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search. On June 14 the Tampa searched northeastward from 42° 36' 

 N., 48° 50' W., to 43° 18' N., 47° 54' W. Then the area westward 

 to the 50-lathom curve was scouted. 



June 15 the Tampa ran before a fresh southerly gale accompanied 

 by rain and dense fog. June 16 was spent heading to the westward 

 toward the reheving point at slow speed with low visibility. The 

 Pontchartrain was met in latitude 43° 04' N., longitude 53° 16' W., 

 at S a. m. June 17, 1932. The ice observation party was transferred 

 to the Pontchartrain and the relief effected. The Tampa then pro- 

 ceeded to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



At the beginning of the cruise there were three bergs south of the 

 tail of the Banks. One of these was in the dead water near latitude 

 42° 30' N., longitude 50° 00' W. This berg drifted in small circles, 

 behaving exacth' as the berg that was near this same position did in 

 May. Another berg drifted westward to longitude 51° 33' W., and 

 curved to the southeastward and then eastward, reaching a point 18 

 miles north of the westbound steamer lanes on June 5. Neither of 

 these two bergs were sighted after June 6, due to fog and low visi- 

 bility enshrouding the entire ice regions from June 7 to 12. The third 

 berg was reported June 3 in 42° 06' N., 48° 03' W., and 41° 57' N., 

 48° 00' W. On June 4 it had drifted southeastward across the west- 

 bound track just at the turning point. This berg was reported 

 variously as being 16 and 30 feet high. Without a doubt it is the 

 same berg first sighted b}^ the ice patrol on Maj^ 21 in 42° 39' N., 

 51° 05' W., and lost in fog on May 28 in 41° 54' N., 50° 28' W. As 

 this berg was small and necessarily in an advanced stage of disinte- 

 gration, the ice patrol did not try to locate it. This berg evidently 

 completely disappeared on June 5, as several vessels on June 5 and 6 

 passing near its last reported position did not sight it. 



The entire area south of the tail of the Banks was scouted after the 

 fog cleared on the evening of June 11 and no ice was found. 



On June 6 and 7 one berg was reported in latitude 45° 35' N., and 

 three bergs between latitudes 46° 00' and 47° 00'. All these bergs 

 were in the cold water inside or near the 100-fathom curve. At no 

 time during the cruise was cold water between latitudes 43° 00' and 

 47° 00' thoroughly explored. Therefoie little was known about the 

 ice conditions in that area. 



During the cruise 29 difi'erent bergs were reported south of latitude 

 48° 00' along the Cape Race tracks in widel}^ scattered positions from 

 longitude 47° 40' westward to the coast of Newfoundland. 



During the cruise the outer fringe of two disturbances passed over 

 the ice-patrol vessel in which the wind attained the force of a fresh 

 gale. The average wind for the cruise was much stronger than that 

 experienced this season on any other cruise. Fog prohibited searching 



