The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
tCREW OF THE SENECA
SAW ICEBERG MIRAGE
1or Of Vessels Patrol Tells Of
' Some Interesting
Happenings.
SAILED UNDER ICE BRIDGE
Barometer Did Some Queer
stunts in Northern
Waters.
SAILED UNDER ICE BRIDGE

J w,sprv,roN. NAV 3o.-An iceberg
twenty miles away, seen In n mirage from
tho deck ~ the revenue cutter Seneca
when Invisible from the high-up crows
nest, is told ~ In the report OF the sec
and ice patrol cruise made by Capt. G. Il.
Johnston commanding. TO the revenue
cutter service. The cruise began April 2s.
tho Seneca returning to Halifax May rs.
MAY wc crulsed to the northwest
\ nd entered cold water on parallel ~ In
.aagltltt $3.50" reads the log Of the SEN
ga A. transcribed FOR the report. Before
.s,,rIry ruid water we picked UP a berg
In rr.rac, 90 % distance OF twenty miles.
1T vas first Seen from the deck and
could be mad. out from the bridge only
vneu tie vessel settled between waves
I, could no. I've seen az all from the crows
no., ~ fully ten minutes after IL was
resor,ed from deck. In about half an
hour o.. mirage disappeared and the berg
could then po seen from the bridge and
crows nest bat not from deck"
on several occasions. particularly with
,ys-ly winds. the Seneca's officers OBJ
served marked mirage effects. May 10
he horizon Was seen Ia double mirage.
"The.. E, usually a cold gray sky above
~ mirage. cant. Johnston comments
giving 70 the cffcc; OF ice. 7 had a long
message from cant. Irvine OF the Lacu-
ra describing a similar phenomenon and
stating That 10 was difficult to- convince
,hs passenger. that Il WAS not ice"
Tho rhrr" ~ bird life Is commented
upon in Yearly every report OF an Ice pa
toI cruise The gulls have now gone
hrdNarI 70 nest. capt. Johnston OBJ
serves. and IN" INJURIES and dovekics are
10 tho north around ueld ice and Will
soon he nesting Jaegers are appearing
IN numbers tern are fairly numerous and
Wilson po.rri NO: uncommon. Shear
waters and fu.WarS remain mostly around
cold water. especially around the cod
banks now that the French fishing fleet Is
there
Tho weather conditions on the cruise
arc recorded as odd by capt. Johnston.
The barometer Kicked up all sorts ~ mon
kfysh'r.s ThIs he ascribed to the con-
tett for ritc, I'm the ocean between the
Gllr stream and the Labrador Stream.
The Gun stream is very weak, run
thing only about a quarter OF mile c1
hour where n was running over mile
an hour lu February and March. The
Labrador stream II stin strong and has
ey'asr'ly been very strong, pushing the
,,yIf stream ninety miles south ana nearly
as fig east NJ the point where the north
,..' u.r H. usually made, in the vicinity
Y a. y 80 ".
"Tn.. IS mo-. the case OF the Labrador
oe.-.d.rr the Gulf Stream but pushing
8. bod iy away"
May snOwstOrIn was encountered.
Nay a heavy northwest snowstorm
woke. capt. Johnston relates. continuing
most ~ he night. with engines stopped.
b. Seneca lay within two miles. unpleas-
ami proximity Of an Iceberg.
The steamer car. met on the high seas
b., the seneca. was found to have lost
h.r tru. course and to he well out of her
-ccSlr.g IA. Seneca gave her the reck-
purg. verifying !, on the first clear day
b! sights
4 number N lcc5ergs we're sighted and
conditions noted \ double iceberg was
connected under water and also above
water by . natural bridge. The Seneca
steamed under this natural ice bridge and
had her photograph taken in the basin
within.