USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Wednesday, 8 September 1880

Beset and drifting in the pack ice about 150 miles to the N'd & W'd of Herald Island, Arctic Ocean


Entry Index: 441
Position: 73.66, no longitude
Date by Position: 8 September 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. 73° 39' 36"
Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun no observation

Using melted ice
Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 145 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 53 tons 43 lbs 

Max. temperature = 25.7°
Min. temperature = 12°

The pumping is done occasionally by the wind mill, but generally by hand at the quarter deck bilge 
pumps.
Sounded in 36 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to N.E. being indicated by the lead line. 
The surface of the ponds in our neighborhood are covered with ice 3 inches in thickness. This is the 
result of the low temperature since the evening of August 30th.
Carpenters engaged in closing in after end of deck house. Crew engaged in stopping up running rigging 
clear of the rail.
Light airs from N.W. backing to S.S.W. and rapidly freshening to a stiff breeze. Steadily falling barometer 
and increasing temperature. Faint rainbow in N.W. at 6am. Weather bright and pleasant during the 
forenoon, dull and gloomy in the afternoon.

Moon 20° S. 
New moon

Related Materials

Published Journals of George W. DeLong

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

All the ponds are covered long since with ice, and one can walk all around our neighborhood 
without getting his feet wet. I had a piece cut out and measured to-day, and it was found to be three 
inches thick. This is formed since the low temperature of the evening of August 30th.

Jeannette Ship's Journal

See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.

Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
3 nw 30.18 52.0 13.0 bcz
6 wsw 30.12 47.0 12.5 bcm
9 sxw 30.1 49.0 16.5 bc
12 sxw 30.04 47.0 19.7 bc
15 sxw 29.97 45.0 23.0 ocs
18 ssw 29.92 46.0 23.7 bc
21 ssw 29.88 50.0 24.5 oc
24 ssw 29.83 57.0 25.7 oc