Entry Index: 386
Position: 73.68, no longitude
Date by Position: 16 July 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 40' 40" Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 110 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 55 tons 1938 lbs The pumping is done as required by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. Sounded in 23 1/4 fathoms, muddy bottom. A slight drift to N.E. being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. Discovered this morning that the ship had risen forward one inch and gone down by the stern the same amount. This occurred since 8pm yesterday. The lane of open water mentioned in yesterday's log is found closed to day. Aired furs and fur-clothing. Weather pleasant and generally clear in the forenoon; overcast and rainy, varied by foggy and misty, weather prevailed in the afternoon. Freshening S.W. and S.S.W. winds veering toward midnight. Steadily falling barometer in unison with freshening wind. Very nearly uniform temperature but sensation of cold much intensified by the moisture of atmosphere. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 34° - Specific gravity = 1.002 at 44 1/2° 2 fathoms = 34° - Specific gravity = 1.003 at 43 1/2° 22 1/4 fathoms = 30° x - Specific gravity = 1.025 at 46° x Miller-Casella No 25251 Moon 19° S. First quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Mr. Dunbar started out this morning, but soon returned, having found the lead of yesterday all closed up. Thus do things change in this part of the world. We made the discovery this morning that the ship had come up one inch forward, and gone down an inch aft, caused probably by the encradling underlying ice having melted sufficiently to change the point of support farther forward. It will give us something to watch from day to day.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swxs | 29.92 | — | 30.7 | — | — | bc |
| 2 | swxs | 29.91 | — | 31.0 | — | — | bc |
| 3 | swxs | 29.9 | — | 30.3 | — | — | bc |
| 4 | sw | 29.88 | — | 31.0 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | sw | 29.89 | — | 31.5 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | sw | 29.89 | — | 32.0 | — | — | bc |
| 7 | sw | 29.89 | — | 32.5 | — | — | bc |
| 8 | sw | 29.88 | — | 33.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | swxs | 29.88 | — | 33.5 | — | 34.0 | bc |
| 10 | swxs | 29.88 | — | 34.0 | — | — | bc |
| 11 | swxs | 29.87 | — | 34.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | swxs | 29.84 | — | 34.0 | — | — | bc |
| 13 | ssw | 29.81 | — | 34.0 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | ssw | 29.81 | — | 34.0 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | ssw | 29.79 | — | 34.0 | — | — | ocr |
| 16 | ssw | 29.79 | — | 34.0 | — | — | ocr |
| 17 | ssw | 29.77 | — | 34.0 | — | — | ocr |
| 18 | ssw | 29.75 | — | 33.8 | — | — | ocr |
| 19 | ssw | 29.72 | — | 33.7 | — | — | ocr |
| 20 | ssw | 29.71 | — | 33.5 | — | — | ocm |
| 21 | ssw | 29.7 | — | 33.0 | — | — | ocrm |
| 22 | ssw | 29.7 | — | 33.0 | — | — | ocrm |
| 23 | swxw | 29.7 | — | 32.5 | — | — | ocfm |
| 24 | wsw | 29.69 | — | 32.0 | — | — | ocfm |
