ous bergs and growlers were sighted in the field from Belle Isle to Hamilton 

 Inlet. By the 25th the appearance of the southern portion of the field 

 had been greatly modified. The two tongues which had characterized 

 the field on the 17th had disappeared. The field extended from Bacca- 

 Ueu Island to 49°30' N., 51°50' W., and thence northnorthwesterly. 



In general, the eastern boundary of the field was light and consisted 

 mostly of slush. Proceeding shoreward from the eastern boundary, new 

 winter ice containing heavy cakes predominated. In the vicinity of Funk 

 Island the ice was the heaviest ranging from close to consolidated pack 

 ice. Along the southern boundary of the field off of Baccalieu Island and 

 Trinity Bay slush and in some cases light cakes were present. During 

 the month the field never extended south of 48°20' N.; although during 

 the latter portion of the month there were some strings and streaks of 

 sludge running southeast from the main field and extending as far south 

 as Cape Spear. South of Cape Bonavista the field represented no hin- 

 drance to navigation during the month. 



In the meantime, on the 10th of the month the limits of the field in 

 the St. Lawrence area were observed by an ice patrol flight to be from 

 Cape Egmont to 30 miles to the east thence to the southeast to a posi- 

 tion 38 miles east of Scatari Island and thence to St. Esprit Island. Only 

 light sludge was present south of Cape Breton with a cover up to about 

 five-tenths. The outer 5 to 10 miles of the field north of Scatari Island 

 was heavier and it is doubtful that this portion of the field was navigable. 

 The inner portion of the field north of Scatari Island was mostly sludge 

 with no ice present to the shoreward of a line from Cape Smoke to Flint 

 Island except in small bays and inlets. By the 16th of the month the 

 northeastern limits of the field had moved such that the field now ran 

 from a point 15 miles southwest of Cape Ray to a point 30 miles east of 

 Scatari Island and thence to St. Esprit Island. Only the seaward bound- 

 ary of the field was observed on this date. It consisted of large cakes for 

 the most part and was rather closely packed with navigation limited to 

 specially constructed vessels. By the 26th of the month the field had 

 progressed southwestward almost to Cape Canso, and on the 47th parallel 

 a tongue extended to Burgco Bank. The width of this tongue was ap- 

 proximately 5 to 10 miles. South of Scatari Island the outer portion of 

 the field consisted of small cakes with a cover ranging from three-tenths 

 to five-tenths. The inner portion was slush. Running off shore from 

 the outer limits of the main field were numerous patches and strings of 

 sludge extending to the southeast as far as Misaine Bank. To the north 

 of Scatari Island the outer portion of the field consisted of heavier ice 

 with a cover ranging from three-tenths to ten-tenths with five-tenths or 

 more predominating. Only the outer boundary was observed on this 

 date. 



No bergs were known to have drifted south of the 48th parallel during 

 February. The distribution of ice for this period is shown graphically 

 on the February Ice Chart, figure 2. 



