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and many bergs were reported during the first three days of the 

 cruise from along the "E" tracks. 



As April 23 was foggy all over the patrol area, no searching could 

 be done and no ice reports were received by radio. Two ocean- 

 ographic stations were taken. Advantage was taken of the fine clear 

 weather of the 24th, 2oth, and 26th to search for ice between the 

 Tail of the Banks and the westbound "B" tracks. None was seen 

 and none was reported in this area. On the 24th a very rough sea 

 remained from the storm of the night before, but this gradually 

 flattened out. On the 25th and 26th a current of 2.7 knots setting 

 to the northeast was encountered along the forty-second parallel 

 between the forty-ninth and fifty-first meridians. This was along 

 the cold wall where the sea temperatures were observed to be varying 

 between 58° F. and 38° F. within a very few miles. 



No searching could be done and there was very little ice reported 

 on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and most of the 30th because of fog. This 

 thick weather prevented the ice-patrol vessel from supplementing 

 with her own observations the reports made by passing vessels dur- 

 ing the first cruise of ice in the southeastern sector. 



On May 1, the visibility again being excellent, a search was started 

 in the cold water just south of the Tail. The next day courses were 

 run well offshore up the eastern edge of the Banks. Six bergs were 

 sighted between the forty-eighth and fifty-first meridians north of the 

 forty-third parallel on the two days. During the fine clear weather 

 of the 2d no less than 56 reports of ice, all from north of the forty- 

 third parallel, were received from other vessels. Phenomenal visi- 

 bility prevailed on the second, for a medium-sized berg that later 

 proved to be approximate!}^ 40 miles to the northeastward, was 

 visible from the bridge at noon. 



May 3 was spent searching southwestward from the forty-fourth 

 parallel along the 100-fathom curve of the Banks. In general good 

 visibility continued during this day, though fog banks were met at 

 times as the ship proceeded toward a rendezvous with the Tampa 

 in 42° 40' N., 51° 40' W. Contact was made some hours before dawn 

 on May 4 and the lelief of patrol was effected at once in the usual 

 manner. 



During the second cruise the southernmost ice was located for the 

 most part along and just offshore of the 100-fathom curve of the 

 eastern edge of the Grand Banks. It was in great amount north of 

 the forty-fourth parallel. Early in the cruise field ice was reported 

 along with the bergs as far south as latitude 44° 40' N. By the end 

 of the second cruise, however, the limits of the field ice had retreated 

 to the forty-eighth parallel. Strong Gulf Stream effects prevented 

 any bergs from drifting south of the forty-second parallel. The warm 

 water during the cruise also removed the menace to the "B" tracks 



