INTERNATIONAL ICE OBSERVATION AND ICE PATROL SERVICE. 4Y 



After photographing this berg, we resumed search to the eastward 

 and at 6.55 p. m, stopped, because of dense fog. A few petrels were 

 sighted near the vessel from time to time during the day. 



Broadcasted the following radiogram: "Ice patrol Tampa, 42 42, 

 49 50. Foggy. Two growlers 42 10, 51 20, no longer menace by 

 to-morrow. Berg 42 35, 50 25. TVo bergs reported aground Tail of 

 Bank." 



Sent message to patrol commander, Modoc, recommending that 

 steamer tracks be shifted to normal. 



July 8. Light SW. winds to WNW. airs; partly cloudy to foggy 

 and hazy. Vessel drifting in fog at beginning of the da}^ At 9 a.m., 

 took sea-water temperatures, in lat. 42° 43' N., long. 49° 45' W., in 

 axis of the Labrador Current, as follows: At surface, 49° F.; 40 

 meters, 36.6° F.; 80 meters, 33.7° F.; 125 meters, 36.5° F.; 250 

 metei-s, 36.6° F.; 450 meters, 37.3° F.; 750 meters, 38.2° F. At 

 11 a. m., steamed ahead to return to berg sighted yesterday afternoon 

 and also, if possible, to run out of the fog. At 6.15 p. m., sighted the 

 berg and arrived alongside of it, in lat. 42° 30' N., long. 51° 00' W., at 

 7.20 p. m., the berg having drifted 257°, true, one mile per hour, since 

 yesterday. The berg was greatly reduced in size and water was 

 trickling down all its sides. We la}' to near it for the night. 

 Petrel and an occasional shearwater were seen at intervals during the 

 day, but there was no bird life near any of the bergs. 



Broadcasted the following warning: "Ice patrol Tampa, 42 30, 

 51 00, near berg.. This southernmost ice. Spar 41 32, 43 30." 



Special ice reports were sent to the steamships ParJdovn, Laconia, 

 Olympic, and Merclay. 



July 9. Light to moderate SW. to SSW. winds; partly cloudy to 

 foggy. Moderate SW. swell. Drifting in fog until 7.45 a. m., when, 

 the fog lifting, we stood for the berg alongside of which we were 

 lying during the night. At 8.45 a. m., arrived at the berg, in lat. 42° 

 22' N., long. 51° 16' W., and found that it had melted during the 

 night and was reducing in size rapidly. At 10.02 a. m., we began 

 a search of the area south of 43° 00' N. At 1 p. m. ran into fog. 

 Fog hanging over the colder water to the eastward. At 3.53 p. m. 

 raised a large grounded berg, in lat. 43° 08' N., long. 50° 19' W. 

 It was grounded in 42 fathoms. A large mass of ice fell from both 

 its vertical side walls as the vessel approached. The berg was about 

 70 feet high, hollowed in the center by melting, and had a trail of 

 small pieces of ice floating to leeward. At 5.25 p. m., passed alongside 

 a second large grounded berg, which was much larger than the first 

 one. It also was hollowed by melting and its shell-like walls were 

 about 80 feet in height and possibly 200 feet square. At 7.55 p. m. 

 anchored On the Tail of the Bank, in lat. 43° IS'^ N., long. 50° 20' W. 

 Petrels followed the ship at intervals and an occasional shearwater 

 was seen, but there was no bird life in the vicinity of the bergs. 



July 10. Moderate SW. winds, falling to light breezes and airs from 

 WSW. to SE.; partly cloudy; foggy over the cold waters of the Lab- 

 rador Current. At 6 a. m. began taking observations at anchorage, 

 designatmg it station 224, lat. 42° 13' N., long. 50° 20' W. At 7.15 

 a. m. under way to make biological haul with dragnet. At 8.07 a. m. 

 observations completed, stood for westernmost grounded berg and 

 found it to be melting rapidly, with a trail of small ice to leeward. 

 At 9.47 a. m. arrived at easternmost grounded berg and found it to 



