32 inti-:rnational ice observation and ice patrol service. 



Ice information was received as follows: Battle Harbor reported 

 ice tight to land; Fogo reported water about 1 mile offshore ; the 



Cohasset reported a berg in lat. 41° 23' N., long. 48° 21' W.; the 

 steamship Bradford City reported a small berg and growler in lat. 

 44° 16' N., long. 46° 40' W.. and a medium-sized berg in lat. 44° 

 34' N., long. 47^ 13' W. 



At 1.15 p. m., May 25, we amved at lat. 42° 50' N.. long. 48° 

 00' W.. and then stood W., true, until dark. The visibility was 

 good, but no ice was sighted. Reports concerning ice were received 

 as follows: Battle Harbor and Fogo reported ice moving off; the 

 steamship Canal reported a very large berg in lat. 48° 20' N., long. 

 48° 58' W.; the steamship Delaware reported a large berg in lat. 

 44° 20' x^., long. 48° 50' W.; the steamship Rathlin Head reported 

 numerous bergs and growlers from lat. 47° 36' N., long. 50° 45' W., 

 to lat. 48° 11' N., long. 49° 18' W.; the steamship Bradford City 

 reported top of berg 10 miles to northward of lat. 44° 30' N., long. 

 48° 40' W. Obstruction reports were received from the following 

 steamships: Cedric, a large conical buoy in lat. 41° 25' N., long. 

 45° 18' W. ; Cameronia, passed wreckage in lat. 45° 45' N., long. 

 48° 10' W., on May 24; and Storm King, a spar in lat. 41° 20' N. 

 long. 47° 06' W. Special ice information was furnished the steam- 

 ships Celtic and Consort. 



May 26 was spent in searching the area between the 42d and 43d 

 parallels and the 48th and 51st meridians. The visibility was ex- 

 cellent, but no ice was sighted. We arrived at the conclusion that 

 there was no ice south of the 43d parallel except the bergs located 

 on May 16 and May 17. As these bergs were in warm water, drift- 

 ing to the northward and eastward and disintegrating rapidly, they 

 would remain a menace but for a few days longer at the most. The 

 steamship Londonier, whose course was taking her into the danger 

 zone, was warned. ^Special ice information was furnished the steam- 

 ship Mount Carroll. 



Ice reports were received as follows: Battle Harbor, ice packed 

 in on land ; Fogo, ba}- full of ice, clear water about 1 mile off shore, 

 numerous bergs; steamship Empress of Canada reported having 

 sighted on May 25 bergs and growlers in lat. 46° 39' N., long. 53 

 03' W., lat. 46° 44' N., long. 52° 48' W., lat. 47° 19' N., long. 50° 

 16' W., and lat. 48° 09' N., long. 49° 30' W.; steamship Londonier, 

 one berg and growler in lat. 41° 43' N., long. 48° 20' W., and three 

 growlers in lat. 41° 39' N., long. 48° 52' W. The steamship ]yest 

 InsJcip reported having sighted on May 25 a buoy in lat. 41° 17' N., 

 long. 45° 46' W. 



At 7.40 a. m.. May 27, we located a small berg (berg "F") and 

 growler in lat. 41° 45' N., long. 48° 50' W., which was last seen by 

 the Modoc on the morning of May 21. (See chart '^E.") It was 

 now in water with a surface temperature of 41° F., drifting to the 

 nor Irh eastward and disintegrating rapidly. When first sighted, on 

 May 17, this was a fairly large berg, but now it was nothing more 

 than a large growler. During the day we searched for the three 



