APPENDIX B 

 1974 LABRADOR COAST OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY 



Smith (1937), using oceanographic station ob- 

 servations collected by the CGC MARION in 

 1928 and CGC GENERAL GREENE in 1933, 

 has written the most definitive work concerning 

 the characteristics of the Labrador Current over 

 the Labrador continental shelf. In July of 1948, 

 1949, and 1962, the International Ice Patrol con- 

 ducted limited oceanographic cruises into the 

 Labrador Sea region without further studying 

 Labrador Current properties. In the summer of 

 1965, an oceanographic survey was conducted 

 from Cape Dyer, Baffin Island to South Wolf 

 Island, Labrador neglecting the area from about 

 Cape White Hankerchief, Labrador to South 

 Wolf Island (Kollmeyer, 1967). During July 

 and August of 1966, an extensive oceanographic 

 study was done of the circulation of Hudson 

 Strait and its contiguous areas. Again little 

 oceanographic work was done along the coast of 

 Labrador. In July 1968, a 48 station oceano- 

 graphic survey consisting of four sections was 

 conducted between Hamilton Inlet, Labrador and 

 Belle Isle Strait (Andersen, 1971). Unfortu- 

 nately three or four more sections were not placed 

 between Hamilton Inlet and Cape White Hand- 



kerchief to tie together all of the oceanographic 

 work done by the Ice Patrol in that area. 



From 8-14 September 1974, an oceanographic 

 survey was done over the Labrador continental 

 shelf from Bears Gut fjord to South Wolf Island, 

 Labrador (fig. 1). Since the CGC EDISTO 

 (WAGB 284) was coming from Iceland, the 

 Labrador Sea section was also occupied. This 

 survey should definitively determine the relative 

 velocity field in a previously neglected region. 

 Results of this field work will appear in the 

 Unit's Oceanographic Report Series (CG 373). 



REFERENCES 



Andersen, H. (1971) The Labrador Current Between 

 Hamilton Inlet and the Strait of Belle Isle. U.S. 

 Coast Guard Oceanographic Report No. 41, CG 373-41. 



Kollmeyer, R. C. (1967) Contribution to and effect of 

 the Hudson Strait outflow on the Labrador Current. 

 Oceanography of the Labrador Sea in the vicinity of 

 Hudson Strait in 1965. U.S. Coast Guard Oceano- 

 graphic Report No. 12, CG 373-12. 



Smith, E. H, F. M. Soule, and O. Mosby (1937) The 

 Marion and General Greene Expeditions to Davis 

 Strait and Labrador Sea. Scientific results, part 2, 

 physical oceanography, U.S. Treasury Department 

 Coast Guard Bulletin No. 19, 259 pp. 



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