and in fitting new crank shaft and new bearings to wind mill. Some guillemots seen about 3 miles S.E. of the ship, also the track of a fox. The "open water" 3 miles S.E. of the ship closing by the coming together of the edges of the floe. Weather clear and pleasant until 10pm when the sky became overcast. Light northerly and westerly winds, slowly rising barometer, and, for the first 9 and the last 5 hours, low temperatures. Moon 15° N. Last quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
A party going to the lead three miles S.E. of the ship found it slowly closing up from the movement of the floes, and they saw some guillemots and the tracks of a fox.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nw | 29.81 | — | -7.2 | — | — | bcs |
| 2 | nwxn | 29.82 | — | -6.0 | — | — | bcs |
| 3 | nwxn | 29.82 | — | -5.3 | — | — | bcs |
| 4 | nnw | 29.82 | — | -5.0 | — | — | bczs |
| 5 | nnw | 29.83 | — | -6.0 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | nnw | 29.83 | — | -6.0 | — | — | bc |
| 7 | nnw | 29.84 | — | -5.0 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | nnw | 29.86 | — | -4.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | nnw | 29.88 | — | -2.0 | — | — | bc |
| 10 | nnw | 29.9 | — | 0.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | nnw | 29.92 | — | 1.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | nnw | 29.91 | — | 2.0 | — | 28.0 | bc |
| 13 | nnw | 29.91 | — | 1.7 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | nxe | 29.92 | — | 2.8 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | n | 29.94 | — | 2.5 | — | — | bc |
| 16 | n | 29.96 | — | 3.0 | — | — | bc |
| 17 | n | 29.97 | — | 2.5 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | nxw | 29.99 | — | 1.2 | — | — | bc |
| 19 | nnw | 30.0 | — | -1.2 | — | — | bc |
| 20 | nnw | 30.02 | — | -1.5 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | nnw | 30.04 | — | -2.0 | — | — | bc |
| 22 | nw | 30.05 | — | -1.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 23 | nnw | 30.06 | — | -2.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 24 | nnw | 30.07 | — | -2.5 | — | — | ocz |
