Entry Index: 72
Position: 71.32, -174.31
Date by Position: 5 September 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Distance run by log since preceding noon 45 knots 4 fathoms Latitude by observation at noon 71° 19' N. Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations 174° 18' 30" W. Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations (Sun) at 5pm 174° 56' 45" W. Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 70 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 20 gallons Water remaining on hand fit for use at noon 280 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 3 tons 1880 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 115 tons 883 lbs AM: Turning in a circle 1pm: Anchored to floe 2pm: working to N.E. in pack 2pm: Set fore and aft sail and main topsail. Assisting with sail when possible 3pm: working to N. in pack 4pm: Anchored Com. and until 4am Clear and pleasant. Light breezes from N. Ship turning in a circle until daylight at 2 when she started ahead slowly on N.N.W. (p.c.) course. Spread fires at 3.45. [signed] William Dunbar 4 to 8am Clear and pleasant. Moderate N. wind. At 4 started ahead at full speed in a lead to the N'd & W'd. Ship forcing her way at times through young ice from 1" to 2" in thickness and using fore and aft sail where possible. [signed] John Cole 8am to meridian Clear and pleasant. Gentle breeze from N'd. pack becoming heavy. At 8.40 could proceed no further. Pack thick and close. Anchored to a floe and banked fires. Herald Island in sight and bearing W. by N. (true). Got soundings in 45 fathoms. Blue mud. At times during watch the loom of distant land was distinctly visible above Herald Island and snow clad mountains were also reported. At 12 got soundings in 45 fathoms. Blue mud. [signed] William Nindemann Meridian to 4pm Clear and pleasant. Light breeze from N. At 1 spread fires. Cast off from floe and worked to the N'd & E'd to the head of the lead. At 4 could proceed no further. Anchored to a floe. Ship's head N.W. (p.c.). North point of Herald Island bearing W. 3/4 N. (p.c.) = W.N.W. 1/2 W. (true). Banked fires. [signed] William Dunbar 4 to 6pm Clear and pleasant. Light northerly wind. [signed] John Cole 6 to 8pm Clear and pleasant. Light breeze from N. [signed] William Nindemann 8pm to midnight Clear and pleasant. Light airs from N. [signed] William Dunbar Soundings At 44 fathoms = 28°. - Salinometer 1.02540 at 33° At 30 fathoms = 29°. - Salinometer 1.02590 at 42° At 15 fathoms = 31.5° No specimen of water Surface = 34° Moon 22° N. Full moon
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A clear and pleasant day throughout, with light northerly breeze. At four a.m. spread all fires and got a full head of steam, and entered the pack through the best looking lead in the general direction of Herald Island. For the first two hours we had but little trouble in making our way, but at six a.m. we commenced to meet young ice ranging from one to two inches in thickness in the leads, and seemingly growing tougher as we proceeded. We ground along, however, scratching, and in places scoring and cutting our doubling, until 8.40 a.m., when we came to pack ice from ten to fifteen feet in thickness, which of course brought us up. Anchored to the floe to wait for an opening. ... At one p.m., seeing another chance to make a mile or two, we got up steam and worked ahead through thin, new ice, and between detached pieces of floe. At four we anchored again to a floe, and banked fires. Our sides, on the doubling, are scraped bright, and scratched and cut to some extent, but they are the scars of honorable wounds received in action with the ice.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | n | 30.09 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 2 | n | 30.09 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 3 | n | 30.09 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 4 | n | 30.04 | 32.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | bc |
| 5 | n | 30.05 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 32.0 | bc |
| 6 | n | 30.05 | 31.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | bc |
| 7 | n | 30.05 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | bc |
| 8 | n | 30.05 | 30.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | bc |
| 9 | n | 30.05 | 30.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 32.0 | bcz |
| 10 | n | 30.05 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 32.0 | bcz |
| 11 | n | 30.04 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 33.0 | bcz |
| 12 | n | 30.04 | 30.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 34.0 | bcz |
| 13 | n | 30.01 | 38.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | bc |
| 14 | n | 30.01 | 38.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 15 | n | 30.01 | 38.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 16 | n | 30.01 | 38.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | bc |
| 17 | n | 30.03 | 34.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | bc |
| 18 | n | 30.03 | 32.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | bc |
| 19 | n | 30.03 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 32.0 | bcz |
| 20 | n | 30.03 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 32.0 | bcz |
| 21 | n | 30.03 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | bc |
| 22 | n | 30.03 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | bc |
| 23 | n | 30.03 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | bc |
| 24 | n | 30.03 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | bc |
