Entry Index: 681
Position: No position
Date by Position: 7 May 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: 255 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 18 tons 2178 lbs Max. temperature = 4° Min. temperature = -5° The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump, and such water as filters aft through and under and 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 31 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. No perceptible drift. Light variable airs settling into a freshening E.N.E. breeze with falling barometer. Temperature increases until 6pm and then commences to fall. At 1 and 4am the ship received several severe jars. After the last named hour, the opening of the 1st inst. about 180 yards distant was found to have partially closed; and cracks in the ice immediately surrounding the ship were discovered. One in the prolongation of the keel, ahead, and one extending from the starboard quarter were the most important cracks. A flock of ducks, flying west, were observed during the afternoon. Moon 7° N. First quarter
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At one and four a.m. the ship received some severe shocks, and in the forenoon, when we came to look around, we found that the lead, one hundred and eighty yards off, had partially closed; that a crack extended ahead in line with the keel; one from our starboard quarter toward the one hundred and eighty yard lead, and several between the bow and beam on the starboard side. Not of importance any of them, unless as indicating a future line of opening.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | sw | 30.21 | 45.0 | -4.0 | — | — | bc |
| 6 | n | 30.17 | 43.0 | -3.0 | — | — | bc |
| 9 | ne | 30.17 | 47.0 | -0.5 | — | — | bc |
| 12 | exn | 30.13 | 40.0 | 1.0 | — | — | bc |
| 15 | ene | 30.11 | 50.0 | 4.0 | — | — | bcs |
| 18 | ene | 30.08 | 47.0 | 4.0 | — | — | bc |
| 21 | — | 30.09 | 55.0 | 0.5 | — | — | bc |
| 24 | — | 30.07 | 52.0 | -1.5 | — | — | bc |
