Entry Index: 431
Position: 73.68, -177.22
Date by Position: 29 August 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 41' Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 177° 13' Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 110 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 53 tons 1213 lbs Max. temperature = 34° Min. temperature = 28.2° The pumping is done as required by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. Sounded in 37 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A drift to north being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. At 10am the ship was inspected by the Commanding Officer, after which divine service was performed in the cabin. Foggy and gloomy weather with occasional mist or drizzling rain. Light south-easterly airs freshening to light breezes with rising followed by steady barometer. Low temperature at the beginning of the day. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 34.5° - Specific gravity = 1.001 at 50° 2 fathoms = 31.5° - Specific gravity = 1.0236 at 49.5° 36 fathoms = 31.5° x - Specific gravity = 1.0237 at 49.5° x Miller-Casella No 24403 Moon 23° N. Last quarter
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The outlook from the crow's nest is dreary enough. Ice, ice, ice! In the little basin or valley in which we are numerous rivulets and pond-holes may be seen; but beyond what was once our encircling mountain ridge twenty to forty feet high, and now a ragged mass of confused chunks, is a seemingly endless ice desert, with a black pool here and there, but no leads, no channels, no avenues of advance or retreat.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | sse | 29.93 | 55.0 | 30.5 | — | — | ocf |
| 6 | sse | 29.97 | 54.0 | 30.5 | — | — | bcf |
| 9 | se | 30.01 | 54.0 | 30.5 | — | 34.5 | oc |
| 12 | se | 30.02 | 51.0 | 33.2 | — | — | ocm |
| 15 | sexe | 30.03 | 53.0 | 33.5 | — | — | oc |
| 18 | sexe | 30.03 | 53.0 | 33.0 | — | — | oc |
| 21 | sexe | 30.03 | 53.0 | 32.7 | — | — | ocmf |
| 24 | sexe | 30.03 | 51.0 | 32.7 | — | — | ocdf |
