70 THE LOG OF THE 



( Position Off Cape Mugford 

 Friday, September ^rd < Weather Clear 



I Wind Light westerly 



DURING the morning we kept our steerage way but little 

 more. I took a plankton haul as we were crossing Seglek Bay. 

 It was lovely and clear and we had one glorious last look at the 

 Torngats. 



There was not a bit of wind all afternoon but the current kept up 

 its steady two knots. At four we started oiling and putting away the 

 wire. We let it go out slowly over the stern cleaning it as it went 

 with kerosene. Then we hauled up slowly with two fellows wiping 

 it dry, one putting on grease, one oiling while Terry worked the 

 winch and Oily with great skill guided the wire getting it wound on 

 the drum almost perfectly. The whole operation lasted two hours 

 and a half and I am satisfied we did a great job. As the Newfound- 

 landers say, "She never will rust, Mister." 



By evening we were off Watchman's Island and the snow on Cape 

 Mugford showed up clearly. One interesting point is that we drift 

 about twice as fast as the bergs, which shows that the strength of the 

 current is near the surface. I imagine that all the surface drift is 

 caused by the NE winds of last week. The storm must have been 

 worse down here than we got it. In the first place the sea is still very 

 lumpy and again there is much more snow on the hills. 



After midnight we had a nice breeze off shore giving us a steady 

 5 knots. The morning watch was calm but Saddle Island was in 

 sight by breakfast and thanks to the current the day's run was 80 

 miles. 



