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47°30' W., was scouted. The two small growlers were sighted near 

 45°04' N., 48°38' W. A berg was found in 44°19' N., 47°47' W. 

 This was the same berg sighted by the ice patrol on June 19. It had 

 drifted to the eastward, at about 0.5 knots since we had last sighted it. 



On the morning of June 22 the Mendota made contact with the 

 General Greene and received a current chart of the ice patrol area. 

 Then we located the berg sighted the afternoon before in 44° 19' N., 

 47047' \Y. At 10:45 a. m. the ice patrol vessel scouted to the west- 

 ward at 15 knots until dense fog set in at 12:32 p. m. She continued 

 to run to the westward at slow speed. At 2:40 p. m. the course was 

 changed to 202°. The fog cleared at 3:43 p. m. and we scouted down 

 the eastern edge of the Grand Banks to latitude 43° N., east of an 

 area scouted by the General Greene the day before. 



At 8 p. m. the Mendota headed to the westward to meet the Pont- 

 chartrain. The Pontchartrain was met in 42°50' N., 52°56' W., at 

 4:15 p. m., June 23, 1934. The ice observation party was trans- 

 ferred to the Pontchartrain and the Pontchartrain relieved the Mendota 

 as ice-patrol vessel. 



During the cruise it is estimated that 48 bergs were south of 

 latitude 48°. At the beginning of the cruise three bergs were south 

 of latitude 45°. Two of these were sighted in latitude 44°25' N., near 

 longitude 48° W., on June 10. As these bergs were not sighted or 

 reported again it is assumed that they drifted to the east and north- 

 east. The Mendota watched the third berg disintegrate in 43°50' N., 

 43°25' W., on June 15. At the close of the cruise a fourth berg was 

 in 44°19' N., 47° 47' W. During the cruise four bergs were reported 

 between latitudes 45°00' and 47°00'. Forty bergs were between 

 latitudes 47°00' and 48°00' in widely scattered positions from longi- 

 tude 46° to the Newfoundland coast. About 30 bergs were reported 

 between latitudes 48° and 49°. One ship passed along the Belle Isle 

 route on June 17 and 18. She reported 12 bergs along this route. 

 The current chart completed on June 22 indicated that no more bergs 

 would drift south of latitude 44°15' N. this season. 



The weather during the first part of the cruise was rather boisterous. 

 After June 15 it was mild and extremely foggy. The percentage of 

 time with visibility less than 2 miles was 49.7; with visibility less than 

 4 miles, 58.1. 



The following is a summary of ice and water temperature reports 

 received during the cruise: 



Estimated number of bergs reported south of 48° 48 



Estimated number of bergs reported south of 45° 4 



Estimated number of bergs reported south of 43° 



Number of ice reports received 176 



Number of water temperature reports received 994 



Number of ships furnishing ice reports 63 



