CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword . „ iii 



Distribution List iv 



Figures v 



Tables vi 



A. Introduction 1 



B. The Ice Potential of a Water Column 1 



C. Method of Computing Date of Ice Formation 5 



D. Method of Computing Ice Growth 7 



E. Use of the Ice Growth Tables in Forecasting 10 



F. Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Long-Range Ice Forecast for 

 Season 1952-53 13 



Conclusions _ 13 



Bibliography 27 



FIGURES 



1. Oceanographic Plot for Station #37 4 



2. Ice-Potential Curve for Station #37 . 6 



3. Ice-Growth Forecast for Station #37. 12 



4. Forecasted and Observed Ice Boundaries in Baffin Bay 



and Davis Strait for the Season 1952-53 H 



