Entry Index: 91
Position: No latitude, -175.36
Date by Position: 24 September 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Latitude by observation at noon: no observation Longitude by chronometer from forenoon observations 175° 21' 21" W. Variation of the compass by azimuth Sun observed at 9.20am 22° 42' E. Snow used for water Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 190 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 110 tons 633 lbs Com. and until 4am Clear and cold. Light breeze from W.S.W. At 1.40 there was a splendid aurora. [signed] Hans Erichsen 4 to 8am Clear and pleasant. Light breeze from S.W. Light snow falling at times. [signed] Ed Star 8am to meridian Clear and pleasant. Light S.W. wind. At 12 sounded in 42 1/2 fathoms. Soft blue mud. Heeling 5° to starboard. [signed] John Cole Meridian to 4pm Cloudy. Snowing at times. Moderate breeze from S.W. weather cleared a little at 3. [signed] William Dunbar 4 to 6pm Misty. Moderate breeze from S.W. [signed] Hans Erichsen 6 to 8pm Overcast. Moderate breeze from S.W. [signed] Ed Star 8pm to midnight Overcast. Light snow falling occasionally. [signed] John Cole Soundings 42 1/2 fathoms At 41 1/2 fathoms = 29.7° - Salinometer 1.02410 at 51° At 27 1/2 fathoms = 30.5° - Salinometer 1.02470 at 49° Moon 18° S. First quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
We seem to be held in the centre of a large floe, sufficiently strong to save a severe nip to the ship and to resist pressure on its edges. A mile from the ship in any direction new ice six inches thick is piled up in tables from six to twenty feet in height by the coming together of floes. One day we find large spaces of water, the next day we find the spaces narrowing, and the third day the spaces are closed and slabs of new ice six inches thick are piled up on end like a confused fence six, twelve, and eighteen feet high. We seem to move only in azimuth, remaining heeled over to starboard 5°. Our floe suffers no jar even, and immediately around the ship the conditions of ice do not change, except as snow-falls level all the projecting surfaces.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sw | 30.1 | 14.0 | 11.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 2 | sw | 30.09 | 13.0 | 7.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 3 | wsw | 30.08 | 13.0 | 8.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 4 | wsw | 30.09 | 13.0 | 12.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 5 | wsw | 30.09 | 15.0 | 14.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 6 | sw | 30.09 | 18.0 | 17.0 | — | 32.0 | b |
| 7 | sw | 30.09 | 21.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 8 | sw | 30.09 | 23.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 9 | sw | 30.09 | 22.0 | 20.0 | — | 31.0 | bc |
| 10 | sw | 30.09 | 21.0 | 19.0 | — | 31.0 | bc |
| 11 | sw | 30.1 | 24.0 | 22.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 12 | sw | 30.1 | 24.0 | 22.0 | — | 32.0 | bc |
| 13 | wsw | 30.1 | 25.0 | 24.0 | — | 31.0 | ozs |
| 14 | swxs | 30.1 | 24.0 | 24.0 | — | 31.0 | ozs |
| 15 | swxs | 30.1 | 25.0 | 24.0 | — | 31.0 | ozs |
| 16 | ssw | 30.07 | 25.0 | 24.0 | — | 31.0 | ozs |
| 17 | sw | 30.07 | 24.0 | 22.0 | — | 31.0 | oz |
| 18 | sw | 30.07 | 24.0 | 22.0 | — | 31.0 | oz |
| 19 | sw | 30.07 | 24.0 | 23.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 20 | sw | 30.07 | 24.0 | 23.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 21 | ssw | 30.05 | 23.0 | 22.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 22 | ssw | 30.05 | 22.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 23 | ssw | 30.04 | 22.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 24 | ssw | 30.05 | 22.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
