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7. The heart of the cold current alon<r the eastern edge and around 

 the Tail of the Grand Bank was 0.6° to 1° warmer than in former 

 ice seasons. 



8. Four years of records of fog kept by the patrol in the vicinity of 

 43° 00' north, 50° 00' west (the Tail of the Grand Bank), furnish 

 the following average: 



Month 



Hours of 

 fog 



Uours of 

 fog and 



low 

 visibility 



April 

 May 

 June. 



Per cent 

 29 

 27 

 44 



Per cent 

 50 

 39 

 53 



Although the patrol has never been in the ice regions the entire 

 month of July, from the best estimates obtainable, there is more 

 fog in July than in any of the previous months shown above. 



Table of ice and obstructions 



Date 



Jan. 14 

 18 

 21 



26 

 Feb. 9 



22 



23 



24 



Mar. 1 



No. 



Vessel reporting 



Cape Race. 



do 



do 



do 



....do 



do 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



.do- 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



Position 



Lati- 

 tude 

 north 



46 37 



47 56 

 45 57 

 45 57 



45 50 



48 20 

 48 04 



to 

 48 04 



47 03 

 to 



48 33 

 47 00 

 47 61 



46 57 

 46 21 



146 10 

 to 

 46 25 

 46 02 

 to 

 48 34 

 49, 15 

 (49 15 

 i to 

 146 10 

 [47 30 

 \ to 

 (44 50 

 44 33 



43 38 



43 38 



44 27 

 (44 28 

 i to 

 (44 27 



.do I 44 01 



.do ! 45 50 



Longi- 

 tude 

 west 



46 08 



48 10 

 44 25 

 44 35 

 44 20 



49 35 

 .50 05 



to 



50 05 



51 50 

 to 



49 11 



47 57 



48 00 

 47 12 

 47 12 

 47 20 



to 



46 45 



47 14 

 to 



50 00 



49 07 



48 36 

 to 



48 05 



47 30 

 to 



48 20 



49 02 



49 00 



48 .55 



48 35 



48 20 



to 



48 34 



48 45 



49 06 



Nature of ice or obstruction 



Large berg. 



Do. 

 Medium berg; same as No. 1. 

 Large berg; probably same as No. 3. 

 Berg and two growlers. 

 Field ice (pancake). 



Do. 



Do. 



Heavy field of ice, extending south. 



Do. 

 Ice field 8 miles long. 

 Ice field. 



Do. 



[■Small berg. 

 Heavy slob ice. 

 Hleavy field of ice. 



j-Ice field to northward. 



Belt of heavy slob ice e.xtending north and 



south. 

 Medium low-lying berg. 

 Two growlers. 

 Field ice stretching north and south. 



[■Growlers. 



Slob ice. 

 Do. 



