eastward to continue the search for a berg reported in latitude 49° 

 08' N., longitude 48° 25' W. Engine trouble developed, making it 

 necessary for the patrol vessel to proceed to a port for repairs. At 

 10.04 a. m., April 10, the Modoc anchored in Trepassey Bay, New- 

 foundland. The rei^airs, consisting of replacing the bearings of the 

 main drive generator, were completed by 11 a. m., April 11, and the 

 Modoc continued on her original search to the northward, encounter- 

 ing some fog and snow. 



A resum6 of the weather conditions during the past winter was 

 obtained from the collector of customs at Trepassey by the ocean- 

 ographer as follows : {a) The past season was the mildest season for 

 years; (6) the first part of April was colder than any month during 

 the winter; (c) no ice except local ice had been seen in Trepassey Bay, 

 and that none had been seen on the eastern and southern part of the 

 island; {d) that little ice was expected; {e) that the prevailing winds 

 were NW. and NE., and that for the last month the wind had blown 

 from the NE. 



On April 13 the first ice of the season was located in latitude 

 48° 15' N., longitude 49° 38' W., visible a distance of 14 miles. It 

 proved to be a berg about 300 feet long and about 125 feet high in 

 the shape of a floating dry dock, and was so named for identification 

 purposes thereafter. No. 1 berg, as it also became known, was sur- 

 rounded by fulmars. Four other bergs were sighted that day. 

 Sketches were made of the bergs on dififerent bearings and pictures 

 taken for identification. 



The vessel was hove to near the bergs in order to obtain the set 

 and drift of them which was accomplished on April 14. In addition 

 to the bergs sighted on the 13th four others were seen. Stations 

 Nos. 21 and 22 were taken near the bergs. Station No. 21 showed 

 Arctic water throughout, while station No. 22 showed Arctic water 

 on the surface only. All ice was again found sm-rounded by fulmars. 

 Berg No. 1 showed signs of disintegration. The Modoc, having 

 charted all ice, proceeded to the southward for the purpose of deter- 

 mining the southern extremity of the Labrador current. 



While en route southward April 14, memorial services for the 

 Titanic were held. The crew having been mustered aft, Doctor Shipp, 

 the cutter's surgeon, delivered a brief address and Commander Wolf 

 led the officers and men in prayer, after which three volleys were 

 fired. All shipping was requested to maintain radio silence from 3 

 to 3.05 p. m., and all graciously complied. Winter conditions pre- 

 vailed. The intense cold, a rough sea, and biting NE. wind howling 

 through the rigging, with a large berg astern of the Modoc, supplied 

 fitting accompaniment and background for these services in memory 

 of the 1,503 persons who died in that locality in the sinking of the 

 Titanic by an iceberg on April 14, 1912. 



