TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1952 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



Jan. 17 

 ...do 



Jan. 20 

 ...ao 



Jan. 21 



...do 



Jan. 22 



Jan. 30 



...do. 



-do. 

 ...do. 



.do. 



-do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



.do. 



-do. 



-do. 



-do. 



Feb. 2 

 Feb. 8 

 ..-do 



..-do. 

 ...do. 

 Feb. 



Feb. 10 



Feb. 11 



.do-..-. 



...do 



Feb. 22 



Feb. 24 



.do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



USCG aircraft. 

 Hydro., Wash . 



.do... 

 .do... 



U. S. C. O. cutter Mata- 

 gorda. 



.do. 

 . do- 



use Q aircraft. 



...do. 

 ...do- 

 ...do- 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ..-do. 

 ..-do- 



do. 



Sapho 



U. S. C. O. cutter Absecon 

 do... 



-do. 

 -do- 



U. S. C. O. cutter Camp- 

 bell. 

 ....do 



use a aircraft. 



do- 



do 



do 



P. A. A. aircraft. 



Ice Patrol plane . 



do.... 



do-... 



do.... 



do..-. 



Cumulus. 



50 00 55 00 



to 

 62 20 I 55 40 

 Area 1.50 miles 

 south and south- 

 east of Cape 

 Farewell, Green- 

 land. 



38 25 

 37 30 

 52 57 



52 57 



52 58 



52 53 

 52 50 

 52 10 



to 



51 30 I 52 00 

 to 

 25 I 51 30 



51 



51 30 



51 06 { 



to 

 50 39 I 



to 

 50 30 I 52 13 



to 

 49 55 I 52 15 



to 

 49 36 I 52 48 



to 

 Cape Freels 



52 13 



52 14 



51 48 



51 44 



51 57 



51 24 



51 40 



51 18 



51 35 



52 03 

 51 34 

 50 00 



55 10 



53 32 



53 34 



54 02 

 53 21 

 53 43 

 52 55 

 52 48 



52 05 



53 10 

 52 44 

 52 00 



49 03 I 51 45 

 thence westward 

 58 53 33 15 



53 19 



51 15 



52 30 



53 04 

 53 10 

 60 32 



50 47 



50 46 



50 48 



50 35 



50 54 



35 03 



59 11 37 28 



Cape Bonavista 



to 



50 00 

 50 00 



52 00 

 52 18 



to 

 50 33 I 52 00 



5 54 



61 10 



51 21 



51 45 



51 63 



54 38 



48 40 



to 



51 43 



50 19 



51 49 

 51 02 

 56 07 

 53 20 



49 30 I 52 45 

 thence northerly 



48 55 



49 05 

 49 29 

 48 20 

 62 08 



52 38 



53 08 

 52 12 

 51 26 

 .33 03 



Pack ice Ho coverage along track. 

 Several bergs and growlers. 



Small berg. 

 Do. 



Pack ice varying from drift ice to open 

 pack 2 to 5 miles either side of track. 

 Occasional cakes 30 to 50 feet diam- 

 eter. 



Do. 



Limit of observed field ice. 



Limits of close pack ice with 10-mile 

 margin of above consisting of brash, 

 slush, and scattered floes. 



Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Qrowler. 



Do. 



I Scattered floes and slush ice along 

 irregular line. 



Berg with 2 summits about 170 feet 



high and 450 feet in length. 

 Berg. 



^Extensive field ice. 



Small berg. 



Do. 

 Large berg. 



Do. 



Scattered patches of slush Ice. 



Limits of close pack ice with slush ice 

 extending 20 miles south of line of 



' close pack ice between longitudes 

 50° W and 51° W. 



Small berg. 



Large berg. 



Do. 



I Consolidated pack limit with isolated 

 strings of slush forming 30 miles 

 margin east of this line. 



Berg. 



Do. 

 Small berg. 

 Small growler. 

 Large berg. 



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