USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Monday, 17 May 1880

Beset and drifting in the pack ice about 150 miles N.W. of Herald Island, Arctic Ocean


Entry Index: 327
Position: 73.35, 178.82
Date by Position: 18 May 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2

Events & Observations

Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 21'
Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun E. 178° 49'

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: 290 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 61 tons 618 lbs 

Maximum temperature indicated by B.B. in vacuo = 96.7° between 1 and 2pm

Distilling with the Baxter boiler. At 2am the wire cross stay of the wind mill broke, and the two released 
fans, striking the tripod, were broken short off. The wind mill continued to do all the pumping however 
with the two remaining fans.
Water in the ship to day

at 8am
at 4pm
at midnight 
At fire room bilge
5 inches
6 inches
6 inches

Sounded at noon in 27 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to N.W. being indicated by the lead line. 
Fresh S.E. wind all day. Sky overcast during forenoon and a part of the afternoon, clearing afterwards 
for a time. Slowly falling followed by steadily rising barometer.
Carpenters engaged in making sled runners for boats keels, and engineer's force engaged in 
constructing small pump of boiler tubes to be worked by wind mill in light weather.

Moon 3° N. 
First quarter

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Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
1 sexe 30.09 12.0 ocqzs
2 sexe 30.08 12.3 ocqzs
3 sexe 30.08 13.5 oczs
4 se 30.06 14.5 oczs
5 se 30.05 15.5 oc
6 se 30.05 16.5 oc
7 se 30.04 16.5 oc
8 se 30.03 17.5 oc
9 se 30.03 16.5 oc
10 se 30.03 16.5 oc
11 se 30.03 17.0 oc
12 se 30.07 16.5 oc
13 sse 30.08 17.0 oczs
14 sexs 30.1 17.2 ocz
15 sexs 30.11 16.7 bcz
16 sexe 30.13 16.3 bcz
17 sexe 30.14 16.8 bc
18 ese 30.16 16.0 bc
19 sexe 30.17 15.0 bc
20 sexe 30.2 13.0 b
21 se 30.2 11.5 bczs
22 se 30.22 10.0 oczs
23 ese 30.23 10.0 oczs
24 ese 30.23 9.5 oczs