USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Friday, 2 July 1880

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

Entry Index: 373
Position: 73.38, 178.6
Date by Position: 3 July 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2

Events & Observations

This entry contains remarks related to the following subject: Sea Ice 
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 23' 02"
Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun E. 178° 36' 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: 170 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 56 tons 1488 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 3/4 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift to north being indicated by the lead line. Lowered 
and hauled the dredge.
Bright and pleasant weather with light variable airs and calms. Steadily falling barometer and high 
temperature.

Moon 23° N. 
Last quarter

Related Materials

Published Journals of George W. DeLong

See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:

A temperature ranging from 34° to 46.4° and back to 32°, and ponds here and there to 
mock us with water that is too little for navigation and too salt for drinking - at all these we stand 
and look, and see one day more pass by without our having done a thing that is to our credit.
Jeannette Ship's Journal

See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.

Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
1 s 29.98 — 34.0 — — bc
2 sxw 29.96 — 33.8 — — bc
3 s 29.96 — 34.0 — — bc
4 s 29.94 — 34.5 — — bc
5 s 29.94 — 35.0 — — bc
6 s 29.93 — 35.5 — — bc
7 sse 29.93 — 36.0 — — bc
8 sse 29.93 — 36.0 — — bc
9 s 29.92 — 36.0 — — bc
10 s 29.92 — 37.0 — — bc
11 s 29.91 — 39.0 — — bc
12 s 29.89 — 39.0 — — bc
13 s 29.87 — 39.0 — — bc
14 calm 29.86 — 42.3 — — bc
15 calm 29.85 — 46.4 — — bc
16 calm 29.84 — 44.5 — — bc
17 calm 29.82 — 43.0 — — bc
18 calm 29.81 — 43.0 — — bc
19 se 29.79 — 39.5 — — bc
20 e 29.78 — 37.7 — — bc
21 ne 29.77 — 35.0 — — bc
22 ne 29.75 — 34.0 — — bc
23 n 29.74 — 32.0 — — bc
24 n 29.72 — 32.5 — — bc
Beaufort Weather Codes

b: clear blue sky, c: cloudy weather, d: drizzling or light rain, e: wet air without rain, f: foggy, g: gloomy or stormy, h: hail, l: lightning, m: misty or hazy, o: overcast, p: passing showers or rain, q: squally, r: continuous rain, s: snow, t: thunder, u: ugly appearances of threatening weather, v: variable weather, w: wet or heavy dew, z: hazy