(Figure 33 inside the back cover 

 depicts the mean position of the 

 Labrador Current.) Figure 24 

 shows the iceberg distribution a 

 few days into the season. Most of 

 the icebergs reported were on the 

 Grand Banks with some now 

 coming down the Avalon Channel 

 east of Newfoundland. A few 

 icebergs appeared to be drifting 

 with the Labrador Current along 

 the eastern edge of the Grand 

 Banks. By the end of April (Figure 

 25), the icebergs were widely 

 scattered, with most still being 

 reported on the Grand Banks. 

 There were 1 1 4 icebergs on plot 

 the end of April. There were 151 

 icebergs reported south of 52° N, 

 and 95 reported south of 48° N in 

 April. 



May 1988: Some sea ice contin- 

 ued to linger in Notre Dame Bay, 

 but the main pack of sea ice 

 continued to retreat northward 

 along the Labrador coast in May 

 (Figure 18). The sea ice edge 

 was again farther north than the 

 mean. The icebergs were not as 

 scattered in mid-May as they were 

 in the end of April (Figure 26). 

 Most of the icebergs were either 

 along the Newfoundland coast or 

 on the Grand Banks. By the end 

 of May, large numbers of icebergs 

 began to enter MP's operations 

 area from the north (Figure 27). 

 Few of these icebergs crossed 48° 

 N by the end of May. There were 

 177 icebergs on plot the end of 

 May. There were 223 new 

 icebergs south of 52° N, but only 

 33 of these were south of 48° N, in 

 May. 



June 1988: The sea ice edge 

 continued to move northward in 

 June (Figure 19). The southerly 

 extent of sea ice was near normal 

 for June, but the sea ice edge did 

 not extend as far east as normal. 

 In mid-June, there were still large 

 numbers of icebergs east of 

 Newfoundland (Figure 28), but not 

 many of these icebergs were 

 making their way south through 

 Flemish Pass. Most of the ice- 

 bergs were moving south along 

 the Newfoundland coast through 

 the Avalon Channel. On June 24, 

 the southern most iceberg of the 

 1988 IIP season was sighted in 

 position 42°1 3' N,46°59'W. By 

 the end of June, most of the 

 icebergs were distributed to the 

 north and east of the Grand Banks 

 and Flemish Cap., with very few to 

 the south (Figure 29). There were 

 356 icebergs on plot the end of 

 June. There were 300 new 

 icebergs south of 52° N in May, 

 and only 20 of these were south of 

 48° N. 



July 1988: By mid-July, the sea 

 ice had retreated to a tongue off 

 the northern tip of Labrador 

 (Figure 20). This tongue of sea 

 ice extended farther to the south 

 than normal. On July 7, the 

 easternmost iceberg of the 1988 

 IIP season was reported in 

 position 51 °1 9' N,42°55'W. By 

 mid-July, the IIP estimated limit of 

 all known ice was also moving 



northward (Figure 30). The 

 icebergs were predominantly 

 distributed north and east of the 

 Grand Banks and Flemish Cap. 

 The iceberg distribution remained 

 essentially the same to the end of 

 July (Figure 31). There were 80 

 icebergs on plot the end of July. 

 There were 327 new icebergs 

 south of 52° N in July. Only 19 of 

 these were south of 48° N. 



August 1988: Only a very little 

 sea ice off of Baffin Island re- 

 mained south of 65° N in August 

 (Figure 21). Normally, there is no 

 sea ice south of 65° N in August. 

 The 1988 IIP season closed 

 August 2, 1988. Figure 32 depicts 

 the iceberg distribution at the end 

 of the IIP season. There were 225 

 icebergs south of 52° N in August, 

 and only 1 of these were south of 

 48° N. 



September 1988: There was no 

 sea ice south of 65° N in Septem- 

 ber, which is normally the case 

 (Figure 22). There were 15 new 

 icebergs south of 52° N in Sep- 

 tember, and two of these were 

 south of 48° N. 



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