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During the second cruise the weather was rather good on the 

 average for the season until the storm of the 20th. Winds of gale 

 force were experienced on seven different days, but lasted only about 

 40 hours in all, as the storms were of a very brief nature. The storm 

 of the 20th was most inconvenient, for coming as it did toward the end 

 of the cruise, the heavy swell remained to make the boating incident 

 to relief of patrol quite nasty. 



Visibility was good about 75 per cent of the time. Bergs were 

 noted unusually far to the southeast and east during this cruise 

 period. Altogether 123 ice reports were received from ship and shore 

 stations. Special ice reports were sent out on request to 18 vessels. 

 The isotherms on the cruise chart were largety based on the 713 

 water temperature reports sent in by 113 vessels. No derelicts 

 were reported during the second cruise, but a log was reported from 

 on the Banks and two buoys and two alleged floating mines were 

 reported from the waters south of the Banks area. 



THE THIRD CRUISE, " MOJAVE," APRIL 21 TO MAY 6, 1928 



The Mojave at 8 a. m., on April 21, 1928, reached the Modoc's 

 position in approximately 43° 00' N., 52° 00' W. There the ice 

 observation party and the patrol records were received on board 

 with some little difficulty, due to the heavy swell that was running. 



As soon as the patrol was relieved the Mojave set a course of 90° 

 true to relocate the southernmost berg last seen by the Modoc in 

 43° 16' N., 49° 14' W. Visibility remained good on the 22d, so the 

 search was continued on that date during the hours of daylight. The 

 berg was not found south or southeast of the Tail, nor was any other 

 ice sighted there. 



Reports of ice coming in from shipping slackened noticeably during 

 the first part of the third cruise. On the 22cl one of the four ice 

 reports received was that of a long low berg in 43° 09' N., 49° 17' W. 

 This was suspected of being the Modoc's berg of the 19th. It was 

 headed for on the morning of the 23d and reached at 9.30 a. m., 

 being sighted by the lookout aloft when it was about 15 miles oft' and 

 nearly dead ahead. It was recognized positively as the berg especially 

 being searched for. It had changed but slightly in appearance in 

 the four days since it was left by the Modoc. 



The berg was used as a point of aim during general quarters and 

 then the remainder of the day was spent searching in the waters of 

 the Labrador current to the northwest up to the Bank and back. 

 No ice was found, though a strong southerly set was encountered 

 with surface water temperatures well below 32°. The southernmost 

 berg was drifted by during the night of the 23d. On the 24th an all- 

 day search to the north and northeast and return revealed no ice. 



