USS Jeannette (1879–1881)

Friday, 28 January 1881

Beset and drifting in the pack ice about 272 miles N.W. of Herald Island, Arctic Ocean


Entry Index: 583
Position: No position
Date by Position: 29 January 1881
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3

Events & Observations

This entry contains remarks related to the following subjects: Aurora Sea Ice
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: 290 lbs
Coal remaining on hand at noon: 33 tons 1528 lbs 

Max. temperature = -2°
Min. temperature = -25.5°

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 31 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A moderate drift to S.S.E. being indicated by the lead line.
The day commences with light S.E. airs which increase to light E. and E.N.E. breezes, and they 
continue until 2pm when the wind steadily and slowly backs to W.N.W. and freshens considerably; a 
falling barometer changing to a rising barometer, and an increasing temperature changing to a rapidly 
falling one, in remarkable correspondence with the shifts of wind.
At midnight there were auroral streaks in all directions at a general altitude of 10° above the horizon. 

Moon 17° S. 
Last quarter

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Weather Observations

Hour
Wind
Pressure
Att'd
Dry
Wet
Sea
Code
3 se 30.53 62.0 -21.5 bcz
6 exn 30.39 51.0 -13.5 ocs
9 e 30.33 54.0 -6.0 oc
12 ene 30.28 44.0 -2.0 oc
15 wnw 30.31 49.0 -5.0 oc
18 wnw 30.42 56.0 -9.5 oc
21 wnw 30.5 57.0 -20.0 b
24 wnw 30.55 52.0 -25.5 bz