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moderate E. wind and rain. At 8.15 a. m. we headed back for the 

 berg passed early in the morning. When within about one-half 

 mile of it, the loftier pinnacle broke off and fell with a ^eat splash. 

 (See Plate 3.) At 2.10 p. m. we passed a small, saddleback berg 

 and growlers, in lat. 42° 44' N., long. 51° 19' W. At 3.55 p. m. a 

 small berg and growlers were sighted in lat. 42° 52' N., long. 51° 06' 

 W., and at 4.10 p. m. we passed, in lat. 42° 54' N., long. 51° 05' W., 

 a large, flat-topped berg, marked with blue veins and earth-colored 

 streaks. At 5.50 p. m. we arrived alongside of a large, single-peak 

 berg, wliich w^as grounded in 55 fathoms on the Tail of the Bank, 

 in, lat. 43° 07' N., long. 51° 55' W. (See Chart "O".) This was 

 the largest berg we have sighted this season, being about 1?5 feet 

 high and marked with several earth-colored streaks. We drifted 

 near by for the night. Upon approaching this berg, numbers of 

 fulmars and shearwaters were noted in its vicinity, but they all 

 disappeared within an hour of our arrival 



June 16. Gentle to moderate S. \vinds, with thick fog, prevailed 

 all day. We drifted in the fog until 11.35 a. m., when, the weather 

 showing no signs of clearing, we proceeded to oceanographic station 

 239, in lat. 43° 50' N., long. 50° 25' W., where water temperatures 

 were taken and specimens of plankton collected. At 7.05 p. m. 

 anchored for the night. 



The steamship Marinlea was furnished special ice information. 

 A radio message was received from the steamship Western Plains, 

 reporting that an engmeer officer on that vessel had been ill since 

 the 14th inst., with high temperature, slight pain in left groin, general 

 feeling of nausea, and other symptoms, and asking advice from our 

 medical officer. This was given promptly. 



June 17. Light to gentle SW. wind; generally foggy. At 6.10 

 a. m. we got under way and stood for oceanographic station 240, 

 in lat. 43° 10' N., long. 51° 15' W., where sea-water temperatures 

 were taken and plankton collected. Received a radio message from 

 the steamship Eastern Tempest, stating that a seaman had dislocated 

 his shoulder and that they were unable to ^et it back in place. Our 

 medical officer gave the necessary advice. At 7.50 p. m., fog shutting 

 in thick, we stopped and drifted for the night. 



June 18. Gentle SW. winds to light SW. airs; foggy first half, 

 clear latter half. Occupied oceanographic station 241, in lat. 42° 

 30' N., long. 51° 45' W.; station 242, in lat. 42° 05' N., long. 52° 14' 

 W., and station 243, m lat. 41° 44' N., long. 52° 35' W. At 12.30 

 p. m., lat. 42° 14' N., long. 52° 06' W., we passed into the warm 

 water of the (lulf Stream and had fine, clear, seniitroi)ical weather 

 for the remainder of the day. Porpoises, Portugese men-of-war, 

 gulf seaweed, and a few petrels and shearwaters wore sighted. 



Special ice information was sent to the steamships Charton and 

 Orhild. 



Jmie 19. Light aiiv! to gentle winds, bacldng from S. to ENE., 

 with dense fog over the colder waters and misty to hazy over the 

 Gulf vStream. We devoted the day to an attempt to delineate the 

 nortlicrn limits of the Gulf Stream between longs. 51° 38' W. and 50° 

 30' W.,and foundit tobo anproximately lat. 41° 50' N. The steamship 

 Duca de Ahruzzi reported oy radio that she passed a largo ice field in 

 lat. 40° 34' N., long. 49° 25' W. This information was no doubt 

 incorrect, as the sea water in the reported locality had a temperature 



