He continued carrying on the duties of observer with the Ice Patrol 

 until August 1924. During off-seasons he studied at Harvard University 

 and annually prepared for publication the Coast Guard bulletins on the 

 work of the Ice Patrol. In recognition of his work on the Ice Patrol, 

 Harvard University awarded him the Master of Arts Degree in 1 924. At this 

 time he was also awarded a Fellowship in Oceanography by the American- 

 Scandinavian Foundation, by which he studied oceanography at the Geo-Physical 

 Institute at Bergen, Norway, from August 1924 to August 1925. From there 

 he spent three months with the British Meteorological Office in London 

 obtaining scientific data and information of value to the Coast Guard in 

 its work of conducting the Ice Patrol. 



Returning to the United States, he resumed working with the Ice Patrol 

 throughout the seasons 1926 to 1928. During that time he reorganized the 

 scientific programs for the International Ice Patrol and introduced the 

 modern methods of dynamic oceanography predicting and tracing the movements 

 of the dangerous icebergs. He also began a service of iceberg forecasting 

 whereby the number of bergs annually drifting south of Newfoundland are 

 predicted. During off-seasons he continued research work at Harvard Uni- 

 versity and in 1926 gave lectures on oceanography and Arctic ice at Clark 

 University. 



Between January 1928 and June 1936, he was commanding officer of various 

 vessels of the Destroyer Force which the Coast Guard operated during that 

 period in suppression of smuggling. But he was absent from those duties 

 much of the time to perform work in connection with the Ice Patrol, and 



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