Entry Index: 452
Position: 73.54, -176.72
Date by Position: 19 September 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 32' 10" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 176° 43' 15" Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 35 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 35 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 255 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 51 tons 2073 lbs Max. temperature = 19° Min. temperature = 12° The pumping is done as required by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. The steam cutter's boiler is used for distilling. Sounded in 39 fathoms. Muddy bottom. No drift being indicated by the lead line. At 10am the ship was inspected by the Commanding Officer, after which divine service was performed in the cabin. Weather generally clear and pleasant in the middle of the day, gloomy with light snow in the early morning, and dark and foggy for the remainder. Light S.W. airs veering and dying out by 3pm, followed by light northerly airs until midnight. Steadily rising barometer and nearly uniform temperature. Moon 12° N. Full moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Weather generally clear and pleasant from nine a.m. to three p.m., cloudy and dull the remainder. In the early morning light snow, and after three p.m. fog - resulting from a reopening of the old lead which made our floe an island.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | sw | 29.63 | 54.0 | 16.5 | — | — | oc |
| 6 | sw | 29.69 | 49.0 | 18.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 9 | wsw | 29.75 | 54.0 | 16.8 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | wsw | 29.78 | 47.0 | 18.7 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | calm | 29.83 | 56.0 | 16.0 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | nw | 29.86 | 56.0 | 12.0 | — | — | ocf |
| 21 | n | 29.88 | 56.0 | 13.5 | — | — | ocf |
| 24 | nnw | 29.88 | 57.0 | 15.5 | — | — | ocf |
