578 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



At midnight piped down. 



June 12th, Sunday (or Monday, June lWi). — At 

 one a. m. were turned out by the ice opening in the 

 midst of our camp. Transported all our gear and be- 

 longings to a place of safety, and again piped down at 

 two a. m., leaving a man on watch. At one a. m. the 

 mizzen mast w r ent by the board, and the ship was so 

 far heeled over that the lower yard-arms were resting 

 on the ice. 



At three a. m. the ship had sunk until her smoke- 

 pipe top was nearly awash. 



At four A. m. the Jeannette went down. First right- 

 ing to an even keel, she slowly sunk. 



The maintop-mast fell by the board to starboard, 

 then the foretop-mast — and finally the mainmast, near 

 the main truss — when she finally sank; the foremast 

 was all that w T as standing. 



At nine called all hands and breakfasted, after which 

 collected all the clothing, arranging it for distribution. 

 Beside the contents of the packed knapsacks, and the 

 clothing in wear, we find we have the following : — 

 28 over-shirts (woolen), 20 trousers (cloth), 



24 drawers, 8 fur blankets, 



27 under-shirts (woolen), 18 woolen blankets, 



24 sack-coats, 13 skin parkies, — 



8 overcoats, 



and they were divided among all hands as required, 

 much of it being in excess. 



Latitude 77° 14' 57" N., longitude 154° 58' 45" E. 

 Crew engaged in various occupations : getting sleds all 

 ready for boats, changing sleeping-bags. Everybody 

 seems bright and cheerful, with plenty to eat and plenty 

 of clothes. Even music is not forgotten. Lauterbach 

 serenaded us to-night with a mouth harmonica. Set up 



