Entry Index: 575
Position: No position
Date by Position: 21 January 1881
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
No observations 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: 435 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 34 tons 1978 lbs Max. temperature = -41° Min. temperature = -45.5° 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 30 fathoms. Muddy bottom. No drift being indicated by the lead line. Light airs from S.E. veering to S.W. with almost steady barometer and intensely cold weather. Sky nearly clear in the middle of the day and absolutely cloudless before 9am and after 6pm. At 6pm a curtain arch extended from N.W. to E. 15° in altitude; at 9pm an irregular arch extended from N.W. to E. 30° in altitude; and at midnight patches of faint auroral light were scattered over the whole sky. Moon 8° S. Full moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | sexe | 29.97 | 43.0 | -41.0 | — | — | b |
| 6 | sexe | 29.97 | 42.0 | -42.0 | — | — | b |
| 9 | sxe | 29.99 | 48.0 | -43.0 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | sse | 29.97 | 32.0 | — | -44.5 | — | bc |
| 15 | s | 29.99 | 47.0 | — | -44.5 | — | bc |
| 18 | ssw | 30.01 | 52.0 | — | -44.5 | — | bcz |
| 21 | swxw | 30.02 | 55.0 | -42.5 | — | — | bz |
| 24 | swxw | 30.04 | 53.0 | -43.0 | — | — | bz |