day before were located and their set and drift determined. The 

 grounded berg had not moved. The southernmost berg had drifted 

 18.5 miles, 174° true. The other two bergs had drifted 155° true, 15 

 and 9 miles, respectively. The following day we scouted from 44°30' 

 N., 49°20' W., on course 38° true at 15 knots, with visibiHty about 6 

 miles. At 9 a. m. we located a small berg in 45°12' N., 49°49' W., in 

 300 fathoms of water; sea water temperature, 34°. Another berg was 

 found in 45°24' N., 48°36' W., at 9:50 a. m. Then we steered 119° 

 true for 15 miles and changed course to the south-southwest to locate 

 the bergs we sighted the previous day. We found a berg in 44°49' 

 N., 48°29' W., in 36° F. water. This is probably the northernmost 

 berg of the group sighted on May 1. Its drift had curved to the 

 northeast. The southernmost berg of the group was found in 44°03' 

 N., 48°30' W. Since the day before it had drifted 10 miles to the 

 eastward into 42° water. The search was continued to the southward 

 to latitude 43°35' and then to the west for 10 miles and then north 

 to latitude 44°00' N. We then headed for shoal water and anchored 

 for the night. 



On May 3 we located the berg aground in latitude 44°24' N., 

 longitude 49°10' W., early in the morning. Then the ice-patrol 

 vessel headed for the southernmost berg found the previous day. It 

 was found 4 miles to the north of its previous position in 48° water. 

 Then we scouted to the south-southwest in latitude 43°20' N., and 

 then ran 20 miles west. At 12:48 p. m. the course was changed to 

 18°. Late in the afternoon bergs were located in the following 

 positions: 44°44' N., 48°33' W; 44°47' N., 48°30' W; 44°46' N., 

 48°41' W. Since no ice was found farther to the south, the two 

 bergs farthest to the east must evidently be the same bergs sighted 

 on the 1st and 2d to the south of these positions. The winds must 

 have driven them from the southerly current into the northeast 

 current. From the last berg the Pontchartrain ran southwest for 

 28 miles until dark. Fog and low visibility prevented all scouting 

 for ice on the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th. On the 8th, with visibility 

 about 6 miles, we ran from latitude 44°30' N., down the eastern 

 edge of the Grand Banks, and then westward around the tail of the 

 Grand Banks to longitude 50°30'. No ice was found in this area. 



On May 9, with excellent visibility, we scouted to the northward, 

 just east of the area searched the previous day. In latitude 43°55' N., 

 we ran east for 25 miles, then north for 25 miles, and west until dark. 

 May 10 a berg was found in 44°24' N., 48°57' W., in 100 fathoms of 

 water with sea-water temperature 35° F. Then we searched to the 

 eastward 25 miles north of our track of the day before. In longitude 

 47°30' we ran 25 miles north and then westward until dark. We 

 found a small berg in 54° water in 45°02' N., 47°35' W. Tliis berg 



