TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface v 



International Ice Patrol 1976 1 



Aerial Ice Reconnaissance 1 



Communications 3 



Ice Conditions, 1976 Season: 



September-December 1975 5 



.January 1976 5 



February 1976 6 



March 1976 6 



April 1976 6 



May 1976 7 



June 1976 7 



July 1976 7 



August 1976 8 



Oceanographic Conditions. 1976 30 



Discussion of Iceberg and Environmental Conditions During 



1976 Season 42 



Research and Development, 1976 55 



List of Participating Nations' Ships Reporting Ice and 



Sea Temperatures 56 



Appendicies 



Size Frequency Distribution of Grand Banks Icebergs 58 



Iceberg Deterioration 60 



West Greenland Glacier Survey 65 



BTT Buoy System . 73 



Observations of Sea Surface Temperatures in the Vicinity of the 



Grand Banks 77 



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