Yantic (1883): links, questions, comments, coordination, ...

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NARA URL JPG Link General area(s)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148887690 January
February
March
April (1-29)
West Indies
Panama, Nicaragua
Belize, Mexico
US Gulf and Atlantic Coasts
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148887894 April (30)
May
June
July
August
September
October (1-24)
US Atlantic Coast
Newfoundland
Greenland
Newfoundland
New York
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148888087 October (25-31)
November
December
New York




On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (nautical miles and tenths), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
It is not necessary to record State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta Sea column.

On the events page please enter: ice, location information, and sailing information.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be noted. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data.
Other events are optional.

One person can do both weather and events (Stream 1), but the system also allows one person to do the weather page (Stream 1) and a second person to do the events page (Stream 3).
Unlike in OW3, where three transcriptions were required for each page, we are doing only one transcription per page.

Every transcriber needs to enter the date.
The date is used to organize the pages.



See Yantic: general for some general background and discussion.
See Yantic: examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

See Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
Post in Ask Questions Here or this topic if you have questions.

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I would like to take this year as I have in the past done a couple of ships looking for the Greely expedition.
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Done

What did USS Yantic have to do with the Greely Expedition?
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I have a bit to do with others ships but I will get to her, probably late this year.
Thanks
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Just found the following by chance: EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF REAR ADMIRAL GIBSON.
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8-) 8-) 8-)
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Starting next week.
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:D :D :D
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I am not entering Ships heading when at anchor in port. (Unless told to)
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I am not entering those either for my year, though it took me several days to realize what was going on

Hopefully its not too messy :roll:
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Hi
I have just jumped ship from Kearserge when I finished the year. I have had Yantic 1883 reserved for some time.
Yantic 1883 is searching for the Greely party and I did the voyage on the Thetis when it was also searching for them.

See this for info on the Greely expedition.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-hi ... anklin-bay
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joke_slayer wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 9:05 pm I am not entering those either for my year, though it took me several days to realize what was going on

Hopefully its not too messy :roll:
Michael will certainly tell you if it is :D :lol: :lol:
(He should not be as he will just ignore those entries.)
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The ship's heading is absolutely of no value. When they're anchored or moored all those values are blanked out of the final spreadsheet.

PS
I got fooled too and added them sometimes when they were in port. :roll:
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Almost ran out of space in the log to enter this lot, all for 1 hr. 4 lines and only 5/10 cloud cover

cu
ci-cu
ci-st
cu-st

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:roll: :roll: :roll:
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I was curious about how many cloud types there could be in the logs.

The longest string:
Corwin
1884-06-29-02 cum cir / cum str / cir str

There were lots with five cloud types. Here are two:
Northwind
1954-08-18-15 cc as sc ac cs

Storis
1955-06-22-06 ci as cc ac cu

I just had this for Wind Direction from Omaha 1872:
S - SE | SE - SSW
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They are still jumping ship.
This time for real. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 7_0021.JPG

Thoe. O'Neill (BM) deserted from the ship by jumping overboard and swimming for the shore; a boat was sent for him but failed to bring him back.

He was brought back onboard the following day.
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I had a couple that tried the same thing. I don't think they even get to shore before they were picked up. This ship is almost up to the Concord's standards. Almost, but not quite. I'm so VERY glad we don't have to log all the mentions of people. :D :D :D
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https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 7_0056.JPG
11th June 1883
Received supplies for scientific work in connection with USS Fish Commission.
Next day
Received stores from Navigation Dept for Artic Exploration party.
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