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sels, whose lights were seen during the night, were warned of the 

 close proximity of an iceberg. The master of the steamer Kerhonh- 

 sen was advised by the medical officer of the Modoc as to the treat- 

 ment of a fireman who had been injured. The steamer Veendam 

 reported submerged wreckage in 46° 13' north, 54° 33' west. 



Special ice information was furnished the Empress of France^ Re- 

 gina, Veendam, and Bertshire. 



No ice was seen or reported other than the one berg by which we 

 are now drifting. 



On June 12 the fresh NNE. gale continued until 8 a. m., when 

 the wind began to decrease. At noon there was a fresh N. breeze, 

 and at niidnight it was calm. The sky was mostly overcast and 

 cloudy, and at 10 p. m. a dense fog shut in and continued for the 

 remainder of the night. The sea, which was rough at the begin- 

 ning, decreased with the wind, until at midnight there was a mod- 

 erate NE. sea and swell. At 1 a. m. the the barometer was 29.89 

 and by midnight had gradually risen to 30.03. Throughout this 

 day we continued drifting near the berg, which is now in the Cape 

 Race steamer track. At noon it was in latitude 47° 01' north, longi- 

 tude 51° 38' west, and had drifted 190° true at the rate of 0.9 knot 

 per hour since noon of the 11th. The temperature of the water 

 near the berg varied from 39° to 43° F., and at noon soundings 

 showed a depth of 65 fathoms. The berg was well washed by the 

 rough sea and heavy swell; and although its general appearance 

 remained the same, it seems to be melting and becoming gradually 

 smaller. The steamers Antonia, Marhurn, Satiamia., and Gan-ington 

 Head, which were on the Cape Race track, near the position of the 

 berg, were given a special warning, and the France was furnished 

 special ice information. At 5 p. m. the Antonia, of the Cunard 

 Line, passed within a few hundred yards of us as we lay near the 

 berg. She was westbound for Cape Race. At 4.50 oceanographic 

 station No. 474 was occupied and samples of marine life obtained 

 by Doctor Fish, of the Bureau of Fisheries. No ice was seen or 

 reported by other vessels. 



On June 13 the fog, which had prevailed until 6.30, cleared away, 

 and for the remainder of the day the sky was clear and visibility 

 excellent. The day began with light SW. airs, which fell to calm 

 by 7 a. m., and later a light breeze sprung up from the west, increas- 

 ing to a moderate gale by 5 p. m. and falling to moderate W. breeze 

 by midnight. The barometer was 30.02 at 1 a. m. and gradually 

 rose to 30.10 by midnight. At 7 a. m. we steamed up to the iceberg, 

 near which we drifted during the night, and found that it had 

 broken up very much overnight. Several hundred yards from the 

 berg was a large and dangerous growler, and about the berg were 

 numerous smaller growlers and a great quantity of small ice. The 



