SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 



151 



all available data. The separation of the ice stream around the north- 

 ern buttress of the Grand Bank, as represented by branches a, D, and 

 c. is referred to on page 53. The first two paths head the icebergs 

 into shoal waters, where they meander. The ice closest insliore is dis- 

 ptTsed via the Gully along the current lines between Cape Race and 



5o 49 43 4 7 



I HE PATHS OF ICEBERGS 



FiGL'RE 07. — The main paths that icebergs are most liable to follow in 

 the western North Atlantic when advancing southward toward tem- 

 perate latitudes. Branches d, e, f, g, h, and i are variations in the 

 drift once a berg has embarked along path c. This illustration is 

 purely diagrammatic, but it contains information where icebergs are 

 apt to be found. 



the Grand Bank proper. Sometimes bergs are carried through this 

 gully at rapid rates; at other times they remain there nearly sta- 

 tionary while, for short periods [)rior to a decided change of wind, 

 the current has been known to reverse and such bergs to move back 

 northward. The behavior of the currents along the coast from St. 

 120S60— ^^ n 



