Entry Index: 99
Position: No position
Date by Position: 2 October 1879
Logbook Volume: 1 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 1
Snow used for water Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 240 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 109 tons 1193 lbs Com. and until 4am Overcast and snowing. Moderate gale from N.E. [signed] Hans Erichsen 4 to 8am Overcast and snowing. Fresh breeze from N.N.E. [signed] Ed Star 8am to meridian Misty weather. Moderate breeze from N.N.E. Sounded in 28 1/2 fathoms. Blue mud. Ship heeling 5° to starboard. Ship drifting S. by W. (mag.). [signed] William Dunbar Meridian to 4pm Overcast and cloudy. Light N.E. wind. [signed] John Cole 4 to 6pm Overcast with light breeze from N.E. by E. [signed] Hans Erichsen 6 to 8pm Overcast and cloudy with gentle breeze from N.E. [signed] Ed Star 8pm to midnight Fresh breezes from N. by E. Cloudy weather. [signed] William Dunbar Soundings in 28 1/2 fathoms At 27 1/2 fathoms = 31° - Salinometer 1.0250 at 45.5° At 13 1/2 fathoms = No record. - Salinometer 1.02390 at 43.3° Moon 17° N. Full moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
To the northward of us there was quite a space of open water, extending about three miles east and west and one half mile in width. Across the opening, ice could be seen in pack, and the floe, in which the ship was fast, seemed to be moving past it to the S.E. To the southward and eastward of us the same extent of open water was visible, and the surface of our floe was soft and mushy, making us sink frequently to the ankles.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ne | 29.51 | 41.0 | 17.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 2 | ne | 29.51 | 46.0 | 19.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 3 | ne | 29.51 | 44.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 4 | ne | 29.52 | 43.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 5 | nne | 29.52 | 42.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 6 | nne | 29.53 | 42.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 7 | nne | 29.54 | 46.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 8 | nne | 29.55 | 50.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 9 | nne | 29.55 | 50.0 | 18.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 10 | nne | 29.55 | 50.0 | 18.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 11 | n | 29.57 | 50.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 12 | n | 29.57 | 50.0 | 20.0 | — | 32.0 | ozs |
| 13 | nxe | 29.58 | 51.0 | 21.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 14 | nxe | 29.58 | 51.0 | 24.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 15 | exn | 29.6 | 52.0 | 28.0 | — | 32.0 | os |
| 16 | exn | 29.6 | 52.0 | 28.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 17 | nexe | 29.63 | 58.0 | 30.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 18 | nexe | 29.66 | 57.0 | 29.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 19 | ne | 29.67 | 57.0 | 28.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 20 | ne | 29.68 | 57.0 | 28.0 | — | 32.0 | o |
| 21 | nxe | 29.68 | 58.0 | 27.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 22 | nxe | 29.7 | 58.0 | 27.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 23 | nxe | 29.71 | 58.0 | 27.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
| 24 | n | 29.71 | 58.0 | 25.0 | — | 32.0 | oz |
