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on refuse from the ship and others perched on the berg itself. The 

 birds were mostly fulmars, jaegers, and petrel. No murres were seen. 

 Two whales swam about the ship, then over to the berg, and finally 

 disappeared. Observations showed this berg to be in latitude 48° 

 21' north, longitude 51° 10' west. It had drifted 12 miles, 175° true, 

 since June 3. Before nightfall we stood close to the berg and then 

 drifted for the remainder of the night. The weather on the 5th was 

 partly clear, visibility good, sea smooth. There were light, variable 

 airs and calms until 8 p. m., when there was a light north breeze 

 which had increased to a moderate breeze by midnight. The barome- 

 ter was 29.70 at 1 a. m., 29.65 at 1 p. m., and 29.67 at midnight. 



No ice was reported this day by other vessels. 



At 4 a. m., June 6, went ahead and ran up close to iceberg, near 

 which we had been drifting during the night. It had not rolled over 

 or changed its appearance perceptibly during the night. Observa- 

 tions taken later in the day indicated it had drifted 195° true 0.5 

 knot per hour during the past 24 hours, its position being 48° 09' 

 north, 51° 14' west. After leaving this berg, which remained in sight 

 until we were 20 miles distant, we headed for the Newfoundland 

 coast. At 8.18 a berg was sighted ahead, and after running 23 miles 

 we were abreast of it at 10.30 a. m. This berg is the same one 

 located by the Tampa on June 2 in 48° 29' north, 52° 23' west. Its 

 present location, 47° 58' north, 52° 37' west, shows it to be drifting 

 188° true 0.035 knot per hour onto the coast south of Conception 

 Bay. The berg is now in water having the temperature of 42° F. 

 and should melt quite rapidly. It is very unlikely that either of 

 these two bergs will ever become a menace to vessels following the 

 prescribed steamer lanes. Pictures were taken of the last berg, after 

 which we proceeded in the general direction of Funk Island. It is 

 planned to search for ice as far north as latitude 50° north and then 

 gradually work south and return to the two bergs seen to-day. 

 While cruising, two large flocks of Bonaparte's gulls and several 

 murres, fulmars, and Leach's petrel were passed. At 9.50 p. m. we 

 stopped and drifted for the night. This day there were gentle 

 breezes from N. to NW. ; the sky was partly clear, visibility good, 

 sea smooth with a long heavy sw^ell from NE. The barometer was 

 29.68 at 1 a. m. and 29.74 at midnight. 



Special ice information was furnished the Kristiania, Sachem, 

 and Kelsmore. 



On June 7, at 4 a. m. went ahead and stood to the westward search- 

 ing for ice. Nothing was seen until 2 p. m. when a berg was sighted 

 south of Stinking Island Light. This berg was well in shore and 

 probably aground. A very decided mirage was' noticed. At times 

 there appeared to be two bergs, one above the other, and then for a 



