AUGUST 



By 5 August a berg had reached 46°38' N., 47°38' W. It was 

 reported in 45°21' N., 49°10' W., on 8 August and 44°35' N., 48°25' 

 W., on 11 August. The U. S. C. G. C. Acushnet was ordered to stand 

 by this berg and located it 12 August in 44°08' N., 48°57' W. On 

 19 August, the U. S. C. G. C. Cook Inlet relieved the U. S. C. G. C. 

 Acushnet. The following day the U. S. C. G. C. Evergreen relieved 

 the U. S. C. G. C. Cook Inlet and drifted with the berg until its final 

 disintegration on 24 August in 43°22' N., 48°45' W. 



It is estimated that no bergs came south of 48° N., in August and 

 that those bergs reported south of 48° N., in August had crossed the 

 48th parallel late in July. The distribution of bergs for the month 

 of August is shown in figure 7. 



SEPJEMBER-DECEtABER 



It is estimated that one berg came south of 48° N., in September 

 and October, two in November, but that none came south of 48° N., 

 in December. 



SUMMARY OF ICE CONDITIONS 1950 



Compared with the Ice Atlas of the Northern Hemisphere ^ drift 

 ice for the season of 1950 reached its maximum limits earlier than 

 usual and disappeared from the Grand Banks area earlier than usual. 

 By the end of January pack ice extended 50 to 60 miles seaward of 

 the average limits published in the Ice Atlas. It moved southward 

 in February and March covering the northern part of the Grand 

 Banks and reaching its southernmost limits for the season on 31 Alarch 

 when it was reported in 43°20' N. latitude on the eastern edge of the 

 Grand Banks. By the end of April, when pack ice in this region 

 usually attains its maximum southerly position, it had disappeared 

 from the area south of 48° N. A rapid recession to the northwest 

 was observed in ]May with pack ice limits generally 60 to 100 miles 

 north and west of the average limits. Only scattered patches of drift 

 ice were reported in Notre Dame Bay on 6 June and th(U'eafter it 

 disappeared rapidly from that area and no further reports of drift ice 

 were received. 



The distribution of bergs was normal for this year with one excep- 

 tion. In March, bergs were re])orted just to the west of Flemish Cap 

 and one was reported east of 45° W., in that vicinity. Bergs continued 

 to move into this area and at the end of April at least 16 had been 

 reported east of 45° W., in the Flemish Cap area. Alay had 14 bergs 

 reported east of 45° W., and the most easterly berg of the season was 

 reported 19 May in 47°20' N., 39°17' W. By mid-June it was evident 



' Ice Atlas of Northeni IIciuisplK're, U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office Publication No. 550, first edition 

 1946. 



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