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the northeastern side of the Bank. Drifts averaging 1.2 knots per 

 hour (30 miles per day) were observed and are shown herewith in 

 Figure 24. 



The southernmost iceberg, reported elsewhere on May 23, eluded 

 our search on the 26th after the gale had subsided. The next day 

 the wind changed to the south quadrant and low visibiHty and fog 

 postponed further scouting operations. A berg was reported twice 

 on the last day of the month in latitude 44° 53', longitude 45° 38', 



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45 





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45 

 44 

 43 

 4Ji, 

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55 5^ 53 5X 5/ 50 4? 48 47 ^6 ^5 f 4 4^ 



Fig. 25.— May ice map. There was a total of 153 bergs south of forty-eighth par- 

 allel during the month 



and such a drift to the eastward from the position of the berg last 

 seen on the 23d would indicate that this was one and the same berg. 

 The patrol ship sighted a total of five bergs on the 26th of May, 

 strung out along the northeastern contour of the Bank and drifting^ 

 southward more or less parallel to the general trend of the slope. 

 Foggy weather again intervened on the 27th, 29th, and 30th, and, 

 not being able to search for ice, we ran two lines of oceanographic 

 stations normal to the slope just north of the forth-sixth parallel. On 

 the 31st it cleared again and the patrol searched to the westward near 



