USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Wednesday, 18 August 1880

Beset and drifting in the pack ice about 120 miles to the N'd & W'd of Herald Island, Arctic Ocean


Entry Index: 420
Position: 73.42, no longitude
Date by Position: 18 August 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3

Events & Observations

This entry contains remarks related to the following subjects: People/Ships Sea Ice
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 25' 15" 
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: 54 tons 328 lbs 

Max. temperature = 40°
Min. temperature = 31°

The pumping is done as required by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. 
Sounded in 44 fathoms. Mud, gravel and fine sand. A very slight to S.W. drift being indicated by the lead 
line. Lowered and hauled the dredge.
About 9.30am Heinrich H. Kaack (seaman) while passing along the berth deck of the ship fell, sticking 
his elbow on the edge of a hatch cover, and sustained a fracture of the right olecranon process.
Weather sultry and gloomy. Foggy nearly all day. Light southerly and easterly airs during forenoon, and 
an absolute calm from noon to midnight. Slowly rising barometer and unusually high temperature.

Water temperatures and specific gravities
Surface temperature = 35.2° - Specific gravity = 1.003 at 46°
2 fathoms = 31° - Specific gravity = 1.0244 at 46°
43 fathoms = 30° x - Specific gravity = 1.0260 at 46° x Miller-Casella No 24403

Moon 12° S. 
First quarter

Related Materials

Published Journals of George W. DeLong

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

Another day of ice scenery without any perceptible change in our surroundings.

Jeannette Ship's Journal

See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.

Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
3 e 29.76 48.0 32.0 ocf
6 sexs 29.75 47.0 34.0 ocf
9 ese 29.78 49.0 33.3 35.2 ocf
12 ese 29.79 48.0 38.0 oc
15 calm 29.8 50.0 36.0 ocfm
18 calm 29.8 49.0 34.5 ocf
21 calm 29.81 49.0 33.0 ocf
24 calm 29.8 50.0 32.0 ocf