Entry Index: 67
Position: 67.18, -173.47
Date by Position: 31 August 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Distance run by log since preceding noon 86 knots 4 fathoms Longitude by D.R. at noon 173° 28' 00" W. Latitude by observation at noon 67° 11' 00" N. Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations 173° 28' W. Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 70 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 30 gallons Water remaining on hand fit for use at noon 130 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 5 tons 1800 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 136 tons 1943 lbs 8am: Took in fore and aft sail 9am: Ship off edge of pack awaiting return of whale boat 5pm: Put over taff log at 5.15 - 12 3/4 6pm: Set fore and aft sail 9pm: Hauled in taffrail log at 8.15 read 24 3/4 Com. and until 4am Cloudy. Moderate N.W. wind. Passed several pieces of ice. [signed] John Cole 4 to 8am Weather overcast. Light breeze from N.W. An extensive pack of old ice extending five miles from the land and in an E. and W. direction as far as the eye could reach. A point of land bearing S. (true) in sight also the coast to the E'd & W'd. At 5 tacked ship and stood to N'd & E'd. At 5.40 changed course to S.E. (p.c.) and stood in toward the pack. Light snow squall. [signed] William Nindemann 8am to meridian Weather clear and pleasant. Light breeze from N.W. At 8.20 Lieut. Chipp was sent ashore with whale boat. Ship underway at the edge of the pack and awaiting return of Lieut. Chipp. At 10 got soundings in 15 fathoms, bottom coarse gravel, and towed the dredge. [signed] William Dunbar Meridian to 4pm Clear and pleasant. Gentle breeze from N. At 1 Lieutenant Chipp returned with satisfactory information that Professor Nordenskjöld wintered in this vicinity and had left 2 or 3 months ago for the E'd. Obtained some papers, buttons and other evidences that the ship had been in this locality. At 1.10 started ahead at full speed on N. by W. (p.c.) course. At 2 held divine service. [signed] John Cole 4 to 6pm Cloudy. Light breeze from N. At 5.15 was clear of the pack and changed course to N.W. by N. (p.c.). At 5.55 sighted a large island bearing N.W. by N. 1/2 W. (true). [signed] William Nindemann 6 to 8pm Overcast. Fresh breeze from the N. by E. Detached pieces of ice met with occasionally. A point of the coast to westward of the island in sight and bearing N.W. by W. (true). Steering full and by. [signed] William Dunbar 8pm to midnight Overcast and cloudy. Fresh breeze from N. by E. Light snow squalls. Hauled in taffrail log at 8.15 on account of drifting ice. Steering full and by, and to avoid ice. At 11.40 stopped engines. At 12 went ahead at full speed. [signed] John Cole Moon 1° S. Full moon
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During the night let the ship run along west. At five a.m., having run off enough distance to bring us on the meridian of the eastern edge of Koliutchin Bay, sighted a point of land bearing south true, and a low coast line extending east and west. An extensive pack of old ice continuing to about five miles from the land seemed to reach as far as eye could see east and west, with a funnel-shaped opening, the funnel point toward the land. Supposing that such an opening would be caused by a river emptying its waters into a bay, and the chart showing such a river flowing into Koliutchin Bay, I decided to stand into the opening, which we accordingly did at 5.40, the land being hidden at times by passing snow-squalls. At seven a.m. made out what looked like houses on the ridge of a small hill back from the beach, which I now saw we could not get to on account of the bay ice fringing it for about two miles in extent, - our funnel-shaped opening closing up at that distance from the shore. ... The ice on the western side of our funnel-shaped opening made out from the land, so that it was 5.15 p.m. before we were clear enough of the pack to shape our course N.W. by N. At six we sighted a large island, supposed to be Koliutchin Island. During the first watch we were much bothered by loose ice in large lumps, requiring constant conning to avoid trouble. At ten p.m., finding the ice growing heavier, I put her on the other tack to N.E. true, and stood out of it, stopping the engines from 11.40 to twelve, to let the ship drift through some small openings into open water.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nwxn | 30.0 | 37.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 2 | nwxn | 30.0 | 37.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 3 | nnw | 30.02 | 36.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 4 | nnw | 30.02 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 5 | nnw | 30.02 | 37.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 6 | nnw | 30.04 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 7 | nnw | 30.06 | 36.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | oc |
| 8 | nw | 30.09 | 39.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | oc |
| 9 | nw | 30.09 | 39.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 10 | nw | 30.11 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 11 | nw | 30.11 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 12 | nw | 30.11 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 13 | n | 30.13 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 14 | n | 30.13 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 15 | n | 30.13 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 16 | n | 30.13 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 17 | n | 30.17 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 18 | n | 30.18 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 19 | nxe | 30.19 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | oz |
| 20 | nxe | 30.19 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | oz |
| 21 | nxe | 30.2 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 22 | nxe | 30.24 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 23 | nxe | 30.22 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 24 | nxe | 30.24 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | oc |
