USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Wednesday, 28 July 1880

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


Entry Index: 399
Position: 72.99, no longitude
Date by Position: 29 July 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3

Events & Observations

This entry contains remarks related to the following subject: Sea Ice
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 72° 59' 8"
Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun no observation

Using melted ice
Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 110 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 55 tons 508 lbs 

The pumping is done, as required, by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. 
Sounded in 25 fathoms. Muddy bottom, a drift to E.N.E. being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and 
hauled the dredge.
Weather generally gloomy and disagreeable. An almost steady fall of light snow all day, followed toward 
midnight by rain hail, and mist. Light S.W. breeze backing to S'd and S.S.E. during the afternoon and 
freshening to a moderate gale. A rapidly falling barometer and considerably increasing temperature 
accompanied the increase in wind velocities. 

Water temperatures and specific gravities
Surface temperature = 34° - Specific gravity = 1.0005 at 38°
2 fathoms = 31.5° - Specific gravity = 1.021 at 37°
24 fathoms = 31° x - Specific gravity = 1.026 at 37° x Miller-Casella No 24403

Moon 19° 35' N. 
Last quarter

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Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
1 swxw 29.58 29.5 ocs
2 swxw 29.56 29.5 bcs
3 swxw 29.55 30.0 oc
4 swxw 29.54 29.8 bc
5 wsw 29.53 30.0 oc
6 wsw 29.53 30.0 oc
7 wsw 29.52 30.5 oc
8 swxw 29.51 30.5 oc
9 swxw 29.51 31.0 34.0 oc
10 swxs 29.49 30.0 oc
11 swxs 29.48 30.5 oc
12 sxw 29.46 30.0 oc
13 ssw 29.43 30.0 oc
14 ssw 29.43 30.3 bcs
15 sxw 29.41 30.0 ocs
16 sxw 29.4 30.5 oc
17 sxe 29.38 31.0 ocs
18 sse 29.36 31.0 ocs
19 s 29.34 32.0 ocs
20 s 29.31 33.0 oc
21 s 29.28 33.0 ocr
22 sxe 29.26 33.0 ocr
23 sse 29.23 34.0 ochr
24 sse 29.21 34.0 ocm