USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Tuesday, 6 July 1880

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

Entry Index: 377
Position: 73.5, 178.06
Date by Position: 7 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° 30' 5"
Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun E. 178° 3' 45"

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 808 lbs 

The pumping is done by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump, and steam is raised in the steam cutter's 
boiler to thaw snow in water tank on deck.
Sounded in 23 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A drift to west being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and 
hauled the dredge.
Gloomy disagreeable weather. Much fog throughout the day. Easterly and E.S.E. winds with slowly 
falling barometer and uniform temperature.
Crew engaged in bringing in surface ice for drinking and cooking purposes.

Moon 21° 49' N. 
New moon

Related Materials

Published Journals of George W. DeLong

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

Parties going out to hunt return with the news that the ship is in the centre of an island of ice 
about two and one half miles in diameter, with a narrow canal running around it.
Jeannette Ship's Journal

See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.

Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
1 sexe 29.58 — 33.0 — — bc
2 e 29.58 — 32.5 — — bc
3 exn 29.56 — 33.0 — — bc
4 exn 29.56 — 32.0 — — bc
5 e 29.56 — 32.5 — — oc
6 e 29.56 — 33.0 — — oc
7 e 29.57 — 34.0 — — bc
8 e 29.56 — 35.0 — — bc
9 e 29.56 — 34.0 — — bc
10 e 29.57 — 34.0 — — oc
11 e 29.56 — 34.0 — — ocf
12 e 29.56 — 33.5 — — ocf
13 sexe 29.54 — 34.0 — — ocf
14 sexe 29.54 — 33.5 — — bcf
15 ese 29.54 — 34.2 — — ocf
16 ese 29.53 — 34.0 — — bcf
17 sexe 29.54 — 34.0 — — bcf
18 ese 29.53 — 34.0 — — bcf
19 ese 29.53 — 33.2 — — ocf
20 ese 29.52 — 33.0 — — ocf
21 ese 29.51 — 33.0 — — ocf
22 ese 29.51 — 33.0 — — ocf
23 ese 29.49 — 33.5 — — oc
24 ese 29.47 — 34.0 — — oc
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