Entry Index: 78
Position: No position
Date by Position: 11 September 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Latitude by observation at noon: no observation Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations: no observation Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 50 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 0 gallons Water remaining on hand fit for use at noon 180 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 120 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 111 tons 1523 lbs Com. and until 4am Misty weather. Light airs from N.E. to E. [signed] William Dunbar 4 to 8am Weather misty and mild. Light airs from S.E. [signed] John Cole 8am to meridian Misty weather. Light airs from E. Crew employed in unshipping rudder. Herald Island obscured by fog. At 12 got soundings in 29 fathoms. Light blue mud. The trend of the line shows that ship and ice are drifting to the N.W. Ship listing 9° to starboard. [signed] William Nindemann Meridian to 4pm Misty weather. Light breeze from E. Unshipped rudder and triced up to stem davits. [signed] William Dunbar 4 to 6pm Snow and mist. Light airs from the E. [signed] John Cole 6 to 8pm Calm and misty. [signed] William Nindemann 8pm to midnight Calm and misty. [signed] William Dunbar Moon 19° N. Last quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
The ship has not righted any during the night. An examination of the ice around the stern this morning shows that we are between two floes about fifteen feet in thickness. The ice on the port side of the ship has been broken on its upper edges and piled up irregularly fore and aft, while on the starboard side (toward which the ship heels) the surface is smooth and unbroken.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ne | 29.88 | 28.0 | 28.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 2 | ne | 29.88 | 28.0 | 28.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 3 | e | 29.85 | 28.0 | 25.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 4 | e | 29.84 | 28.0 | 25.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 5 | e | 29.84 | 28.0 | 26.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 6 | se | 29.85 | 28.0 | 27.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 7 | se | 29.84 | 30.0 | 28.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 8 | se | 29.84 | 35.0 | 28.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 9 | e | 29.84 | 37.0 | 30.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 10 | e | 29.84 | 40.0 | 31.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 11 | e | 29.84 | 42.0 | 31.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 12 | e | 29.84 | 40.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 13 | e | 29.82 | 40.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 14 | e | 29.82 | 40.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 15 | e | 29.82 | 40.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 16 | e | 29.82 | 40.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 17 | e | 29.82 | 40.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | ms |
| 18 | e | 29.83 | 39.0 | 31.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 19 | calm | 29.83 | 37.0 | 31.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 20 | calm | 29.83 | 37.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 21 | calm | 29.83 | 35.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 22 | calm | 29.83 | 35.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 23 | calm | 29.83 | 35.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
| 24 | calm | 29.83 | 35.0 | 32.0 | — | 33.0 | m |
