Entry Index: 404
Position: 73.33, -178.6
Date by Position: 2 August 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 20' Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 178° 36' Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 110 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 54 tons 2088 lbs The pumping is done, as required, by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. Sounded in 31 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift to S.E. x E. being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. Weather cloudy but pleasant during the forenoon; bright and pleasant in the afternoon. Light northerly and westerly winds backing suddenly to S.W. at 10pm. Very nearly steady barometer, with unusually low temperature at the beginning and ending of the day. An opening occurred in the ice about 1/4 mile west of the ship, extending for a short distance, direction northerly. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 34.5° - Specific gravity = 1.0025 at 43° 2 fathoms = 31.5° - Specific gravity = 1.0248 at 42.5° 30 fathoms = 30° x - Specific gravity = 1.0260 at 42° x Miller-Casella No 24403 Moon 22° N. Last quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
About 8.30 p.m. an opening occurred in the ice about one quarter mile west of the ship, and extending for a short distance in a north and south direction, and wide enough to steam the ship in. Our humdrum existence is occasionally varied by finding shells, pieces of sponge, or bits of wood on the ice. These are being uncovered by the gradual melting of the snow and ice, and, of course, we cannot say how long they may have remained there or how they came there originally.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nxw | 29.53 | — | 26.3 | — | — | oc |
| 2 | nxw | 29.52 | — | 25.0 | — | — | oc |
| 3 | nnw | 29.52 | — | 24.5 | — | — | bc |
| 4 | nnw | 29.53 | — | 24.5 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | wnw | 29.52 | — | 24.0 | — | — | ocf |
| 6 | wxn | 29.53 | — | 24.5 | — | — | oc |
| 7 | wxn | 29.53 | — | 26.5 | — | — | oc |
| 8 | wxn | 29.53 | — | 27.5 | — | — | oc |
| 9 | wxn | 29.53 | — | 29.0 | — | 34.0 | oc |
| 10 | wxn | 29.54 | — | 30.0 | — | — | bcs |
| 11 | wxn | 29.55 | — | 31.0 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | wxn | 29.55 | — | 30.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 13 | nwxw | 29.52 | — | 29.8 | — | — | bc |
| 14 | wnw | 29.53 | — | 30.3 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | wxn | 29.54 | — | 30.5 | — | — | bc |
| 16 | w | 29.53 | — | 32.0 | — | — | bc |
| 17 | wxs | 29.53 | — | 32.3 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | wxn | 29.54 | — | 30.0 | — | — | bc |
| 19 | wxn | 29.53 | — | 29.5 | — | — | bc |
| 20 | wxn | 29.54 | — | 28.5 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | wxn | 29.54 | — | 29.0 | — | — | bc |
| 22 | wxn | 29.54 | — | 28.0 | — | — | bc |
| 23 | sw | 29.53 | — | 27.5 | — | — | oc |
| 24 | ssw | 29.53 | — | 26.5 | — | — | oc |
