44". 



with ours uiitl apparently guaranteeing the finding of the berg. 

 Many petrel and a few flying fish w^ere seen this day. 



May 29: Light and gentle breezes Miroughout the day. Partly 

 clear to overcast and rainy. Vessel standing E. to locate bei^ 

 reported by the Etna Maru. At 8 a. m. reached reported position 

 of berg. Visibility good, but berg not found. Started rectangular 

 search. No information was received from vessels passing through 

 area of })ossible drift, and therefore concluded that the report was a 

 mistake and that thick clouds observed on the horizon at the time 

 the report was made had been mistaken for a berg. xVt 12.20 p. m. 

 set course to continue scouting for possible bergs drifting down from 

 the vicinity of the Tail of the Bank. Noon position, lat. 42° 00', 

 long. 49° 05'. Occupied station 312. At 4.45 p. m. stopped and lay 

 to for the night. At 9 p. m. received the following radiogram from 

 the steamship Passenger: "Bound east; passed one small iceberg in 

 42 10 N., 49 20 W." At 9.20 p. m. under way to reach reported posi- 

 tion by daybreak. Many stormy petrel and a few kittiwakes w^ere 

 seen this day. During the day communicated with the Etna Maru 

 and was advised that further observations placed the alleged berg 

 farther north and east than first reported. Gave special ice informa- 

 tion to the steamship Capidin. 



May 30: Gentle E. increasing to moderate and strong E. breezes 

 at close. Partly clear to overcast; foggy at close. Vessel standing 

 course to reach at daybreak position of small berg reported by the 

 Passenger. At 4.50 a. m. passed through reported position of berg. 

 Made rectangular search to eastward, southward, and westward, to 

 cover area of probable drift. At 2 p. m. steamship Ivar reported a 

 berg in lat. 41° 50', long. 49° 35'. Stood for position given. At 3 

 p. m. sighted a growler 8 miles distant and stood for it, arriving 

 alongside at 4.10 p. m. in lat. 42° 04', long. 49° 29'. This growler 

 was rapidly disintegrating and broke in two just before our arrival; 

 manifestly it would cease to be a menace in a* few houi"s. At 10 

 p. ni. under way, to reach position for beginning search by daybreak. 

 Stormy petrel and kittiw^akes were seen this day. The second 

 engineer of the steamship Westlal:e \yas treated by radio by our 

 surgeon. 



May 31 : Moderate to strong breezes, shifting from ESE. to WSW. 

 Overcast; foggy in forenoon. Heavy W. swell in afternoon. Heavy 

 weather n-ported N. and W. Vessel standing W. to take up at day- 

 bi-eak searcli N. of 42° and W. of 50°. At 4.50 a. m., fog siiutting in, 

 utili/.ed thick weather to complete occupation of line of stations 

 running S. from central station. Occupied station 313, then stood 

 for station 314. At 1.20 p. m. sighted berg and at 2 p. m. arrived 

 alongside it, in lat. 42° 49'. long. 50° 05'. This berg consisted of 

 two irregular siiu])e(l parts, each some GO feet high, connected by a 



