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



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



26 



Feb. 5 



6 



27 



28 



Mar. 3 



5 



5 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



24 



26 



26 



Apr. 4 



Ivatia 



USCGC Mendota. 



USCGC McCulloch 



do 



USCG Air Detachment, 

 Argentia, Nfld. 



USS Edistc... 

 USCGC Humboldt- 

 USCGC Matagorda. 



do 



USS Redbud. 

 do 



Hamina 



Ocean Station Vessel B_ 



St. Stephen . 



do 



do 



Edvard Grieg 



do 



do 



Trollafoss 



Ranenfjord 



Aircraft. 



USCGC Castle Rock. 



do 



do- 



NOB GrondaL.. 



do 



do 



Ice Patrol Plane, 



do 



do 



do.. 



do 



do.... 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do. 



.do. 



USCGC McCulloch. 



do 



do , 



NOB Grondal 



55 50 



56 32 

 54 35 

 54 37 



38 28 



51 09 



37 O.'^ 



36 57 



Notre Dame Bay 

 north to Battle 

 Harbor. 



50 40 

 36 26 

 41 14 

 38 08 



39 28 

 52 00 

 52 20 



52 20 



38 05 

 50 40 



50 40 



51 00 



41 09 

 43 09 



42 23 

 41 29 

 41 49 



39 50 

 [Strait of Belle Isle 



to 

 I 54 30 I 53 30 

 r 54 38 I 54 15 

 thence west and 

 south-southeast 

 to limit of visibil- 

 [ ity. 



54 40 I 54 08 



55 53 I 52 10 



Arsuk Fjord 



Arsuk Fjord _. 



Grondal Dock area. 



63 30 



54 20 



56 38 



56 38 



56 10 



62 12 



54 07 



54 35 



54 44 



62 12 



53 07 



50 15 



50 47 



50 47 

 61 00 



51 08 

 51 16 

 51 20 



51 35 



52 25 

 52 28 



52 35 

 50 42 

 50 00 



53 00 



51 40 



51 38 



52 50 

 52 50 

 52 48 



51 .32 



52 48 

 52 45 



52 51 



53 05 

 52 55 

 52 57 



to 



56 37 

 56 21 

 56 27 



and 



I 51 00 

 to 



.53 00 



50 42 



51 15 

 51 09 



Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Solid field ice. 



6 Small bergs. 

 Laree berg. 

 Do. 



22 bergs and numerous growlers. 



Encountered pack ice. 



Close pack ice. 



Berg. 



Large berg. 

 Do. 



Berg. 



Do. 

 Large berg. 



Do. 

 Small berg. 

 Large berg. 

 Large berg and 2 growlers. 



I Field ice. Water spaces in ice irregular and 

 I scattered. 



■Pack ice, 6 bergs in pack. 



Berg and growler. 

 Berg. 



Scattered bergs. 

 Thin layer of ice. 



Do. 

 Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



)Close pack ice. 



Berg. 



Small Bergs. 

 Do. 



Surface ice extends 10 miles down Tunugd- 

 liarfik Fjord from BW One estimated 

 thickness 16 inches, considerable pack 

 ice at seaward end. West Greenland 

 pack ice extends along coast from Cape 

 Farewell to Arsuk Fjord. Maximum 

 width 90 miles. Clear channel immedi- 

 ately next to coast, width 3 to 5 miles. 



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