Entry Index: 659
Position: No position
Date by Position: 15 April 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: 290 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 22 tons 43 lbs Max. temperature = 6° 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 82 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift S.S.W. being indicated by the lead line. Weather dull and gloomy until after 3pm when the sky cleared. Light northerly airs freshening to moderate E.N.E. breeze with rising barometer, and at first rapidly rising but finally rapid falling temperature. Fine snow falling until 9am. Sunrise cloudy. Sunset 9h 20m. An opening occurred in the ice about 500 yards ahead of the ship and extended in an irregular curve around her bows for several miles. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 29° - Specific gravity = 1.0230 at 47° 2 fathoms = 29° - Specific gravity = 1.0248 at 47° 80 fathoms = - - Specific gravity = 1.0274 at 47.5° Moon 17° S. Full moon
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An opening occurred in the ice about five hundred yards ahead of the ship, and extended in an irregular curve around her bows for several miles.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | n | 30.0 | 48.0 | -4.5 | — | — | ocs |
6 | n | 29.99 | 44.0 | -1.5 | — | — | ocs |
9 | ene | 30.05 | 52.0 | 4.5 | — | — | ocs |
12 | e | 30.07 | 45.0 | 6.0 | — | — | oc |
15 | e | 30.1 | 52.0 | 0.5 | — | — | bc |
18 | ene | 30.12 | 52.0 | -2.5 | — | — | bc |
21 | ene | 30.16 | 56.0 | -8.0 | — | — | bc |
24 | ene | 30.19 | 57.0 | -13.0 | — | — | bc |