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[[line]] Saturday Aug. 14 / 80 [[line]]

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[[table]]
[[table headings:]]
| Time | Bar. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind|
| 6 A.M. | 29.78 | 46 | 47 | 47 1/2 | 45 | S |
| 12 M. | .78 | 49 1/2 | 50 | 50 | 45 1/2 | " [[ditto for: S]]|
| 4 P.M. | .75 | 47 | 48 | 48 1/2 | 45 1/2 | SW |
| 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .72 | 44 1/2 | 46 | 46 | 45 | " [[ditto for: SW]] |
| 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .70 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | Calm |
[[/table]]

Day foggy with about an hour's sunshine in the latter part of the afternoon. Wind none or light. Observations for fixing station. About 1.10 P.M. heave up anchor & drop out of Plover Bay with the tide, en route for Cape Lisburne. Later calm.

[[line]] Sunday Aug. 15th [[line]]

[[table]]
| 4 A.M. | 29.68 | 42 | 41 1/2 | 41 1/2 | 35 | NE |
| 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .61 | 44 | 38 1/2 | 39 | 36 | " [[ditto for: NE]]|
| 12 M. | 56 | 48 | 51 1/2 | 51 | 38 | Calm |
| 4 P.M. | .50 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 45 | " [[ditto for: Calm]] |
| 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]]| .48 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 44 1/2 | " [[ditto for: Calm]] |
| 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .45 | 42 | 43 | 43 1/2 | 38 | N |
[[/table]]

Dead calm all day. Get sounding and bottom temperature off Cape Chaplin. Bottom gravelly. Some Eskimo come off from the village on the Cape. Weather half cloudy rains at night.
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81

[[line]] Monday Aug. 16 / 80 [[line]]

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[[table]]
[[table headings:]]
| Time | Bar. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind|
| 4 A.M. | 29.42 | 41 1/2 | 44 | 45 | 37 1/2 | N |
| 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .42 | 43 1/2 | 45 | 45 | 45 1/2 | NNE |
| 12 M. | .41 | 46 | 46 | 45 1/2 | 46 1/2 | " [[ditto for: NNE]] |
| 4 P.M. | .41 | 42 | 43 1/2 | 44 | 43 1/2 | N. by E. |
| 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .38 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 41 1/2 | " [[ditto for: N. by E.]] |
| 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | 36 | 45 | 42 | 43 | 44 | " [[ditto for: N. by E.]] |
[[/table]]

Weather foggy with some rain. Wind moderate. Work over records & computations.

[[line]] Tuesday Aug. 17 [[line]]

[[table]]
| 4 A.M. | 29.32 | 43 | 44 1/2 | 44 1/2 | 44 | NW |
| 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .35 | 44 | 44 | 44 1/2 | 44 1/2 | Calm |
| 12 M. | .35 | 43 1/2 | 44 | 44 1/2 | 44 | ENE |
| 4 P.M. | .41 | 42 | 41 | 41 1/2 | 41 1/2 | NE |
| 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .50 | 42 | 42 | 42 1/2 | 43 1/2 | " [[ditto for: NE]] |
| 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .55 | 42 1/2 | 44 1/2 | 44 1/2 | 43 | ENE |
[[/table]]

Day foggy except about 2 hours in the P.M. Wind moderate morning & evening, fresh in the middle of the day. At 8 A.M. sound in 13 fms. Top temperature 44 1/2 bottom 40°F per specific gravity cup. E. head St. Lawrence Bay bore [[strikethrough]] E [[/strikethrough]] N by E 1/2 E.; the mountains north of Mechigme, W. by N. 1/2 N.; and those S. of do. [[do. = ditto for: Mechigme]] W 1/2 S. Lat. 67°. 17'. Lon. 171° 12' W. Put over the dredge finding bottom of coarse gravel & stones. Work over records.

Transcription Notes:
It is Dry b. and Wet b. in table headings. b. = bulb, of thermometer. Place names checked. See pp. 5 & 7 for how to transcribe dittos, suggestions on tables.