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submerged ])aso: oxtreiiie length of huso oOO feet. Two growlers of 

 insignificant ])ulk were floating to leeward. At 2.40 p. ni. resumed 

 course for station 314. whicli was occupied at 5.25 p. m. At G p. m. 

 imder way to scout for other bergs near Tail of the Bank, and later 

 to reach position by daybreak to-morrow for beginning a search to 

 westward from meridian 58°. between parallels 42° 30' and 43° 30', 

 for berg reported on the 29th in lat. 43° 26', long. 54° 07'. Kitti- 

 wakes and petrel were seen this day. vSpecial ice information was 

 sent to the steamship Lord Kelvin. The second engineer of the steam- 

 ship Westlolce received further treatment by radio from our surgeon. 

 June 1: Fresh W. to NW. gale to fresh breeze. Rough to moder- 

 ately rough sea. Vessel on course to reach point for beginning search. 

 At 7.50 a. m. set course S. on first leg of search. At 8.15 a. m. 

 sighted berg sought, 11 miles distant, and stood to same. Its posi- 

 tion was lat. 43° 01', long. 53° 38', showing a strong southern set 

 since yesterday. This was a very solid berg, about 35 feet high and 

 140 feet long. Communicated with the Modoc, which had planned 

 to commence searching for this berg from meridian 55° 30' eastward. 

 At 11.45 a. m. stood W. and at 5.30 p. m. met the Modoc, in lat. 

 43° 04', long. 54° 16'. The oceanographic observer was transferred 

 to the Modoc and that vessel tiien relieved the Tampa on the ice 

 patrol. 



SUMMARY. 



The outstanding feature of this cruise was the extremely low lati- 

 tude reached by one berg, the remnant of which was left by us, in 

 lat. 39° 08', long. 48° 30', at daybreak on May 25. It is beheved 

 that this is the lowest latitude in which a berg has been observed 

 since the establishment of the International Ice Patrol. The Labrador 

 Current formed a wedge farther to the southeastward than usual at 

 this season and was doubtless primarily responsible for the situa- 

 tion of this berg, but temperatures twice taken to depths of some 

 700 meters showed no evidence of cold water in the vicinity of the 

 berg after it had reached this unusually low latitude. 



The number of bergs south of the Tail of the Bank was only four 

 during the period of this cruise; a smaller number than usual at 

 this season. 



The pilot charts predicted 8 per cent of gales for this season, and 

 this was the amount experienced. Fogs experienced were about the 

 amount predicted, some 20 to 30 per cent. 



Five regular oceanographic stations were occupied and two special 

 stations in the vicinity of bergs. 



Ice information was broadcast twice daily at 600 meters and once 

 daily at 2,300 metei*s. Special broadcasts were sent every two 

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