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Show CAM OF ICE Large Icebergs Scarce, But "Growlers" and "Slob Ice" Packs Numerous. WEEKS OF CRUISING Observations Important From Scientific Point of View Masses Off Grand Banks. Halifax, N. s., March 26. Large Icebergs have been scare in the North Atlantic steamer lanes this spring, but the smaller masses known as "growlers" and 'slob ice" have been numerous, according to Captain Johnston of the United States rev-onuc rev-onuc cutter Seneca, who reported here today after weeks of cruising on ice patrol duty. Captain Johnston regards the re suits of his observation as important from a scientific standpoint as indicating indi-cating tho drift of the ice. Only two icebergs were seen. It was observed that they moved almost due north, eighty miles In twenty days. The officers of-ficers of the Seneca say they have established conclusively that the bergs are not entirely melted in tho gulf stream, hut are caught in another an-other current and return to tho north after they have decreased about two thirds in size. Growlers wore found stretched over all tho water lying between be-tween the Grand Banks and that branch of the gulf stream which diverges di-verges toward Flemish Cape. The biggest growlers, ho said, wero fifteen fif-teen feet high, -with a base of twenty twen-ty feet Observation has determined, according ac-cording to Captain Johnston that ice passing down to the eastward of the I Grand Banks, strikes an eddy at latitude lati-tude 43;30 and makes a sharp curve to the eastward, thence turning back to the northeast forming an almost perfect "u". This year there Is a string of slob ice sixty miles long that came down on the Labrador current. The apex of the "U" is in latitude 43:35, longitude 48:40. Tho Seneca came here to take on supplies. It is expected she will be relieved soon by the cutter Miami. The ico patrol was established aftor the Titanic disaster. |