Entry Index: 420
Position: 73.42, no longitude
Date by Position: 18 August 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
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
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Another day of ice scenery without any perceptible change in our surroundings.
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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 |