Bulletin Volume 3-8 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...and stood to northwestward. At 8.45 a. m. received radiogram from Seneca reporting her position. Stood WNW. for her. May 1 To May 15--Second Cruise "seneca." The Sentca left Halifax on May 1, proceeding to the Grand Banks, and relieved the Miami of ice-patrol duty on May 3 at 6 p. m. in lat. 43 41' N., long. 53 37' W. May 4 a thick fog set in and Seneca anchored on Grand Bank with kedge anchor. Received a report from S. S. Neches that she had sighted a piece of timber 126 feet long and 4 feet thick in lat. 41 56' N., long. 49 40' W.; thinking this might be the keel of a derelict, bottom up, I decided to search for it. In running to the southward we passed close to a dangerous growler in lat. 43 28' N., long. 49 57' W., on the 5th instant. On the 8th we received a report from the S. S. Noordam that she had sighted at 5 p. m. a large berg, 170 feet high and 400 feet long, in lat. 42 19' K, long. 52 00' W. I immediately turned and ran for that position, arriving there early the next morning, only to encounter a dense fog bank. We stopped and drifted the remainder of the day and the following night. On the 10th the fog lifted and a berg was reported to the NW. of our position, but we soon discovered that the supposed berg was a bark under full sail. We spoke her and found her to be the British bark Beeswing, bound for St. John, New Brunswick, and that she had been in that vicinity for several days. It is probable that she was mistaken for an iceberg by the Noordam. I then set the course of the Seneca to make East, true, in lat. 42 30' N., and we held this parallel during the 10th and 11th, drifting with steam at throttle during the night. It was foggy most of the time and our advance was slow. On the 12th we sighted an iceberg in lat. 42 45' N., long....