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growler will probably be a menace to navigation for several days. 

 By 8 p. m. the growler bore 250° true 4 miles from the berg. In 

 the forenoon we lowered one of our ship's boats and gathered several 

 tons of ice for the ice boxes. The surface-water temperatures varied 

 from 38° to 43° F. At noon the berg was in latitude 46° 50' north, 

 longitude 51° 45' west and had drifted 202° true 0.3 knot per hour 

 since noon of the 12th. Soundings showed a depth of 58 fathoms. 

 The birds seen this day consisted mainly of fulmars. 



Special ice information m:us furnished the Mancliester Mariner^ 

 TiolJeholm. and Blair. 



June 14 was an exceptionally fine day. The sky was clear, smooth 

 sea, visibility excellent. The moderate W. breeze which we had at 

 1 a. m. had fallen to light airs by 11 a. m.. and for the remainder of 

 the day there were light airs from W. to SSW. The barometer was 

 unusually high, being 30.10 at 1 a. m. and 30.30 at midnight. After 

 sunset the atmospheric conditions were extremely peculiar. At 10 

 p. m. a flashing light was seen which was undoubtedly an aid to navi- 

 gation. A bearing of it was obtained and its characteristics noted. 

 Tt checked in every respect with the light on Cape Race and certainly 

 was that light, which we could see at a distance of 56 miles. Its 

 being visible at so great a distance was due to mirage or some freak 

 atmospheric conditions. It was seen at intervals and in varying in- 

 tensity until midnight. The shij)'s position is accurate, as obser- 

 vations were taken during the day and a sight of Jupiter at evening- 

 twilight. A bearing by radio compass was also obtained from Cape 

 Race about 8 p. m. The radio operators reported abnormal atmos- 

 pheric conditions throughout the night. We drifted near the berg 

 throughout the day and at 8 p. m. steamed close to it. The berg 

 is much changed in appearance and is appreciably smaller. In its 

 vicinity were numerous smaller growlers which had broken from it 

 during the afternoon. Just before sunset the color effects, due to 

 shadows on the berg, were beautiful. Varying delicate shades of vio- 

 let, lavender, heliotrope, and purple blended into a general white mass 

 of the berg. The large growler which calved from the berg on the 

 13th drifted about 4 miles distant from it. Since noon of the 13th 

 the berg has drifted but little and apparently is in an eddy w^hich is 

 giving it a circular movement in a counterclockwise direction. Its 

 position at noon was 46° 44' north, 51° 44' west. The surface-water 

 temperatures ranged from 43° to 46° F. and a sounding gave a depth 

 of 52 fathoms. Few birds were seen this day, but a whale was seen 

 near the berg at sunset. Several steamers were sighted, some east- 

 bound and others westbound. 



Special ice information was furnished the Lady Beenda, Roxhy, 

 and Annapolis. Xo ice was reported other than the berg by which 

 we were driftina:. 



