j)atrol activities on 15 June so the movement of ice along the coast 

 is somewhat difficult to follow subsequent to this date. In the first 

 half of June bergs traveled south along the east coast at speeds 

 varying from 2 to 7 miles per day. One or two grounded in the 

 vicinity of Ferryland Head. At least three stranded for a short time 

 on Bantam Ilocks 4 to 5 miles off Kenewse Plead. These broke up or 

 drifted off' the shoal si:)ots within 10 days of their original sighting. 



During the season there had never been any indication of bergs 

 being swept to the west of Cape Race by currents. However, ship 

 reports received after the termination of ice-patrol activities showed 

 that one berg rounded Cape Race during the latter part of June. It 

 was reported on the 2ith at 46°50' N., 53°5r W. 



On 26 June the Simeon G. Reed reported three small gTowlers at 

 42°14:' N., 4:7°52' W. Previous reports and sightings for the month of 

 June gave no clue to the route traveled by the iceberg which calved 

 these growlers. Water temperatures in this vicinity are fairly high, 

 especially in June, so these growlers did not last very long and were 

 never reported again. 



As a final check on ice conditions, one flight was made to the 

 vicinity of Belle Isle on 10 June to check the distribution of icebergs. 

 The remnants of drift ice were 5 to 10 miles off shore along the coasts 

 of Labrador and Newfoundland. Along the Newfoundland coast 

 the outer limit of drift ice extended south to Bell Island and then 

 made a gradual curve to the shore in ^VTiite Bay. Drift ice in the 

 Strait of Belle Isle had receded to the westward as far as 56° W. Off 

 shore there was no ice which could conceivably drift south to the 

 Grand Banks. Therefore, on 15 June the International Service of 

 Ice Observation and Patrol was officially terminated for the season of 

 1949. It Avas estimated that three bergs came south of 48° N. during 

 June. During this month, 11 ice-observation flights were made, in- 

 cluding one postseason flight on 20 June. 



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No icebergs came south of 48"' N. during this period. 

 ICE CONDITIONS NORTH OF 50° NORTH 



A discussion of ice conditions north of 50° N. is of necessity 

 limited in scope. Only 11 flights were made north of 50° N. during 

 the 1949 season. Two of these flights were ineffective because of 

 heavy fog. The lack of continuous information throughout the sea- 

 son allows only very broad generalizations of ice conditions in the 

 area. 



Generally, the outer ice limits north of 50° N. were from 60 to 100 

 miles west of the average ice limits set forth in the Ice Atlas of the 

 Northern Hemisphere (H.O. Pub. 550). On 1 May a plane was sent 



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