TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1952— Continued 



No. 



158 



Date 



Apr. 1 



Name of vessel 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



159 ...do Narsarssuak, AFB. 



North West 

 latitude longitude 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



160 

 161 

 162 

 163 



164 



165 



166 

 167 



168 

 169 



170 



..do 



Apr. 2 



..do 



...do 



.do.- 



Apr. 3 



...do 



Apr. 4 



USMATS aircraft- 



OSV Bravo 



do-.- 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



51 20 

 56 47 

 56 35 



57 00 

 51 25 

 51 27 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



..do 



Apr. 5 



Apr. 6 

 Apr. 7 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



OSV Bravo 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

 ..._do - 



Ice Patrol plane - 



56 16 50 58 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 do- 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



-do- 



173 ---do- 



174 

 175 

 176 

 177 



178 



.-do---- 

 Apr. 8 

 ..-do...-. 

 Apr. 9 



..-do- 



-do- 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



Descriptlon 



50 15 ' 54 20 



to 

 50 10 I 53 30 



to 

 49 35 I 52 50 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



St. Paul Island 



to 

 47 14 I 59 00 



to 

 46 25 I 58 40 



to 

 46 24 I 59 20 



to 

 3 miles off Scatarl 

 I. to 6 miles off 

 Louisburg to 

 Point Michaud. 



Northern limits Gulf ice from Shlp- 

 pigan Island to North Point to East 

 Point, Prince Edward Island to 

 47°20' N. 60°50' W. to St. Paul 

 Island with open and close pack In- 

 side this line to shore. Close pack 

 along east coast Cape Breton Island. 

 Open and close pack in Strait of 

 Canso. 

 Seaward of BW-3, 2 large bergs, small 

 amount pack Ice. In fjord %o pack 

 ice. In harbor 2 bergy bits, Ho pack 

 ice. 

 Berg. 



2 growlers. 

 Small berg. 



Seaward from BW-3 Mo pack ice. In 

 fjord Mo pack ice near BW-3. In har- 

 bor 1 growler and loose pack ice. 

 Ice field near 49°20' N 61°.30' W. Outer 

 limits ice off east coast of Cape Breton 

 Island from St. Paul Island, to 

 46°35' N. 59° 19' W. to 46°34' N. 

 59° 14' W. to 46°05' N. 58°00' W. to 

 45°40' N. 59°20' W. to 45°45' N. 

 59°43' W. to east end Scatarl Island, 

 with open and close pack ice inside 

 this line. 

 Scattered 9 growlers between BW-1 

 and Narsak. Seaward BW-3, 6 

 small bergs and small amount pack 

 Ice. Pack ice in upper fjord. 

 Small growler. 



In fjord scattered growlers and bergs 



and heavy ice. Seaward of BW-3 



5 large bergs few growlers, small 



amount pack ice. Harbor clear. 



Quebec to Cape desR osiers; some 



scattered ice. 

 Louisburg Harbor; ice V2 mile oflshore. 

 Mo pack in Strait of Canso. Ice strip 

 8 miles long, 2 miles wide off Table- 

 head, Anticosti Island. 

 Outer limit pack ice with consolidated 

 pack inside this line. Radar indi- 

 cated pack within 20 miles north of 

 ' Cape Bonavista. Occasional small 

 pieces of ice less than 6 feet west of 

 52° W. and north of 50° 15' N. 

 Approaches to Sydney harbor, close 

 packed. Louisburg harbor and ap- 

 proaches close packed. 



Sunavls..- 



do - 



OSV Bravo 



Narsarssuak AFB. 



Ice Patrol plane - 



46 55 



47 23 

 55 28 



58 47 



59 30 

 50 35 







I Cape Free.ls to 

 50 08 I 53 08 

 thence west-north- 

 west to limit of 

 visibility. 



lOuter limits of Gulf ice. 



BW-1 harbor and fjord few scattered 

 patches of ice and growlers. Seaward 

 of BW-3, 15 large bergs, small amount 

 of pack ice. BW-3 harbor, 5 growlers. 



Loose slush Ice. 



Northern edge of ice pack. 



Large growler. 



Patch ice and few growlers In BW-i 

 harbor and fjord. 



] Outer limits pack Ice with consoll- 

 \ dated pack and occasional growlers 

 inside this line. 



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