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RECORD OF THE WEATHER 



August 3. Off Swarte-liook ; calm aud light airs. 



August 4. Near Klngatak Island ; calm and light airs. 



August 5, noon. Light breeze from N. W. ; took pilot on board, and entered Proven at midnight. 



August 13, 4 A. M. Got under way ; towed out of harbor. At 7 A. M. the carpenter found dead in his bunk. 

 Wind N. W. (true), force 1 to 4 between 4 aud noon ; force 4 to 3 between noon and midnight. 6 P. M. Passed 

 between the outer islands and sighted Upernavik Island. At 8 P. M. took pilot on board, and entered Danish 

 Harbor at 10 P. M. Buried the body of the carpenter, the Danish priest ofBciatiug. 



August 16, noon to 5 P. M.. N. N. E. wind, force 2 to 1 ; calm tiU 9 A. M. of the 17th. Got under way at 

 4J P. M. ; at 5 dropped anchor on account of southerly current. 



August 17. Got under way at 7 A. M., with a light northerly air. Calm from 4 P. M. till noon next day. 



August 18, 19. Calm. Most of the time at anchor west of Kiugitok Island. On the morning of 



August 20, commenced warping from iceberg to iceberg ; towed the vessel for 4 miles ; at 2 P. IM. a N. W. wind 

 rose ; beat between the islands up to Tessusak. 



August 21, 7 A. M. Reached Tessusak Harbor ; moored vessel at the mouth of Little Harbor. 



August 22. Got under way at 4 P. M. 



August 23. At 4 A. M. abreast of Horses Head, distant 5 miles. Wind S. W., force 4 between 4 A.M. and 

 noon. At noon 8 miles west of Devil's Thumb ; wind S. W. and W., force 4 to 2 between noon and midnight. 



August 24. 



August 25. 



Aug. 24. Much ice 

 in sight. 6 P. M. 

 Cape Walker bears 

 N. E. by E.,and the 

 Peaked Hill N. by W. 



Aug. 25, noon. 

 Sailing through 

 small pieces of floe 

 ice towards Cape 

 York ; hove to close 

 under it ; sent boat 

 ashore and brought 

 off Hans and family. | 

 At 6 P. M. got under i 

 way ; stood close j 

 along the land, sail- 1 

 ing through small 

 pieces of floe ice. 



Hour 



Wind 

 D. and F. 



Bar. 



Att. 

 ther. 



Temp, 

 air. 



Wea- 

 ther. 



Wind 

 D. and P. 



Bar. 



Att. 

 ther. 



Temp, 

 air. 



Wea- 

 ther. 





 c m 



2 

 4 

 6 



8 



10 



Noon 



2 



4 



6 



8 

 10 

 12 



W. 1 



S. W. 1 



S. W. 3 



W.S.W.3 



W. 3 



N.N.W.4 



N.-3 



29'".90 



.90 

 30.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 



45° 



45 

 65 

 63 

 67 

 61 

 03 

 63 

 63 

 63 



32° 



32 



31.5 



32 



31.5 



31.5 



31.5 



32 



30 



28 



b 

 C 



s 



h 



N.N.E. 3 



N.N.E. 2 



S. E. 3 

 S. E. 5 

 S. E. 7 

 S. E. 8 



30'".00 

 .10 

 .10 

 .20 

 .10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .00 

 29.80 



38° 



54 



53 



54 



55 



70 



55 

 49 



27° 

 30 

 31 

 30 



29 



28.5 



29.5 



30 



30 



At noon 1b° 22' 60° 40' by obs'n. 

 15 32 60 18 D. R. 

 T. W. 34^.0. 



At noon 75° 53' 67° 39' by D. R. 

 T. W. 32°.4. 



Aug. 26, 2 A. M. 

 Passed Wolstenholm 

 Island ; passed Cape 

 Perry at 9 A. M. 

 Wind moderated ; 

 thick, with snow 

 storm. 2 P.M. Pass- 

 ed Hakluyt Island ; 

 wind heavy ; snow 

 storm ; no land in 

 sight; pack to the 

 north. 



Aug. 27, 7 A. M. 

 Cleared off, heading 

 towards the land 

 north of Cape Sau- 

 marez, distant 12 

 miles. Tacked ship, 

 stood along the laud; 

 Cape Alexander and 

 Sutherland Island 

 in sight. 3 P. M. 

 Towed the ship to- 

 wards Cape Alexan- 

 der. 7 P. M. A 

 heavy gale from N. 

 E. sprung up sud- 

 denly ; hove to near 

 pack at 10 P. M. 





August 26. 



August 27. 



Hour 



Wind 

 D. and F. 



Bar. 



Att. 

 ther. 



Temp, 

 air. 



Wea- 

 ther. 



Wind 

 D. and P. 



Bar. 



Att. 

 th'er. 



Temp, 

 air. 



Wea- 

 ther. 



2 



4 



6 



8 



10 



Noon 



2 



4 



6 



8 

 10 

 12 



S. E. 8 



S. E. 7 



S. E. 6 



S. E. 5 

 S. E. 4 

 S. E. 2 



29.70 

 .70 

 .70 

 .70 

 .70 

 .70 

 .70 

 .80 

 .80 



46 

 46 

 50 

 49 

 49 

 45 

 43 

 63 

 75 



30 



31 



31 



31 



32.5 



31 



31 



31 



31 



32 



h 



s m 



s 



S. E. 2 



N.N.E. 1 

 N.N.E. 3 



N.N.E. 1 

 calm 



N. E. 8 



29 



80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 



53 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 58 

 53 

 60 

 58 



30 

 30 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 28 



C 

 8 

 b 



Temp. W. 32°. 1 



Temp. W. 32°. 8. 



