Entry Index: 70
Position: 70.55, -174.58
Date by Position: 3 September 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Distance run by log since preceding noon 116 knots 0 fathoms Latitude by D.R. at noon 70° 22' N. Longitude by D.R. at noon 174° 25' 00" W. Latitude by observation at noon 70° 33' 00" N. Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations 174° 35' W. Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 70 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 70 gallons Water remaining on hand fit for use at noon 100 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 4 tons 1940 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 120 tons 2183 lbs 1am: Took in square sails 4pm: Anchored to a floe 7pm: Anchored to a floe Com. and until 4am Overcast and cloudy. Fresh E.S.E. wind. At 1 ran zone of the ice. Started ahead with engines and got clear without injury. Took in square sail. At 2.45 made ice and tacked ship to E.N.E. At 3.30 tacked ship to S'd. [signed] John Cole 4 to 8am Weather misty and foggy. Light breeze from E. At 4 made a sail bearing S.E. (p.c.). A barque standing to N.N.W. At 7.05 tacked ship to the S'd and at 7.30 tacked ship to N.N.W. Lost sight of the sail at 7. [signed] William Nindemann 8am to meridian Overcast and misty. Sun visible at times. Gentle breeze from S.E. At 8 entered the pack by a lead to the N.W. Working through pack of drift ice using helm and engines as necessary. At 12 got soundings in 28 fathoms. Blue mud. Towed dredge. A barque in sight to the S'd & E'd. [signed] William Dunbar Meridian to 4pm Foggy and misty. Calm. At 3.10 anchored to a floe. Heavy banked the fires. [signed] John Cole 4 to 6pm Foggy. Calm. At 4.30 the fog partially lifted. Spread fires and got under way. Stood to N.N.W. (p.c.) until 5.30 when the fog shut in thick and the ship anchored to a floe. Heavy banked fires. [signed] William Nindemann 6 to 8pm Light airs and calms. At 7 got soundings in 38 fathoms. Blue mud. [signed] William Dunbar 8pm to midnight Foggy. Light airs and calms. [signed] John Cole Soundings 27 fathoms = 32 1/2° - Salinometer 1.02520 15 fathoms = 32 1/2° - Salinometer 1.0268 at 38 1/2° Surface = 34 1/2° - floated water the top of the stern level with the water. Almost fresh. Moon 14° N. Full moon
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A lively day. At one a.m. sighted the ice ahead and on the weather bow. Hauled sharp by the wind, but before we could get steam had closed in on the ice, striking it easily with our port side, and we lay there until we had steam enough to crawl off. No damage done. Found we had drifted into a bay in the ice. Hauled off to the eastward and southeast. ... Sighted a barque to the S.E. under all sail. Had her in sight for three hours, when we lost her in the fog. At her nearest she was four miles distant, and we were too anxious about finding a decent opening in the pack to run down and speak her. At eight a.m., there being nothing but ice in sight, except to the S.E. where we had come from, I concluded to put the ship into a likely looking lead in the pack opening towards the N.W. We accordingly worked along in this lead, keeping a general N.W. direction until 3.10 p.m., when it became so foggy and the ice so closely packed that we stopped and planted an ice-anchor in a convenient floe.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | se | 29.98 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 34.0 | 38.0 | oc |
| 2 | ese | 29.98 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 3 | ese | 29.99 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 4 | ese | 30.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | oc |
| 5 | e | 30.01 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | om |
| 6 | se | 30.03 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 35.0 | fm |
| 7 | ese | 30.04 | 31.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 34.0 | om |
| 8 | ese | 30.05 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 34.0 | om |
| 9 | se | 30.06 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | ocm |
| 10 | se | 30.08 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | ocm |
| 11 | se | 30.08 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | ocm |
| 12 | se | 30.08 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | ocm |
| 13 | calm | 30.1 | 35.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | fm |
| 14 | calm | 30.1 | 34.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 | fm |
| 15 | calm | 30.1 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | fm |
| 16 | nne | 30.09 | 31.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | fm |
| 17 | nne | 30.1 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | fm |
| 18 | calm | 30.1 | 33.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 32.0 | fm |
| 19 | n | 30.1 | 33.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 32.0 | fm |
| 20 | nne | 30.1 | 33.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 32.0 | fm |
| 21 | ne | 30.13 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | fm |
| 22 | ne | 30.13 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | fm |
| 23 | calm | 30.13 | 32.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | fm |
| 24 | calm | 30.13 | 32.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | fm |
