Daily log entries covering the Resolution’s second Antarctic sweep. Wales records observations on sea conditions and on the frequency of sightings of ‘islands of ice’ and seabirds. Entries for 6-8 January include observations of longitude by the distance of the sun and moon. The entry for 8 January also records many large albatrosses about the ship, one of which was caught and found to have a wing-span of almost 10 feet [RGO 14/58: 80]. On 25 January Wales notes that he ‘saw a remarkably strong appearance of land’ [RGO 14/58: 84]. On 27 January he records an incident in which a midshipman entered his cabin and dropped his stopwatch, breaking the ruby cylinder [RGO 14/58: 84v].