26 



Li. (). Vnn A. (Jravos, ico observation olliccr, was transferred to the 

 Cham.plam and at 0740 the Champlain relieved the Cayuga as ice 

 observation vessel. The Cayuga set course for Boston, Mass., arrivino; 

 there at 1736, February 22, 1937. 



On February 10, medical advice was given to a patient on board the 

 vS. S. Sagaporack, who was suffering Ironi a badly injured eye. No 

 report of the mail's condition has been received. 



The following is a summary of ice and water temperature reports 

 recciveil during this cruise: 



Number of ice roiwrts received — - _^ 19 



NinnlKT of water temperature rei)orts received 992 



Number of vessels furnishiug ice reports 11 



Numb(>r of vessels furiiisliiim water temperature reports 03 



Nuiuber of v(>ss(>ls fui iiislieil special information 1 



SECOND CRUISK "CHAMPLAIN ". FEFJHUARY 21 TO MARCH 6. 1937 



The Champlain ^i\\\o(\ from New York, N. Y., at lOlS, February 10, 

 1937, and after anchoring in Gravesend Bay because of thick snow, set 

 sail for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on an ice observation cruise 

 at 1150. The trip to the ice area was stormy and boisterous in the 

 extreme. On clearing New York Harbor, northeasterly gales were 

 encountered which backed slowly to northwest maintainhig gale force 

 for 34 hours. Willi tlie al)ating of weather on February IS, the 

 Champlain proceeded to the relief oi the Cayuga at economical speed. 

 February 20 brought strong winds to moderate gales from the north 

 again, and speed was reduced accordingly. The Cayuga was met 

 south of Sable Island in the lee of the island at 0730, February 21, 

 1937. l^t. G. Van A. Graves reported aboard and at 0740 the Cham- 

 plain relieved the Cayuga as ice observation vessel. Course was set 

 for the Tail of the Grand Baid^s where the Champlain arrived at mid- 

 niglit, February 22, and stopped to drift and await daybreak to com- 

 mence the search for ice. 



Little scouting could be done on February 23 due to rain and fog 

 but the next day with good visibility the Champlain ran up the west- 

 ern edge of the Banks to scout out an area of reported bergs and 

 field ice moving southwest off the shoal in the vicinity of latitude 

 44°30' N., longitude 54°30' W. Courses w^ere run through the re- 

 ported ice and only one small berg was sighted in latitude 44°36' N., 

 longitude 54°22' W. No further time could be spent developing this 

 region as it was necessary to head for the critical area on the eastern 

 slope of the Banks to scout out the cold current around the Tail. So 

 during the night of February 24, and the next day, the Champlain ran 

 eastward across the Banks to this important area arri\ing there in the 

 evenhig of February 25. 



No scouting could be done on February 26 due to fog and rain but 

 on February 27 and 28 the Champlain searched between the 100 and 



