Entry Index: 600
Position: 75.07, 171.05
Date by Position: 15 February 1881
Logbook Volume: 4 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 4
Latitude by observation 7.15am meridian altitude ✱ Capella N. 75° 4' Longitude by chronometer from observation 7.15am ✱ Arcturus E. 171° 3' 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: 31 tons 468 lbs Max. temperature = -0.5° Min. temperature = -13° 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 44 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to N. x W. being indicated by the lead line. Weather generally bright and pleasant, and at times absolutely cloudless with bright moonlight and starlight. East winds veered to S. x E. and freshened considerably in so doing, with steadily falling barometer and as steadily increasing temperature. Sunrise obscured. Sun first sun above cloud bank at 9h 15m. Sunset at 2h 49m. At 6pm a beautiful segment of a curtain arch formed regularly from N.W. to N. beginning with a single pencil from a point 10° above horizon. At midnight two bright curtain arches from N.W. to E.N.E. at 45° and 60° altitude, and two faint arches south of zenith from N.W. to S.E. at altitude also of 45° and 60°. The ends of the curtain arches were spiral in shape and bent back to the N'd from E.N.E. just clear of the horizon. Moon 3° N. Full moon
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Mr. Newcomb while out to-day noticed a piece of ice of this year's formation, he thinks, with icicles a foot or more in length, from which drops of water were ready to fall. These icicles were hanging from the south side of the piece of ice, and were sharpened to quite an edge southeast and northwest, as if cut by a blast of drifting snow during our late heavy southeast winds. The sun was about 5° above the horizon, the temperature of the air minus 9°. He brought a piece on board with icicles depending, and upon melting it I tasted some of the water, and found it unpleasantly salt, accustomed as I am to distilled water. The specific gravity proved, however, to be 1.0005, and that is fresher than anything we have seen thus far from sea-water ice.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | e | 30.99 | 54.0 | -12.0 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | exs | 30.94 | 48.0 | -11.5 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | sexe | 30.91 | 46.0 | -9.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | se | 30.85 | 44.0 | -8.0 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | sexs | 30.82 | 54.0 | -6.5 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | sse | 30.77 | 56.0 | -3.5 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | sse | 30.75 | 58.0 | -3.0 | — | — | b |
| 24 | sxe | 30.69 | 54.0 | -0.5 | — | — | b |
