17 



The following is a summary of ice and water temperature reports 

 received during the cruise: 



Number of bergs reported south of 48°00' N 



Number of bergs reported south of 43°00' N 



Number of ice reports received 3 



Number of water-temperature reports received 449 



Number of vessels furnishing ice reports 3 



Number of vessels furnishing water-temperature reports 79 



Number of vessels furnished special information 8 



SECOND CRUISE "CHAMPLAIN" APRIL 5 TO 19, 1936 



The Champlain sailed from New York, N. Y., at 1653, April 3, 1936, 

 on ice observation duty in the vicinity of the Grand Banks of New- 

 foundland. The voyage to the ice area was uneventful and at 0700, 

 April 5, 1936, the Champlain met the Pontchartrain in latitude 42°49' 

 N., longitude 56°32' W. Lt. G. Van A. Graves, ice-observation officer, 

 and the observer's party reported aboard and at 0800 the Champlain 

 relieved the Pontchartrain as ice-observation vessel. 



The trawler Imperialist of St. John's, Newfoundland, on April 4 had 

 reported a man suffering from abdominal pain and nausea. Treat- 

 ment was prescribed by radio and immediately upon relieving the 

 Pontchartrain the Champlain arranged contact with the hnperialist to 

 examine patient. The Imperialist was met in latitude 44°15' N., 

 longitude 52°43' W., at 2025, April 5. A boat was lowered and Asst, 

 Surg. V. J. Dorset, medical officer, boarded the Imperialist to treat 

 patient. At 2114, Asst. Surg. V. J. Dorset returned aboard with 

 patient, one Francois Poilpot, seaman, of Pleurivo, Cote du Nord,. 

 France, in need of immediate hospitalization. The Champlain set 

 course for St. John's, Newfoundland, at full speed arriving there at 

 1106, April 6, 1936, and Francois Poilpot was transferred to the St. 

 John's General Hospital. On the regular ice broadcast at 1000 plus 

 3 time, shipping was informed that the Chamiplain was to be in port 

 and the regular ice bulletin would be discontinued until 1900, April 7,. 

 1936. A special broadcast advised vessels that the ice-observation 

 vessel could not answer calls while in port and to discontinue water- 

 temperature reports until 1900, April 7. At 1500, April 7, Cape Race 

 radio was requested to inform shipping that the ice-observation vessel 

 would not resume broadcasts until 1900, April 8. 



At 0640 April 8, the Champlain departed St. John's, Newfoundland^ 

 and set course to the northward 20 miles off shore. It was planned 

 to scout out the cold current as far north as the Straits of Belle Isle 

 in an effort to locate icebergs. A cyclonic disturbance of high in- 

 tensity, bringing winds of gale force successively from the southwest, 

 west, and northwest, together with fog and blizzard conditions, made 

 it impossible to complete this plan within a reasonable time. So 

 the Champlain lay to on a southeasterly course for the duration of 

 the gales, 18 hours, and at 1700, April 9, set course for the north- 



