Entry Index: 372
Position: 73.35, 178.53
Date by Position: 2 July 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 21' 14" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun E. 178° 31' 30" 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: 56 tons 1658 lbs The pumping is done by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump, and the distilling is done by the steam cutter's boiler. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At fire room bilge 5 inches 5 inches 5 inches Sounded in 23 fathoms, muddy bottom, a slight N.W. drift being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. Weather clear, bright and pleasant. Light southerly and easterly breeze, with slowly falling barometer and agreeable temperature. Moon 20° N. Last quarter
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To-day our men dug away the ice under and around our propeller well, hoping for a time soon to come when we can get the screw up and have a look at it. We still rise slowly, but there is yet a large mass clinging to us. Melville tried the other day to turn the screw shaft by jacking, but it was held too rigidly.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | se | 30.14 | — | 33.0 | — | — | b |
| 2 | se | 30.13 | — | 32.7 | — | — | bc |
| 3 | se | 30.12 | — | 33.0 | — | — | bc |
| 4 | se | 30.12 | — | 33.7 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | sexe | 30.11 | — | 34.5 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | sexe | 30.1 | — | 36.5 | — | — | bc |
| 7 | se | 30.09 | — | 36.5 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | se | 30.08 | — | 36.5 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | se | 30.07 | — | 36.0 | — | — | bc |
| 10 | sexe | 30.07 | — | 36.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | sexe | 30.07 | — | 36.0 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | sexs | 30.06 | — | 35.5 | — | — | b |
| 13 | s | 30.03 | — | 36.0 | — | — | b |
| 14 | s | 30.03 | — | 37.0 | — | — | b |
| 15 | s | 30.03 | — | 37.0 | — | — | b |
| 16 | s | 30.02 | — | 38.0 | — | — | b |
| 17 | sxe | 30.01 | — | 38.0 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | sxe | 30.0 | — | 38.0 | — | — | bc |
| 19 | sxe | 30.0 | — | 37.0 | — | — | bc |
| 20 | s | 30.0 | — | 36.0 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | s | 29.99 | — | 36.0 | — | — | bc |
| 22 | s | 29.99 | — | 35.0 | — | — | bc |
| 23 | s | 29.98 | — | 34.5 | — | — | bc |
| 24 | s | 29.98 | — | 34.0 | — | — | bc |
