Tab/a of /ce and Obsfrvcfi'on Reports, South of 50° N., 1949 



Date 



Feb. 10 



Feb. 23 



--_do.-.. 

 Feb. 24 

 Feb. 25 

 Feb. 26 

 ...do_... 

 Feb. 27 

 Feb. 28 



.do_ 



.do. 



Mar. 1 

 ...do... 



Mar. 2 

 Mar. 3 



Mar. 4 



.do. 



_do. 



....do_.. 

 .-..do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



...do... 



...do... 

 Mar. 5 

 Mar. 6 



...do... 



...do... 



Mar. 8 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



....do... 



Mar. 15 



Name of vessel 



Hydro, Washington, 



Cape Race radio. 



Bali 



Cape Race radio . 

 Bonavista radio.. 



.-__do-_. 



TFNA 



Bonavista radio.. 

 ...do... 



Ice Patrol plane. 



....do 



Bonavista radio 



USCQC CampbelL 



Bonavista radio... 

 V SCO C Mendota.. 



Ice Patrol plane. 



.do. 



-do. 



...do.... 

 ...do.„. 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do...- 

 ...do_... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 



...do 



Bonavista radio. 



...do 



...do... 



Nova Scotia 



.do. 



Ne wfou ndland.-. 

 USCQC Dmne. 

 USCGC Duane. 



Newfoundland .. 



Ice Patrol plane- 



North 

 latitude 



49 52 



48 43 



48 20 



48 58 



48 41 



48 42 



48 42 



45 22 



48 42 



48 42 



47 40 



48 13 



49 15 



48 10 



49 18 

 48 42 

 48 17 



48 43 



48 42 



48 23 



West 

 longitude 



61 45 



49 35 



49 20 



49 13 



49 42 



53 05 



53 05 



49 59 



53 05 



53 05 



52 18 



50 20 



52 16 



50 25 



53 05 

 50 59 



50 23 



53 05 



50 35 



Cape Spear 

 to 



47 18 



48 20 



48 55 



50 07 



49 45 I 51 30 



Cape Bonavista 



to 



48 25 I 52 20 



to 



49 10 I 51 50 



to 

 49 20 I 52 30 

 Cape Bonavista 



to 



49 20 



48 48 



48 52 



49 25 

 49 45 



48 48 



49 53 

 49 55 

 49 38 

 49 46 

 48 42 

 48 42 

 48 42 

 47 55 

 47 31 



47 20 



48 00 

 48 25 

 48 50 



.53 05 



52 41 



52 09 



52 21 



51 59 



52 08 

 51 11 



51 01 



53 02 

 53 09 

 53 05 

 53 05 

 53 05 

 50 35 



52 33 



52 18 



49 08 



50 12 

 49 45 



47 31 52 22 

 49 12 51 00 



to 



48 52 I 52 10 



to 

 ■ 48 32 I 52 20 



to 

 48 30 I 52 30 



to 

 48 53 52 26 



DevScription 



Large fields of brash with scattered 

 close and open pack, 70 percent 

 being in belt approximately 15 miles 



I wide in west by southerly direction 

 to horizon, apparently not navigable 

 by unreinforced vessels. 



• Field ice. 



Large berg. 

 Berg 50 feet high. 

 One mile ice. 



Do. 

 Radar target, possible berg. 

 One mile of thick slob ice. 

 One mile of scattered slob ice. 



•Southern limits of light sludge ice and 

 pancake floes. 



[Southern limits of heavy pack ice. 



One mile of scattered slob ice. 

 1 

 ^ Scattered patches sludge ice. 



Two miles of thick slob ice. 

 Berg, 40 feet high. 



Limits of drift ice; brash and sludge. 



Limits of close pack. 



• Eastern limits of consolidated pack. 



Small berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Berg. 



Do. 

 Two miles of thick slob ice. 

 Three miles of thick scattered slob ice. 

 One mile of thick scattered slob ice. 

 Berg. 



Moderate heavy slob Ice. 



Berg. 



Berg 200 feet long, 40 feet high. 



Few widely scattered patches very 



light ice. 

 Patches slob ice. 



Drift ice, mostly brash and sludge. 



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