patched on the 24th to endeavor to relocate and stand by this berg. 

 On the 25th the berg was located again by aerial reconnaissance. It 

 was then at 43°55' N., 48'^58' W., and the drift since the 23d had 

 been approximately 36 miles per day. The Mcndota reached the area 

 on the 26th, but the drift of the berg apparently curved westward 

 in such manner that it was beyond the visual limit of her search. 

 Because of the hazard of this berg to track C, it was recommended 

 that the shift from track B to track C be delayed until further notice. 



In the meantime no other offshore ice had been reported or sighted 

 south of the 48th parallel. Although no single flight experienced 

 conditions favorable enough to assure complete coverage in itself, 

 from the summation of the coverage obtained by flights on the 19th, 

 21st, 22d, 23d, and 24th, it is considered highly improbable that 

 there was any other ice in that area at that time. Two bergs were 

 sighted on the 24th, one was reported that date, and three more 

 were reported on the 26th in positions from which it was probable 

 they would drift south past the 48th parallel into this area before 

 the 1st of July. 



Although only an occasional berg had drifted into the area along 

 the eastern slope of the Grand Banks during the month, several 

 bergs and growlers were transported southward along the Avalon 

 Peninsula and an occasional berg was carried southward over the 

 banks as far east as the 50th meridian. None of these drifted as far 

 south as the 46th parallel, however, nor did any drift westward 

 along the south coast of Newfoundland beyond the longitude of 

 Cape Pine. 



Some field ice was blown inshore to the Labrador coast at Battle 

 Harbor on the 1st, but again shifted 60 to 70 miles seaward by the 

 4th. The extent of this ice is not known, but apparently it was 

 destroyed rapidly following that date. The Mendota encountered no 

 field ice off the coast in that latitude on the 15th and encountered 

 none off South Wolf Island on the 17th. 



Eleven bergs are believed to have drifted south past 48° N., at the 

 eastern edge of the banks, and the estimated total number of bergs 

 crossing the 48th parallel during the month is 26. 



JULY 



On July 6 a berg, believed to be the same one as that berg sighted 

 ri at the eastern edge of the Grand Banks on the 23d and 25th of June, 

 1^1 was reported by the S. S. William Wheelwright in position 42°28' 

 ,fi| N,, 53°34' W. This berg was then relocated on the 7th by the Men- 

 [bi dota and its drift and disintegration was followed by that vessel 

 t'l and by the Spencer which relieved the Mendota on the morning of 

 ifvl the 9th. The last growler remnants of the berg had melted by eve- 

 U: ning of that date and the Spencer proceeded eastward to the Tail of 



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