Latitude by observation at Noon N. 77° 13' 45"
Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations E. 155° 46' 30"

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: 14 tons 1558 lbs 

At 12.10am the ice suddenly opened alongside and the ship righted to an even keel. Called all hands at 
once and brought in the few remaining things on the ice. The ship settled down to her proper bearings 
nearly. The draft forward being 8 ft. 11 in. forward and 12 ft. 6 inches aft. A large block of ice could be 
seen remaining under her keel. At the first alarm the gate in the water tight bulkheads forward was 
closed, but the amount of water coming into the ship was found to decrease, a small stream trickling aft, 
being all that could be seen.
There being many large spaces of water near us and the ice having a generally broken up appearance, 
it was concluded to ship the rudder to be ready for an emergency awaiting the moving of the ship. After 
some trouble in removing accumulations of ice around the gudgeon the rudder was shipped, and 
everything cleared away in the wake of the booms and yards for making sail.
As well as could be judged by looking down through the water under the counters there was no injury 
whatever to the after booy of the ship. As soon as possible a bow line and quarter line had been got out 
and the ship secured temporarily to the ice which remained on the starboard side, as nearly in the same 
berth as she could be placed. By looking down through the water alongside the stern on the port side, 
one of the bow straps near the fore foot was seen to be sprung off, but otherwise no damage could be 
detected.
It was assumed by me that the heavy ice which all along bore heavily against the stem had held the 
plank ends open at the garboards, open, and that as soon as the ship was able to move from the heavy 
ice the wood ends came together again closing much of the opening and reducing the leak. The water 
line or rather water level being below the berth deck, no difficulty was anticipated in keeping the ship 
afloat and navigating her to some port should she ever be liberated from the pack ice of the Arctic 
Ocean. Sounded in 33 fathoms. Bottom mud. Rapid drift W.S.W.