Entry Index: 603
Position: No position
Date by Position: 18 February 1881
Logbook Volume: 4 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 4
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: 400 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 30 tons 1728 lbs Max. temperature = -17° Min. temperature = -24° 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 50 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. No drift being indicated by the lead line. Weather clear, bright and pleasant with an absolutely cloudless sky. Light southerly and easterly airs, slightly rising barometer and falling temperature. Sunrise 8h 39m, sunset 3h 15m. Low red dawn at 6am. At noon the horizon in all directions was raised by mirage, giving the hummocky ice the appearance of white cliffs on a coast. At midnight auroral streaks from N.W. to S.E. through zenith. Moon 12° S. Full moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | se | 30.78 | 51.0 | -18.0 | — | — | b |
| 6 | sexs | 30.76 | 45.0 | -19.0 | — | — | b |
| 9 | sexs | 30.8 | 48.0 | -20.0 | — | — | b |
| 12 | sexe | 30.84 | 41.0 | -19.5 | — | — | b |
| 15 | e | 30.84 | 52.0 | -20.0 | — | — | b |
| 18 | sse | 30.85 | 59.0 | -22.2 | — | — | b |
| 21 | sse | 30.87 | 61.0 | -24.0 | — | — | b |
| 24 | sse | 30.86 | 59.0 | -23.5 | — | — | b |