Entry Index: 368
Position: 73.41, no longitude
Date by Position: 28 June 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 24' 39" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun No Observation 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: 170 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 57 tons 98 lbs The pumping is done by the wind mill and the distilling by the steam cutter's boiler. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At fire room bilge 5 inches 6 inches 5 inches Sounded at noon in 23 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift to east being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. At 10am the ship was inspected by the Commanding Officer, after which divine service was read in the cabin. From the "crow's nest" at the fore-topmast head a lane of water could be seen about a quarter of a mile in width and extending all around the ice immediately surrounding the ship at a mean distance of a mile. Light breezes between north and S.W. Much fog at beginning and ending of the day. Moon 3° N. Full moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
From the crow's nest we can see that we are in the centre of an ice island, a lane of water in some places a quarter of a mile wide surrounding us at a distance of a mile. This would show that the ice does sometimes open in these latitudes, a fact which I had begun to doubt hitherto.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nxe | 30.02 | — | 27.5 | — | — | ocf |
| 2 | n | 30.02 | — | 27.5 | — | — | bcf |
| 3 | n | 30.01 | — | 28.5 | — | — | f |
| 4 | nxw | 30.02 | — | 29.0 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | n | 30.02 | — | 30.0 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | nxw | 30.02 | — | 31.5 | — | — | bc |
| 7 | nw | 30.03 | — | 31.5 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | nw | 30.03 | — | 32.5 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | w | 30.04 | — | 33.0 | — | — | bc |
| 10 | w | 30.04 | — | 33.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | w | 30.02 | — | 33.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | wsw | 30.02 | — | 34.5 | — | — | bc |
| 13 | sw | 30.0 | — | 35.0 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | w | 30.0 | — | 34.5 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | wnw | 30.01 | — | 35.0 | — | — | bc |
| 16 | nw | 30.01 | — | 34.3 | — | — | bc |
| 17 | nwxn | 30.02 | — | 33.0 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | nxw | 30.03 | — | 32.5 | — | — | oc |
| 19 | nwxn | 30.05 | — | 32.7 | — | — | oc |
| 20 | nxw | 30.07 | — | 32.7 | — | — | oc |
| 21 | nxe | 30.08 | — | 32.5 | — | — | oc |
| 22 | nne | 30.09 | — | 31.5 | — | — | oc |
| 23 | nne | 30.11 | — | 31.0 | — | — | ocf |
| 24 | nne | 30.13 | — | 30.5 | — | — | bcf |
