Entry Index: 709
Position: 77.21, 158.2
Date by Position: 4 June 1881
Logbook Volume: 4 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 4
Latitude by observation at Noon N. 77° 12' 55" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations E. 158° 11' 45" 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: 15 tons 1213 lbs Max. temperature = 14° Min. temperature = 12° The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump. During the afternoon the quarter deck bilge pumps are rigged for an hour and all the water which filtered through and under and bulkhead into the fire room is pumped out by them. It is computed that the amount of leak is 4874 gallons per day or about 203 gallons per hour. The steam cutter's boiler is used for distilling. Sounded in 38 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. No perceptible drift. Weather continues dull and gloomy. Light N.N.W. breezes, steady barometer and even temperature. From the domed and cracked appearance of the ice around the stern it would seem that the ship is endeavoring to rise from her ice deck. To facilitate her rising, and to relieve the strain upon the keel under the propeller, the men are engaged forenoon and afternoon in digging away the ice under the counters and in the neighborhood of the propeller-well. The said ice is of a flinty hardness and clings so closely to the ship as to show the grain of the wood, and to tear out the oakum visible where the ship's rising has left open spaces. Carpenters engaged in repairing steam cutter's rail. Bearings of the island toward which the travelling party was sent: South end = S. 52° W. (true) North end = S. 61° W. (true) Moon 4° N. New moon
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We discovered this morning that the ice under the stern was domed up and cracked, and we came to the conclusion that the ship was trying to rise in her bed. To facilitate this operation, and to prevent too much strain being brought on her keel which prolongs under the rudder, the men were set to work digging away the ice. It was a tough job, for it is as hard as flint, and clings like an old and tried friend. Here and there the mark of the fibre of the wood shows in the attached ice, and in several places the oakum has been torn out of the seams when the ship has been raised a little.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | nnw | 30.2 | 53.0 | 12.5 | — | — | oc |
9 | nnw | 30.2 | 55.0 | 12.5 | — | — | oc |
12 | nnw | 30.2 | 53.0 | 13.5 | — | — | oc |
15 | nnw | 30.2 | 55.0 | 13.5 | — | — | ocs |
18 | nnw | 30.2 | 53.0 | 13.5 | — | — | ocs |
21 | n | 30.2 | 57.0 | 13.5 | — | — | ocs |
24 | n | 30.2 | 60.0 | 13.0 | — | — | oc |