Burton Island (1954) -- Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination

[Michael]

I'm not sure who is getting the re-supply, unless it's the ship. They were off Russell Point, not Russell Island. There is an airstrip at Sachs Harbor. The population of Banks Island is 156, all of whom live in Sachs Harbor. I knew a woman from there, she was married to one of the people I worked with in Whitehorse.

[pommystuart]

For some reason your validator did not like 800 in the Dir column.
Wonder why?? I guess you would get dizzy with that wind dir.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Just passed Pt Conception. Is there the birth of a good story there?

[Michael]

[Randi]

Not if you didn't berth there

[pommystuart]

I am assuming the DIR was entered in the wrong column (Gyro) so I have entered it in Dir
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 0-0020.jpg

[Michael]

I agree. Those typed logs have many errors. The typists didn't have overlays like we do.

[Randi]

Nor a program to check their entries

[pommystuart]

Burton Id 1954 is all yours Michael, enjoy as a relaxation from your visitors.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

RE this post

https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-h ... ber-4.html
1954 - The icebreakers USS Burton Island (AGB 1) and USCGC Northwind complete the first transit of Northwest Passage through the McClure Strait.

(Sorry, Michael)

Here is the log page for the 4th Sept.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 9-0016.jpg

The 5th shows her further down the McClure St.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 9-0020.jpg

Michael's plot will show her all the way through.

[Randi]

[pommystuart]

Finished

[Michael]

[Michael]

The voyage for 1954 has been completed, with many thanks to many people:

• climate-guy-65
• mecordova
• Pommystuart
• Someone

The original transcription of the ice portion was done in 2016. The weather data was entered over the last few years by the people mentioned.

You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more detail, you can download the KML file and view it with Google Earth. There were a few people mentioned here.

These are the weather statistics for this voyage:

Weather Element	Records
Kts	8513
Baro	8721
Dry	8727
Wet	8714
TSI	3387
Weather	8495
Low	5388
Mid	950
High	691
Ceil	8444
From	6283
Amount	8137
Total	76450

These are the ice statistics for this voyage:

Ice Element	Records
Ice_Log	152
Ice_1	140
Total	292

Burton_Island travelled a total of 31444 miles and can now be placed in the OW Drydock!

[Randi]

[pommystuart]

She was a busy little ship during that year, and it must have been an interesting voyage for the crew. (and transcribers)