Entry Index: 624
Position: No position
Date by Position: 11 March 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: 470 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 27 tons 1083 lbs Max. temperature = -17° Min. temperature = -43° 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 38 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift N.N.E. being indicated by the lead line. Weather generally clear and pleasant until noon; but the sky rapidly clouds up after noon, with much haze, then light snow and a large amount of fog. Light S.S.W. breezes back to S.E. and freshen considerably for a while. Slightly falling barometer and steadily increasing temperature. Sunrise 6h 25m. Sunset cloudy. At 3pm a considerable pressure was exerted on the ice immediately surrounding the ship. A long break, running N. and S. and 500 yards E. of the ship, occurred in the ice, and the broken floe edges were piled up by the advancing and lapping floes from further beyond. Moon 17° N. First quarter
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A light S.W. breeze and steadily increasing temperature. Just as the wind changed, at three p.m., the ice commenced to jar the ship. The sound of our going over some underlying pieces was apparent, and considerable strain seemed to be received. Five hundred yards east of the ship a long crack occurred running north and south, and the ice beyond immediately commenced crowding in, breaking up edges and piling a ridge all along its length. This advance looked something like our old experience of November, 1879.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ssw | 29.85 | 51.0 | -41.5 | — | — | bz |
| 6 | ssw | 29.83 | 47.0 | -41.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | s | 29.85 | 49.0 | -39.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | sse | 29.78 | 31.0 | -34.5 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | se | 29.74 | 43.0 | -30.5 | — | — | bc |
| 18 | se | 29.7 | 51.0 | -25.0 | — | — | ocf |
| 21 | se | 29.64 | 53.0 | -21.0 | — | — | ocfs |
| 24 | se | 29.6 | 50.0 | -17.0 | — | — | ocfs |
