Tlic pcrccMitap' dislribiil ion of roportiim' vessels by iintioiiality was 

 as follows: 



Coiint.iy 



United Kingdom 

 United States... 



Gennany 



Norway 



Sweden 



Netherlands 



Liberia 



Italy 



France 



Panama- 



Canada 



Greece 



Ireland 



U.S.S.R 



No. of 



repcrtins 



ships 



154 

 82 

 77 

 50 

 42 

 27 

 25 

 16 

 12 



Percentage 

 of total 



28.0 

 14.9 

 14.0 

 9.1 

 7.6 

 4.9 

 4.5 

 2.9 

 2.2 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 0.9 



Country 



Denmark 



Finland 



Iceland 



Israel 



Poland 



Portugal 



Belgium 



Spain 



Union of South Africa 



Japan 



Switzerland 



Yugoslavia 



26 nations 



No. of 



reporting 



ships 



Percentage 

 of total 



0.7 

 0.7 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.2 



MONTHLY ICE CONDITIONS, 1960 



JANUARY 



The heginiiiii^- of llXiO roiiiul several icebei'gs present along the 

 eastern slo])e of the Ciraiul Banks and scattered bergs along the 

 Newfoundland coast as far south as Cape Race. 



These bergs were the remnants of the vigorous southward move- 

 ment of ice experienced during 1959. Three large bergs drifting south 

 of the 48th parallel in December reached positions between 45° N. to 

 46° N. and 48° W. to 49° W. by 8 January. Subsequent reports 

 iiidicaled these bergs were tlien carried eastward achieving no further 

 southerly drift. The last of this group was sighted on the 12th by a 

 United States naval vessel in position 45°10' X., 4()°02' W. Such an 

 occurrence of ice (hn'ing January can be considei'ed excejjtional. Not 

 since 19)^7 ha\'e bergs been observed so far to the south (hiring this 

 month. 



Again fioni 8 to 28 January a berg \\as kept nnder observation 

 whidi at the end of this period was last reported in 4o°51' N., 47°02' 

 \y. This latter berg was one of the three estimated to have crossed 

 soutli of the 48th ])ai'allel during the month. All others sighted in 

 Januar\' ])robal)ly arrived soutii of 48° N. in Xovember and Deceml)er. 

 The othei- two (h'ifted close along the N^ewfoundland coast ; one sighted 

 by U.S. Uoast (iiiard ('utter ('(tsco on 12 January in 47°17' N., 

 52°34' W. and th<> other was I'cporled by an airci'aft on 2o January 

 just east of Ua|)e St. Francis. Included within this latter group are 

 the several bergs which were rejjorted giounded in the ('ape Race 

 area throughout December and flanuary. PeriodicalJN one or more of 

 these bergs would unground and be (iii\'en southward by storm winds 

 and exce])t in one instance would last he re|)()ited in the area near 

 45°4()' N., 52°4()' W. Such occurrences were observ(>d on the 3d, 

 14th and 1 8th of Januai\. The one exception was on the 25tli when 



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