Table of Ice and Obstruction Reports South of 50"^ N., 1948 



No. 



Date 



Fob. 10 



Feb. 14 



Feb. If) 



Feb. 17 



Feb. 20 



Feb. 25 



Feb. 26 



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Mar. 1 



.do. 



Name of vessel 



Ice Patrol plane. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



URCGC Sorrel. 



Ice Patrol plane. 



.do. 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



From 



St. Esprit Island 



to 



45 35 60 25 



46 07 58 43 

 46 50 I 59 35 



Southeast of 

 Scatari Island 

 \ North of 46° N. 



48 17 52 40 



From 



45 40 I 60 13 



to 



46 05 



46 30 



46 40 



47 00 



59 05 



59 20 



59 13 



59 25 



From 

 48 28 1 52 45 

 to 



48 30 I 51 IS 



49 10 52 00 



From 

 51 00 I 5 



to 



49 20 



48 30 



I 48 28 



48 30 



51 15 



51 18 



52 45 

 51 10 



From 



Cape Bonavista 



to Cape Spear 



48 20 I 52 40 



to 



52 10 



51 52 



52 30 



48 40 



49 35 



50 40 



through 

 50 55 I 52 52 



From 

 47 30 I 59 30 



i 47 00 



I 46 00 



45 25 



[ 45 25 



45 10 



to 



59 00 



59 00 



60 00 

 60 40 

 59 06 



From 



52 00 I 53 40 



to 



52 50 



50 10 



48 50 

 52 20 



49 40 



48 20 



49 39 

 46 55 



52 45 



52 30 



51 15 



52 40 

 52 55 

 52 03 



Description 



'Approximate outer limits field ice. 



\A few small strings and patches of light 

 / field ice. 



iThe outer portion of the field contained 

 \ patches and strings of heavy field ice with 

 J some pans exceeding 100 feet in diameter. 

 1 At this position a narrow belt of heavy pans, 



isome of which were more than 1000 feet 

 in diameter, extended from NNW to 

 SSE. Inshore of this belt light slush and 

 very light sheet ice was present near the 

 beach. Sydney Harbor was frozen over. 

 Light sludge and two pans. 



(Light sludge with heavier field ice north 

 f of 46° 05' N. 



20-foot glacons in vicinity. 



100- to 150-foot glacons. 

 1500- to 1,000-foot glacons. South of 46°20' 

 \ N., light sludge with 7/10 cover. North of 

 J 46°20' N., heavy field ice with 9/10 cover. 



Light slush and sludge ice. 



North of 49°30' N., heavier field ice with 

 some 20- to 30-foot glacons. 



Outer limits of field ice. 



^Several strings of slush and sludge extend- 

 ing toward northwest. 



Streaks and patches light slush ice scattered 

 from beach to over 70 miles seaward. 



Outer limits field ice. Outer and southern 

 part of this field is light winter ice mixed 

 with slush. 



I Outer limits of main pack. Field contained 

 numerous heavy pans. Strings of light 



[ slush with occasional patches field ice 

 extended approximately 12 miles sea- 



] ward of the entire outer edge. 



I 



iFloe of light field ice about 3 miles in 



( diameter. Southwestern limit. 



[■Outer limits of main field. 



Outer limits of slush and sludge. 



Southernmost berg. 



1 Southern edge of light winter ice extending 

 J south along Avalon Peninsula. 

 1 0uter limits all field ice off Cape Bonavista 

 J 10 '10 cover near outer edge. 



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