24 INTERNATIONAL ICE OBSERVATION AND ICE PATROL SERVICE. 



May 6, light NW. airs to gentle WNW. wind; clear; smooth sea. 

 At 4.30 a. m. weighed anchor and began search for bergs reported 

 on May 3. At 7.10 a, m. sighted a berg, stood for it, and at 7.40 

 a. m. photographed the berg, which was a medium-sized one, in lat. 

 43° 15' N., long. 58° 18' W., and identified it as the berg reported 

 by the steamship Scotian on May 5 (berg "H," chart "F"). At 

 8.05 a. m. set course for berg reported on the 3d and sighted it 

 at 10.40 a. m. At 11.50 a. m. we were alongside the berg (berg "J"), 

 a large, solid one, lat. 42° 42' N., long. 51° 03' W., and photographed 

 it. This berg had drifted 18 miles, 225°, true, from the position in 

 which it was reported on May 3. (See chart "F.") Many fulmars 

 were around the berg. At 12.10 p. m. shaped com-se for the bergs 

 sighted by the Tampa on May 2. At 2.15 p. m. sighted and recog- 

 ized the pinnacle berg (berg "D") previousl}- reported. The tower- 

 ing puinacle of this berg was sighted when we were some 18 miles 

 distant and upon subsequent examination showed some calving and 

 wasting. At 5.10 p. m. stopped alongside of a second berg that had 

 been sighted; sent boat's crew for the purpose of examining and 

 photographing it, and fotind that ono-tliird of one of its large walls 

 had calved and wasted awa}^ wliile the other was still some 75 feet 

 high. Both bergs had drifted approximatel}^ 32 miles in four days, 

 the pinnacle one about 225°, true, and the other about 265°, true. 

 (See chart ''F. ") Large flocks of fulmars were sighted around both 

 bergs. As the small berg sighted to the northward of these on May 2 

 could not be seen, although the visibility was clear, we decided that 

 it had broken up. At 6 p. m. boat returned and we shaped com'so 

 for station 202, lat. 42° 55' N., long. 50° 20' W., where we arrived at 

 8.15 p. m. At 9.50 p. m. completed observations at station 202 and 

 stood for station 203, in lat. 42° 25' N., long. 50° 20' W. 



May 7, light to gentle wuid, WNW. to WSW.; weather clear to 

 cloudy, with good visibility; smooth sea to light swell. At 12.55 

 a. m. stopped and occupied oceanographic station 203, where we 

 finished observations at 2.50 a. m., and then stood for station 204, 

 in lat. 41° 55' N., long. 50° 19' W. At G a. m. arrived at station 204 

 and took the usual observations, which were finished at 7.45 a. ra., 

 when we stood for station 205, in lat. 41° 23' N., lon^. 50° 19' W. 

 At 10.45 a. m. arrived at station 205, where we completed work at 

 2.40 p. m. and stood for station 206, in lat. 40° 55' N., kmg. 50° 10' W. 

 At 2 p. m. intercepted a report from the steamship Lumincana of a 

 mine sighted. Determined that the reported position of the mine 

 was too distant to be reached before dark this day antl made tenta- 

 tive arrangements to reach its vicinity by daybreak to-morrow, but 

 the ice report from the steamship West Quechee and indications of 

 weather unfavorable for search for the mine caused a change of plan. 

 We arrived at station 206 at 4.06 p. m. and loft it itt 6.30 p. m. to 

 investigate the ice report received from the steamship West Quechee. 

 Broadcasted special warning concerning the mine reported by the 

 steamship Lumincana and requested that any steamer sighting it 

 attempt to destroy it by rifle or revolver fire, advising the Tainpa 

 regarding tlie same. 



May S, gentle S. to moderate W. wind, with calm at the end of the 

 day; weatlier mostly foggy, with drizzling rain at intervals. From 

 the beginning of the day until 3.25 p. m. searched for the ice reported 

 yesterday by the steamship West Queche( (berg " K,'" chart ^'E"), 



