east through the Belle Isle Strait. Belle Isle Strait was reported 

 free of ice on 27 June, although many bergs and growlers still persisted. 



JULY 



At the start of the month there were seven known bergs south of 

 48° N. It is estimated that these bergs disintegrated by 10 July 

 except for one large berg which was reported at 47°38' N., 48°30' W. 

 on the 1st. This berg remained in the Labrador Current and drifted 

 south at an average rate of 13 miles daily to 45°45' N., 48°25' W. by 

 14 July. This berg was last reported on 24 July at 45°30' N., 

 48°58' W., where it had apparently grounded making no further 

 progress to the south. By the end of the month there were no known 

 bergs south of 48°30' N. A few bergs were being reported in the 

 approaches to Belle Isle Strait and in the vicinity of Belle Isle. 



An estimated 3 bergs drifted south of 48° N. during the month 

 making a total of 120 bergs for the year. 



AUGUST 



The recession of berg limits that began at the end of July continued 

 in early August. There was only one berg reported south of 50° N. 

 during the month, at 49°10' N., 50°00' W. on the 30th. A few re- 

 ports were received on bergs in tlie Belle Isle Straits and the approaches 

 east to 50° W. 



SEPTEMBER 



A few bergs continued to be reported at the entrance to Belle Isle 

 Strait by ships using Track G. The southernmost known ice pene- 

 tration in September was a small berg reported at 47°50' N., 50°10' W. 

 on the 12th. This was the only ice reported south of 50°30' N. 

 during the month and was the 121st and last berg to drift south of 

 48° N. during 1962. By the end of the month, it is estimated that 

 no ice existed south of 51° N. 



OCTOBER-DECEMBER 



There were still two or three bergs in the vicinity of Belle Isle in 

 early October, but by 16 October there was no known ice south of 

 54° N. and no further reports of ice south of Labrador were forth- 

 coming to the end of the year. 



Iceberg counts made by the Canadian Department of Transport 

 in October and November in Hudson Strait and along the east coast 

 of Baffin Island revealed a scarcity of bergs in the Hudson Strait, 

 Frobisher Bay and Resolution Island area apparently due to heavy 

 deterioration as a result of a warm late summer and early autumn 

 in the region. There was a strong indication of light iceberg conditions 

 for the Grand Banks at least until May 1963. 



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