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any length of time near Ivigtut. During the evening some of the old 

 Norse ruins in the vicinity were visited. The remains of three 

 stone houses were found and also a circle about 15 yards in diameter 

 composed of very large stones. 



At 8 a. m. July 31, we got under way and stood down the coast 

 toward Cape Farewell. The barometer was low (29.45) but, though 

 it was misty and raining, there was practically no wind. Three 

 stations were taken off Cape Desolation during the evening. On 

 the evening of August 1 Cape Farewell was sighted through a break 

 in the fog and clouds to the northeast. A station was taken in the 

 cold water off it, the first of a line of stations running toward the 

 southwest. 



The barometer was now 29.11. A heavy swell was running around 

 the cape from the eastward and the wind was beginning to pick up. 

 Before the second station of the line was reached the shelter of the 

 coastal mountains was lost and the ship was running before a fresh 

 to strong northeast gale. Two stations were taken during the night 

 under very unfavorable conditions, but the next day the wind backed 

 to the northwest and the confused swell gradually died down. 



On August 3 we began taking widely-spaced stations to the north- 

 westward. Over 400 miles were run around five sides of an irregular 

 open hexagon during the next three days in order to obtain properly 

 the dynamic circulation in the center of the basin between South 

 Greenland and Labrador. Strong south to southeast winds and 

 rather rough seas were encountered during much of this time. 



On August 6 we began taking stations southward under the same 

 sort of unfavorable weather conditions. We had had no sights for 

 three days and were beginning to wonder how the position of the sta- 

 tions we were taking would fit in with the desired plan. The sun 

 w£s dimly visible at two times on August 6, and two quick sights of 

 it that were taken assured us that we were only a few miles northwest 

 of our assumed position at 2 p. m. 



The weather was much better on August 7, and by 2 p. m. on that 

 date the final line of stations, running southwestward to Belle Isle, 

 was started. The lights marking the eastern approach to the Strait 

 of Belle Isle were sighted on the evening of August 8, and the la&t 

 station (International Ice Patrol Station No. 1341) was occupied at 

 11.45 p. m. a few miles eastward of Belle Isle North Light. From 

 this position various courses were run outside of Funk Island and to 

 the southward toward St. John's, Newfoundland, which port wa? 

 reached at 10.10 a. m. on August 10, 1931. 



Water and provisions were replenished and the crew was granted 

 Hberty for recreation. At 10.30 a. m. on August 13 we departed, 

 bound for Boston, Mass. At 2.10 a. m. on August 18, 1931, the 

 General Greene reached Boston, having been absent on ice patrol duty 

 for exactly five months. 



