DKIFTING IN ICE OFF HERALD ISLAiJD. 145 



DAILY ROUTINE. 

 September Gth to September '21st. 



4 A. M. Call ship's cook. 

 6 Call all hands Coffee. 



6.30 Turn to. Clean decks. Wash clothes. 



Break ice in fire-hole. Execute morn- 

 ing orders. 

 7.30 One watch to breakfast. 



8 Other watch to breakfast. 



8.30 Turn to. All hands on deck when any 



particular work to be done, otherwise 

 one watch only. 

 10 Report berth deck ready for inspection. 



During forenoon the watch to provide ice 

 or snow for making water, and attend to 

 general work. 

 11.30 Soundings. Water temperatures at bottom 



and every fifteen fathoms, etc. Calcula- 

 tion of sea densities at same depths. 

 11.45 Lower dredg-e throui»:h fire-hole. 



12 M. Watch below to dinner. 



12.30 p. M. Relieve watches and other watch to dinner. 

 1 Turn to all hands, or one watch at work if 



necessary. 

 Haul up dredge ; examine and bottle con- 

 tents. 

 4 Relieve watch. 



5.30 Watch below to supper. 



6 Relieve watch ; other watch to supper. 



Watch peel vegetables. Collect all buck- 

 ets and put them on quarter-deck near 

 fire-hole. 



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