IIP SLAR-equipped HC-1 30 

 and HU-25 aircraft participated in 

 the Labrador Ice Margin Experiment 

 (LIMEX ) 1989. HP's goals in par- 

 ticipating in LIMEX 89 were to 

 investigate SLAR detection of ice- 

 bergs and vessels near the ice mar- 

 gin and SLAR detection of oceanic 

 fronts. In addition, IIP used satellite- 

 tracked beacons to monitor iceberg 

 drift in the sea ice. Appendix C 

 discusses MP's participation in this 

 experiment. 



No U. S. Coast Guard cut- 

 ters were deployed to act as surface 

 patrol or oceanographic vessels this 

 year. 



On April 15, 1989, IIP 

 paused to remember the 77*'^ anni- 

 versary of the sinking of the RMS 

 TITANIC. During an ice reconnais- 

 sance patrol, two memorial wreaths 

 were placed near the site of the 

 sinking to commemorate the nearly 

 1500 lives lost. 



Table 3: Average Number of Icebergs South of 48*N - The four 

 periods shown are pre- International Ice Patrol (1900-1912), ship 

 reconnaissance (1913-45), aircraft visual reconnaissance (1946-82), 

 and SLAR reconnaissance (1983-88). 



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