on 27 June in 47°32' N., 48°02' W.; 47°33' N., 48°06' W.; 47°44' N., 

 48°58' W.; 48°31' N., 48°12' W., but their movement between 27 

 June and 1 July was unknown because there were no ship reports for 

 these 3 days. 



At the beginning of June several bergs were reported in the vicinity 

 of Cape St. Francis and some of these drifted south along the east 

 coast of the Avalon Peninsula in the following 2 weeks. The southern- 

 most berg along this coast was reported 16 June in 47°07' N., o2°31' 

 W., but this soon disappeared and on 20 June when aircraft searched 

 this area no bergs or growlers were sighted between Cape Race and 

 Cape St. Francis. There was only one known instance of a berg 

 rounding Cape Race and drifting westward. This berg was reported 

 as a growler 25 June in 46°35' N., 55°57' W., but to reach this westerly 

 position it was concluded that it must have been a berg at the time 

 of passing Cape Race. 



It is estimated that 58 bergs came south of 48° N. in June. During 

 this month 14 ice observation flights were made. The distribution of 

 bergs for this month is shown graphically in figure 6. 



JULY 



A berg and growler were reported 1 July in 47°36' N., 48°22' W., 

 on the 100-fathom curve. It was estimated that this berg was the 

 one previously sighted 27 June in 47°44' N., 48°58' W., and that 

 instead of drifting east and north of Flemish Cap as is usual at this 

 time of year it was following the route bergs travelled at the height 

 of the season. This berg was reported on 7 July in 46°45' N., 47°40' 

 W., and on 10 July in 46°17' N., 47°50' W. Before it could invade 

 track C, the Evergreen was recalled from her postseason oceanographic 

 cruise and located the berg in 45°28' N., 47°58' W., on 16 July. This 

 berg \\as tracked from 16 July through 23 July on which date it was 

 no longer considered a danger to shipping. Its drift between 16 July 

 and 23 July was 120° T, approximately 65 miles or 9 miles per day. 



Toward the last of July, several bergs were reported south of the 

 49th parallel in the vicinity of the 100-fathom curve at 50°00' W. 

 Occasional reports were received that bergs were drifting eastward 

 north of Flemish Cap. Of the group reported between the 24th and 

 30th in the vicinity of 48°30' N., 50°30' W., at least one reached 

 the Tail of the Grand Banks in August. An aircraft reported thi'ee 

 bergs 23 July in 46°14' N., 54°17' W., which was the second time 

 in 1950 that bergs were reported west of Cape Race. 



It is estimated that seven bergs came south of 48° N., in July. 

 Between the 21st and the 25th, three ice reconnaissance flights were 

 flown. The distribution of bergs for this month is shown in figure 7. 



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