Entry Index: 535
Position: 73.73, -178.93
Date by Position: 11 December 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation N. 73° 44' Longitude by chronometer W. 178° 56' Lines of position ✱✱ Arcturus & Capella about 3pm 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: 325 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 40 tons 2013 lbs Max. temperature = -19° Min. temperature = -39° The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump, and such water as filters aft, through and under the bulkhead, into the fire room, is pumped out by hand at the bilge pump attached to the main engine. The steam cutter's boiler is used for distilling. Sounded in 29 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A moderate drift to S.E. being indicated by the lead line. Weather generally bright and pleasant but very cold. Very fresh W.N.W. wind, increasing to moderate gale from N.W. x W. by 6am with very rapidly rising barometer. After 6am the wind steadily moderates and after 6pm backs to W.S.W., while the barometer slowly but steadily rises. Frequently during the day loud reports like the firing of heavy guns were heard close to the ship, giving her considerable shock. The noises can be accounted for only by a supposed rupture of the ice under the influence of contraction caused by the intense cold. At 3am auroral arch from E. to W. through zenith. At 6am auroral light between altitudes of 5° and 25° at all points of the compass, though brightest to the S'd. Moon 17° N. First quarter
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Frequently during the day we were startled by loud reports like the discharges of heavy guns, and the ship was considerably jarred by them. I can only account for these noises by supposing that the heavy ice splits under contraction caused by the intense cold.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | wxs | 29.72 | 51.0 | -11.0 | — | — | ocz |
| 6 | wxs | 29.68 | 47.0 | -16.5 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | wxs | 29.69 | 53.0 | -18.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | wsw | 29.67 | 42.0 | -21.0 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | swxw | 29.64 | 50.0 | -19.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 18 | swxw | 29.61 | 56.0 | -16.5 | — | — | bcz |
| 21 | wsw | 29.59 | 55.0 | -17.0 | — | — | bcz |
| 24 | wnw | 29.61 | 50.0 | -21.2 | — | — | bc |
