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side. Sighted another berg and stood for it. At 5.30 p. m. stopped, 

 in lat. 44° 24', long. 44° 08', and lay to for the night, slightly to wind- 

 ward of the berg, which was a medium-sized one, with a pinnacle 

 that collapsed as the vessel approached. Gave ice information to the 

 steamsliip President Polk. 



March 31 began with vessel drifting. Fresh WNW. gale at 4 a. m., 

 falling to light to moderate westerly breezes, which continued until 

 6 p. m.. then fresh gale SW. to WSW. High barometer in forenoon, 

 rapidly falling in afternoon. Overcast; rainy at intervals in after- 

 noon. At 8 a. m. found drift for the night to have been 2 knots per 

 hour, 70°, true. At 9.30 a. m. under way, to occupy line of oceano- 

 graphic stations leading to westward, scouting en route. At 2.50 

 p. m. passed large berg visited at 4 p. m. yesterday. This berg was 

 now in lat. 44° 26', long. 44° 04', having drifted 70°, true, at rate of 1 

 mile per hour. At 3 p. m. passed a second berg, medium sized and 

 irregular in shape, in lat. 44° 19', long. 44° 39', and at 3.10 p. m. 

 sighted a third berg, mediimi sized, in lat. 44° 16', long. 44° 45'. At 

 3.25 p. m. stopped at station 247^ and took water temperatures and 

 samples, completing the work at 4.40 p. m. At 9.40 p. m. stopped 

 at station 248 and attempted to take water samples and tempera- 

 tures, but found sea too rough. At 10.10 p. m. resumed course, 

 260°, true, and so continued until close of day. 



April 1 began with vessel on course on Une of oceanographic sta- 

 tions. Fresh SW. gale to strong gale in squalls, hauUng to NW. at 

 9 a. m., and falling to strong breezes at 4 p. m. Barometer falling im- 

 til 7 a. m., thereafter rising. Rough sea. Mostly cloudy. Sea too 

 rough to permit occupying oceanographic stations. At noon set 

 course for Tail of the Bank, to search for bergs and to meet the Modoc. 

 At 5 p. m. sighted a low-lying berg in lat. 43° 37', long. 47° 44', and at 

 5.50 p. m. stopped and lay to for the night. Special ice information 

 was sent to the steamship Vennachar. 



April 2 began with the vessel drifting. Strong to moderate and 

 gentle breezes, NW.; NW. swell. At 4 a. m. under way to con- 

 tinue search to the westward and meet the Modoc. At 5.45 a. m. 

 sighted a low-hdng berg in lat. 43° 21'. long. 47° 44', assumed to be 

 the berg sighted at 5 p. m. on the 1st. At 6.40 a. m. sighted a large 

 berg and stood for it, arriving alongside it, in lat. 43° 14', long. 48° 19', 

 at 8.10 a. m. Photographed this berg, which was a very soUd one, 

 with a vertical wall on one side, otherwise pyramidal, some 60 feet 

 above water, with a base some 140 feet square. At 1 p. m. set course 

 for appointed rendezvous with the Modoc to-night in lat. 42° 50', 

 long. 52° 00'. At 5.42 p. m. abeam of berg in approximately lat. 

 43° 00', long. 50° 20', which was believed to be the berg seen on 



1 For location of all oceanographic stations see station table, page 92. 



