TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1952— Continued 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



Mar. 10 



Mar. 12 



Mar. 13 

 Mar. 15 



Mar. 17 



Mar. 18 

 ...do 



Mar. 19 

 ...do 



.do_ 



-do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do.. 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 



.do,. 

 ...do.. 



.do. 



Mar. 20 

 ...do 



...do. 



...do 



.do 



...do..... 

 ...do..-.. 

 Mar. 21 

 ...do 



.do. 



Mar. 22 



...do.... 

 .do.... 



Mar. 24 

 ...do 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



Strait of Canso, 

 Northumber- 

 land Strait and 

 Chaleur Bay to 

 Cape Qaspe. 



Fort Avalon 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



.do. 



OSV Baker 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



OSV Baker, 

 --..do 



Ice Patrol plane. 



50 36 



50 35 



55 20 



55 20 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 -do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



56 58 



57 07 



52 30 



53 30 



. 54 60 



54 00 

 to 



54 40 



54 28 



53 46 



53 25 



54 14 

 53 37 

 53 32 

 52 48 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



54 48 



54 51 



55 50 



54 25 



54 15 

 53 51 



55 35 



US.N aircraft 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



58 45 



Ice Patrol plane. 



East coast of New- 

 foundland. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



OSV Baker 



U. S. N. S. Tonti. 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



.do. 



Anguslake 



U. S. N. LST 



45 58 58 50 

 Cabot Strait 



U. S. C. G. LTS, Bona- 

 vista, Newfoundland. 



OSV Baker. 



50 06 



Close pack limit with strings of drift ice 

 between Fame Point and Anticosti 

 Island and to northwest in River 

 St. Lawrence. 



6 large bergs and large amount open 

 pack seaward of BW-3, ^io to Sjq 

 pack ice coverage in fjord, BW-3 

 harbor few growlers. 



String ice. 



Seaward of BW-3 close pack ice, fjord 

 completely covered, harbor ^io 

 covered pack ice. 



Seav>ard of BW-3 close pack ice to 

 limit of visibility. Harbor Via cov- 

 ered pack ice. 



1 small berg and growler. 



Pack ice, Xarsak to BW-3, seaward of 

 BW-3, 7 large bergs, 5 small bergs, 

 and open pack ice. Fjord and har- 

 bor closed with pack ice. 



Small berg. 

 Do. 



Limit of close pack ice, with consoli- 

 dated pack close to land and 10-mile 



y margin of open pack eastward of 

 close pack, strings and scattered floes 



1 eastward of open pack to 54°10'W. 



^About 30 bergs in area west of 55° 40' W. 



Large tabular berg. 

 Do. 



Three grounded bergs near Spotted 

 Island. 



Growler. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Close pack ice in Northumberland 

 Strait and Strait of Canso. North 

 and East edge of Gulf ice in a line 

 from 10 mUes southeast .\mherst 

 Island to St. Paul Island to Flint 

 Island. Small isolated patch of ice 

 20 miles northeast St. Paul Island. 



BW-1 to BW-3 pack ice. fjord frozen 

 lightly. Seaward BW-3, 25 large 

 bergs, small amount brash, growlers, 

 bergy bits, BW-3 harbor 4 growlers. 



Large berg. 



BW-1 to BW-3 ice 6 inches thick. Aerial 

 report at 60°47' N 45°00' W, ice begins 

 with large fingers to north clear for 10 

 miles to east of BW-3. Pack ice at 

 mouth of Tunugdliarfik Fjord. 



Loose pack ice west of 53°00' W between 

 50°30' N. and 49°20' N. to coast. 

 Close-loose pack ice west of 55°10' W. 

 from 51°50' N. to 52°30' N. Several 

 strings of scattered floes at 52°05' N., 

 53°35' W. 



Growler. 



Growler (aeroundK 

 Do. 

 Dn. 



Small berg. 



Ice patch H mile wide by 3 miles long, 

 130°, 41 miles from St. Paul Island. 



Ice extending westward from Cape 

 Farewell to 46°30' W. Small ice at 

 Narsak crossover. 



25 bergs (large) and few bergy bits and 

 growlers seaward of BW-3. 3 growlers 

 in BW-3 harbor. Fjord Ho pack ice. 



Slush ice in water. 



Open field ice in a northwest-southeast 

 line approximately 14 miles south- 

 west of Cape Ray. 



Sea area to horizon covered with slush 

 ice. Bonavista Bay area full of wind 

 driven ice. 



Small berg with growler. 



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