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----Thursday, Jan 18. 1872----- Bar. 29.001 Ther. 20 Max 31 Min. 18 Wind fresh, Westerly with some snow. Cloudy. Ice mostly cleared away by the wind -----Friday Jan 19.------ Bar. 29.154. Ther. 19. Min 16. Max 23 Wind NNW strong. Cloudy with a little snow. Wind works round to the S and finally in the evening to SE and the temperature rises. -----Saturday Jan 20------ Bar. 29.808 Ther. 26 Min 13 Max. 23 Clear, nearly calm light SE air. Ice forming again with some rapidity. P.M. cloudy fresh SE wind. Later strong NE and N Evening NNW ice grinds hard around the harbor & vessel. Bar rises with N wind to 29.930 -----Sunday Jan 21----- Barom. fell last night about 8 P.M to 29.450, a SE gale came on with heavy squalls of half melted snow. The sheet of ice at the opening of Iliuliuk harbor comes down on us by the mn. Our chains cut a clear passage through it and the vessel is but slightly chafed. The old and heavy ice a foot or more thick gets adrift & half of it passes out through [[end page]] [[start page]] v
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Geographical name checked: Jan 21: Iliuliuk harbor is correct