276 Ice in the Sea 



Table 107. Direct wind force and force due to wind drift on icebergs 



(According to Smith.) fl, deep-immersing large icebergs; b, smaller icebergs). 



Fig. 126. Diagram of the forces affecting the drift of icebergs (according to Smith), (a) Effect 

 of wind on large icebergs; (b) Effect of wind on small icebergs. 



1929, 1936) made an oceanographic survey in Baffin Bay. Figure 127 shows the distribu- 

 tion of icebergs in the Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea during the summer of that 

 year. The few icebergs along the south-west coast of Greenland are from the East 

 Greenland Current. Most of the icebergs are carried southwards by the cold Labrador 

 Current which runs close to the coast. The central parts of Davis Strait and the Labra- 

 dor Sea are almost completely free of icebergs. The Labrador Current along the coast 

 thus forms the channel along which the icebergs pass towards Newfoundland. The 

 track of the icebergs, especially to the east and south of Newfoundland, has been 



