On March 27, at 7 a. m,, the General Greene left St. John's to con- 

 tinue the first ice-observation cruise, and scouted along the east shore 

 of Newfoundland as directed by Headquarters. The usual dispatches 

 were sent to all ships, asking those between 43° and 49° N. to send 

 every four hours ice and obstruction reports, water temperatures, and 

 weather information. 



On March 29, we scouted north along the eastern shore of New- 

 foundland to latitude 50° 36' N. and longitude 55° 13' W., then 

 southward to the vicinity of St. Barbe or Horse Islands where the 

 first ice of the cruise was sighted as follows: Field ice extending 

 across the entrance of White Bay, and 10 miles eastward of Horse 

 Islands, and off the entrance of Notre Dame Bay to latitude 50° 15' N. 

 Two large bergs were sighted in the field ice between Horse Is- 

 lands and Cape St. John's. The ice was packed solid in the bays 

 and showed no indication of brealdng up, being held by winds that 

 had been blowing from the northeast quarter for about 40 days with 

 but slight cessation. 



It seemed likely that no ice would menace navigation on the Grand 

 Banks for several weeks, and, permission being granted to take ocean- 

 ographic observations between Flemish Cap and the Avalon Peninsula 

 of Newfoundland, the General Greene on March 30 stood out to 50° 

 36' N. 44° 38' W., some 200 miles north of Flemish Cap. From this 

 position a line of seven oceanographic stations was taken to the 

 south westward. The results of this work are given in this bulletin 

 in the section on oceanography. 



On April 4 at 10 p. m. we arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, 

 having completed a cruise of 2,399 miles. The fathometer proved 

 on this cruise, as later, an invaluable aid in locating our position 

 during bad weather conditions when no astronomical observations 

 could be taken. The track of the General Greene is shown on the ice 

 map. Figure 12. 



SECOND CRUISE, APRIL 10-22, 1931 



The General Greene sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, at 11.30 

 a. m., AprU 10, 1931, on the second ice-observation cruise. After 

 standing out clear of Cape Spear, we hauled up and stood to the north- 

 ward along the eastern coast of Newfoundland. At 9.40 p. m. we 

 encountered heavy field ice moving out from Bonavista Bay. Hauled 

 in log and stood off and on throughout the night. At daybreak, 

 April 11, 1931, we commenced scouting to the eastward from Cape 

 Bonavista to determine the extent of the field ice. At 4.50 p. m. we 

 arrived at the termination of the field ice 60 miles east of Bonavista, 

 having sighted seven small bergs and some growlers throughout the 

 day in and along the edge of the field ice. The bergs all showed signs 

 of rapid disintegration. 



