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and the rate of disintegration was rapid. The sea-water temperature 

 did not change from that of the 29th until about 8 o'clock in the 

 afternoon when it rose to 55° as we drifted across the "cold wall." 

 The sky was overcast similar to that of the preceding day. Constant 



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Fig. 17.— The drift and position of final disintegration of a berg followed by the patrol, May 28-31, 1926 



touch was kept with the berg during the night and on May 31, at 

 8 o'clock in the morning, it was no larger than a good size ship's boat. 

 The water temperature had remained constant and the northeast 

 swell continued. The rapid rate of disintegration described herewith 

 is attributable mainly to the appreciable swell and sea which in the 

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