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38' 



Figure 2: This figure depicts the Labrador Current, the main mechanism for 

 transporting icebergs South to the Grand Banks. 



Canada, and information on 

 the mean sea ice extent was 

 obtained from Ice Limits 

 Eastern Canadian Sea- 

 board, Ice Centre Ottawa, 

 Atmospheric Environment 



Page 12 



Service, 1989. Figures 3 to 

 1 4 compare sea ice extents 

 during the 1991 IIP year to 

 mean sea ice extents. En- 

 vironmental information 

 was obtained from the 

 Mariner's Weather Log and 



AES Thirty Day Ice Fore- 

 casts. Figures 15-28 show 

 the IIP Limits of All Known 

 Ice and the sea ice edge for 

 the 15th and 30th of each 

 month of the ice season. 



