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Numerous bergs were reported from the Cape Kace tracks and 

 three bergs from southeast of the Tail. The southernmost of these 

 consisted of a pair of large bergs reported to be in 41° 25' N., 48° 

 31' W. This position was directly on the B tracks, so the Modoc 

 steamed all night toward it. 



The 6th and 7th were overcast and mostly calm, but the excellent 

 visibility continued. A thorough search in which vessels on the B 

 tracks assisted was conducted, but the two bergs could not be found. 

 As the water was comparatively warm (from 45° F. to 66° F.) it 

 was concluded that they had entirely melted. Two small bergs 

 seen on the horizon by the reporting vessel on June 5 had probably 

 been mistaken for and reported as large bergs as is often done. 



The whole of daylight on June 8 was spent running back to the 

 northeast to the Tail. It was hoped that the good visibility would 

 continue and that the Labrador current along the eastern edge of the 

 Banks could be searched for ice. From June 2 to 7 eight bergs had 

 been reported along the northern end of this edge. They were no 

 doubt moving south, some of them but how far they had moved it 

 was impossible to tell on account of the scarcity of reporting vessels 

 crossing the ocean between the Canada-Europe and the United 

 States-Europe tracks. 



June 9, 10, and 11 were overcast foggy days. At times the visi- 

 bility was good enough to permit search courses to be run, but not 

 much progress was made. Just about enough distance was covered 

 to enable the scouting to stem the cold current flowing southwest 

 past the Tail between the forty-ninth and fiftieth meridians. This 

 current was found by the stations taken and by the actual drifts 

 experienced to be setting to the south and the southwest about 24 

 miles per day. Radio bearings from Cape Race and the fathometer 

 depths enabled pretty close check to be kept on the ship's position, 

 even though it was possible to obtain but two sights in three days. 

 The Labrador current was about 40° on the surface, but tempera- 

 tures below 32° F. were found around the 50-meter level at two of 

 the stations taken east of the Tail during this time. 



On the 11th a 3-pinnacled berg with water separating the sections 

 was sighted. Although the day was overcast and dull this berg was 

 seen b}?- the lookout aloft when 20 miles distant. It was in 43° 04' N., 

 49° 00' W. at noon. Plans to scout up to the north from it had to 

 be abandoned when rain and fog came on. Early in the afternoon 

 the patrol vessel returned to the berg and took two stations in its 

 vicinity. When these were worked out they showed that the berg 

 was drifting south or southwest and not northeast as might have 

 been thought from its rather far offshore location. 



At 2 p. m. a boat was lowered to allow the two newspaper men on 

 board to examine a berg from close quarters. They had a great 

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