in consideration the ice conditions described above, on June 19 it was 

 recommended to headquarters that the ice observation cruises in the 

 vicinity of the Newfoundland Banks be discontinued and the General 

 Greene begin her northern oceanographic cruise. 



During the patrol the weather was mild and foggy. The percentage 

 of time with visibility less than 2 miles was 75.5. 



NORTHERN OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISE, JUNE 26 TO JULY 26 



The General Greene sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, at 6 p.m., 

 June 26, 1933, on a northern oceanographic cruise. Nine miles 

 outside the harbor the first oceanographic station was taken. This 

 began a line of 10 stations about 25 miles apart running to the north- 

 eastward. At each station temperatures and samples of water for 

 determining the salinity were obtained at various depths from the 

 surface down to the bottom in shoal water and to 2,500 meters in deep 

 water. A program of taking fathometer soundings every 20 minutes 

 and surface sea water temperatures every 2 hours was instituted. 



The following day the oceanographic program was carried on in a 

 dense fog. No observations could be made for the ship's position. 

 On June 28 at 6 a.m. the first line of stations was completed and the 

 course was changed to the westward to begin a line of 10 stations 

 wliich led to a point about 65 miles south of the Strait of Belle Isle. 

 At noon a moderate southwesterly gale arose which lasted until 

 8 p.m. The mnd and sea reduced the speed of the vessel to 4 knots, 

 although 375 revolutions per minute were maintained. 



At 1:05 a.m., June 30, the last station on the western run was 

 occupied 7 miles off Bell Island off the Newfoundland coast. Then 

 we ran up the coast to the Strait of Belle Isle. Three stations 5 miles 

 apart were taken across the entrance to the Strait south of Belle Isle 

 and three stations across the entrance north of the latter. There were 

 about 40 bergs, many growlers, and small pieces of ice in the vicinity 

 of Belle Isle. Between Bell Island and Cape Bauld, 15 icebergs were 

 sighted close inshore. Due to the heavy pack ice reported along the 

 Labrador coast it was thought advisable, beginning at Belle Isle, to 

 reverse the track followed by the General Greene in 1931. Also on 

 this route advantage could be taken of the Labrador current in pro- 

 ceeding southward along the Labrador coast. At 7:10 p.m. we took 

 the first of a line of stations stretching some 200 miles to the east- 

 northeast. 



On July 1 the barometer fell steadily all day, reaching 28.90 at 

 11 p.m. The resulting wind, however, was only a fresh to strong 

 southerly breeze. During the afternoon thick snow fell for 2 hours. 

 The wind and sea reduced our speed to 6 knots. Early the next 

 morning the barometer started to rise and a moderate gale blew from 

 the northwest, moderating to force 6 at 6 a.m. At 3:50 p.m. we started 



