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Saturday Nov 30th 1861 29.475 AM -3° 0. c.v. 29.425 M -3° 2 c v 29.425 PM -7° 1 [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] (Aurora) This morning on going up on deck, found heavens clouded over, the air calm & to my feelings of very moderate temperature. On looking at the thermometer saw that it was three degrees below zero. I would have guessed before looking at Thermometer that it stood at +20°. Took a walk over to Fresh water Pond this Morning. Called in at new Igloo of Ebierbing - found Tuk-oo-li-too & Koo-ou-le-arny there the former engaged in punching little holes through the walls of the Igloo wh run up rounding over dome like for running little strings down by wh. to suspend a lining of seal skin a modern improvement in snow huts wh. frees the occupants from the annoyance of dripping from the dome when they have their ik-ku-mers in full flame cooking seal &c. From thence I proceeded to an eminence beyond fresh water pond & took following sights Left Tangent of Whale Island carried to centre mast of ship (Sex) = 45°-30' Bearing Main Mast of Ship ---- 243° Look-Out Island Az Compass 185° Gero T. Jones Tower 142° Ex of Extreme Land 168° [[end page]] [[start page]] 1861 Nov 30 Sat Budington Mt. 214° Then I directed steps to ship going 55 paces passed it Whole No paces [[4 vertical lines]] 60 x 4 = 1840 x 2.4 = 4416 feet total On Course 243° + 62 = 305 True or N. = 55° E Then carried Lt Tang Whale Island to point beyond Fresh water pond to Centre on Main Mast of Ship 121°-48' Bearing of said point of Whale Isd (Az. C.) = 184° [[image: drawing of triangle shape showing distances between three points, A,B,C. Distance A to B shown to be .70 N.M. meaning Nautical Miles, also 4414 feet; distance B to C shown as 2.35 N Miles or 143232 feet; distance C to A as 2.8 N Miles or 170688 feet; triangle labeled Whale Island by Rescue Harbor]] As B.C.A 12°-42' Sine 9.38212 Is to B.A. 460 Paces Log 2.66276 So is A.B.C 121-48 Sine 9.92936 [[line]] to A.C. 12.59212 1778 934212 Paces [[line]] 4 Log. 3..25000 [[line]] 7112 24 [[line]] 448 14224 [[line]] 0088)170688(2.8 N Miles A to C 12172 [[line]] 48968 48688 [[line]] 380 Ship to Whale Island by Rescue Harbor 2,3 Nautical Miles (or exact 2, 35/100) S 68 E From Ship to Left Tong Whale Isd Azc. 186° on E.2.2 S) [[??]] [[boxed, center of page, written vertically bottom to top]] From Ship to Whale Island (Lt. Tong.) E.22°.S. (Time) [[/boxed]] As B.C.A 12°-42' sine 9.34212 Is to B A 460 Paces Log 2.68276 So is BCA 45°-30' sine 9.85324 [[line]] 12,51600 9.34212 [[line]] To B.C. Paces 1492 Log 3.17388 4 [[line]] 5968 24 [[line]] 23872 1936 [[line]] 6080)143232(2,3.5 Nl Miles from B. to C. 12172 [[line]] 21512 18258 [[line]] 3254