Offsliore tlie situation followed the same general trend that oc- 

 curred in April. The fliglit on 1 May sighted a small cluster of bergs 

 and growlers in the vicinity of 49°30' N., 51°00' W., and on 2 May 

 bergs in the vicinity of 48°40' N., 51°00' W. According to the in- 

 formation obtained from the Evergreeii's current survey of the area, 

 further south there was a well-defined Labrador Current and it was 

 hard to understand why some of these bergs did not i)roceed south 

 along the east slojje of the Grand Banks to threaten the shij^ping 

 lanes. However, as in April, they disappeared long before they 

 reached dangerous positions. On 9 May one of these bergs was 

 sighted at 4:7°50' N., 48°40' W., and on the 22d one was reported at 

 47°38' N., 48°24' W. Neither of these bergs were relocated so it is 

 I)resumed that they disintegrated within a few days of their last sight- 

 ing. By the end of the month a limiting line for ice could be drawn 

 from 46°20' N., 53°10' W., to 47°00' N., 52°20' W., to 49^00' K, 

 51°00' W. 



During May 20 flights Avere made and it was possible to obtain good 

 coverage as a result of the good observing weather. It was estimated 

 that 20 bergs came south of 48 "^ N. in May. 



J\JUE 



As of 1 June the only known ice considered to be a potential hazard 

 to shipping was an iceberg sighted by the USCGC Winnebago on 

 31 May at 49°45' N., 51°43' AV., one berg sighted on the 2d at 50°04' N., 

 62°20' W., and one reported on the 2d at 50°0r N., 52°34' W. By 

 2 June weather conditions were favorable for flying, so a plane was 

 sent out to investigate the berg reported by the Winriehago. It was 

 relocated at 49^20' N., 51°50' W. This indicated a drift of 25 miles 

 in 2 days in a direction south by west. However, this berg began 

 to drift to the eastward and was resighted on the 5th at 48°55' N., 

 51°25' W., on the 7th at 48°57' K, 50°58' W., on the 8th at 48°55' N., 

 50°44' W., on the 13th at 48-^40' N., 49°33' W., and on the 14th at 

 48°44' N., 49°17' W. During the 7th and 8th of June the USCGC 

 Evergreen drifted with this berg to check its size and drift. Her 

 report indicated that the berg was rapidly decreasing in size so that 

 it would not remain a berg long enough to enter into t\iQ shipping 

 lanes. 



The other bergs sighted and reported on the 2d were never re- 

 located, although tliree flights were sent out to search for them. Thus 

 it w'as presumed that these either disintegrated or stranded in some 

 of the numerous indentations of the Newfoundland coast. 



In June, 15 bergs were stranding or traveling south along the east 

 coast of the Avalon Peninsula. Two of these stranded in the vicinity 

 of Pig Bank and Ballard Bank otf Cape Race. The continuity of 

 reports of ice in this area was broken by the discontinuance of ice- 



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