TABLE OF ICE AND OBSTRUCTION REPORTS, SOUTH OF 50° N.,1950 



No. 



Name of vesse' 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



De.-.cription 



Jan. 21 



2 Jan. 28 



27 



37 



Jan. 29 

 Jan. 31 



Feb. 1 

 _.do.— . 



__do- 

 Feb. 

 .-do- 

 Feb. 



..do.-_.. 

 Feb. 8 



__do 



..do._._. 



..do 



Feb. 9 



.._dO-_... 



Feb. 10 

 Feb. 12 



Feb. 13 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



Feb. 14 

 ...do..... 



Feb. 16 



—do. 



Feb. 17 

 ..do.... 



Feb. 18 



Feb. 19 



...do 



...do 



Feb. 20 



...do..... 

 Feb. 21 



USCG Air Detachment, 

 Argentia, Newfound- 

 land. 



USCGC Chincoteague 



.do. 



USCG Air Detachment, 

 Argentia, Newfound- 

 land. 



USCGC Humboldt 



Fogo Island to 

 49 45 I 53 30 

 thence south and 

 15 miles offshore 

 to and including 

 Bonavista Bay. 

 ' 49 00 I 51 00 

 to 

 53 00 I 51 00 



to 

 53 00 I 52 00 



to 



49 00 I 52 00 



to 



, 49 00 I 51 00 



49 31 1 51 47 



iCape Bonavista to 

 48 40 I 49 50 

 to 

 50 00 I 49 50 

 48 35 50 40 



.do. 



....do 



St. Stephen. 



....do 



Moracdale.. 



Stockholm 



USCGC Matagorda. 



do 



Mormaeisle 



Danaholm.. 

 Mormaeisle. 



USCG Air Detachment, 

 Argentia, Newfound- 

 land. 



Beaverlake.. 



St. Stephen. 



USCGC Bibb. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do- 



do 



Stockholm. 



USS Redbud. 



.do. 



Nova Scotia. 

 Asta 



Cairndalance. 



Selma Thorden. 

 do 



do.... 



Empress of Canada. 



Minnesota 



USCGC Castle Rock. 



48 46 



48 20 

 48 14 



47 54 



48 18 



47 54 



45 48 



48 04 



47 38 



48 18 



47 00 



46 28 



47 26 

 thence 

 46 37 



47 35 

 47 36 



47 33 

 46 33 



50 23 



49 48 



50 05 

 49 30 

 49 30 



49 35 



48 27 



48 39 



49 36 



48 04 



49 00 



52 00 



53 10 

 to 



1 49 20 



to 



I 47 50 



northward 



I 46 25 



I 49 00 



to 



I 48 00 



I 49 22 



to 



49 33 



49 33 



51 48 



50 24 



52 22 

 46 43 



50 07 



49 29 



49 30 



51 22 

 48 20 

 51 06 



48 00 



51 30 



50 40 

 50 00 



49 45 

 48 12 



23 

 25 

 35 



to 

 00 I 

 47 

 11 



USCGC De-xter ...' 45 20 



47 44 



48 34 

 60 11 



51 30 



Drift ice. 



Continuous field ice with very little 

 open water. 



Field ice. 



Outer limits of field ice. 



Broken field ice in patches and streaks 

 running NNW-SSE. 



Field ice increasing in thickness and 

 amount. 



Limit of ice field. 



Encountered streamers of field ice. 



Extreme limit of field ice. 



Drift ice approximately 8 miles long, 2 

 mUes wide in east-west direction. 



Radar target probable berg in field ice. 



Entered field ice. 



Field ice. 



Heavy pack and field ice in all direc- 

 tions. 



Small berg and growler. 



Continuous field and pack ice. 



Outer limit of field ice. 



Small berg. 

 1 Encountered field of heavy ice with 

 \ streamers of loose brash ice extending 

 I as far as 47°00' W. 



Light broken ice in strings. 



Heavy field ice northward. 



Broken ice. 



Heaviest concentrations broken field 



ice. 

 Detached pattern of light strings. 

 Small berg (same as No. 15). 



VDrift ice, scattered floes and close pack. 



I Pack ice extending undetermined dis- 

 f tance east-southeastward. 



Growler. 

 Berg. 



I Continuous pancake and sludge ice in- 

 j tersected by lakes of water. 



Berg. 



Do. 

 Drift ice and growlers. 



Passed numerous belts of pancake ice. 



Small berg. 



Encountered light close packed field 

 ice with some heavy pieces. Signs 

 of ice to north and west with patches 

 to south and east. 



Intermittent drift ice. 



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