II.) The pack ice persisted in Notre Dame Bay until the middle of 

 the month, but by the end of the third week of May, the few scattered 

 fragments of ice off the Newfoundland Coast had disintegrated. 



It is estimated that 18 bergs drifted south of 48°00' N., 10 bergs 

 drifted south of 47°00' N., and 2 bergs drifted south of 46°00' N., 

 during the month. The limits of pack ice and the limits and number 

 of bergs were much less than average. Distribution of ice is shown in 

 figure 10. 



JUNE 



On 1 June there was only one offshore berg south of 54°00' N., this 

 berg being the one on the northern sector of the Banks mentioned 

 previously. The berg was at 48°10' N., 51°09' W., a position 10 miles 

 southwest of the reported position for 31 May. Its position, its small 

 size and the warmness of the water precluded any possibility of its 

 reaching the shipping lanes south of track F. The only other bergs 

 were close alongshore and concentrated mostly around Fogo Island, 

 Belle Isle, and Spotted Island. There was no pack ice or field ice south 

 of 54°00' N. 



On 6 June 178 bergs were counted from Notre Dame Bay to Hudson 

 Strait. There was a significant absence of bergs north of 57°00' N., 

 and the few that were sighted to the north were mostly small bergs and 

 probably stragglers of the 1953 crop. Only 20 of these bergs were 

 considered offshore bergs, or in the Labrador Current and likely to 

 move further south, and no really large bergs were seen. The south- 

 ern limit of the pack ice was 54°35' N., and from here to 58°30' N., 

 the pack was close alongshore, light and discontinuous. North of 

 58°30' N., the pack extended to 70 miles offshore, becoming closer and 

 heavier to northward. 



The lone offshore berg south of 54°00' N., was last sighted 15 June 

 in position 48°40' N., 51°20' W., and is believed to have disintegrated 

 a day or two later, as it was neither sighted nor reported again. 



It is estimated that six bergs drifted south of 48°00' N., during 

 June, all in the vicinity of Cape St. Francis. The pack ice and berg 

 limits and concentrations were much less than average. Distribution 

 of ice is shown in figure 11. 



JULY-NOVEMBER 



During July a few bergs were reported inshore along the coasts of 

 Labrador and Newfoundland. In addition, offshore bergs were 

 reported as follows: one at 49°15' N., 52°13'W., one at 49°35' N., 

 52°40' W., and several more bergs north of 54°00' N. No ice drifted 

 south of 49°00' N., durmg the month. 



No ice was reported south of 51°00' N. during August, the southern- 

 most being a large offshore berg at 51°05' N., 51°40' W. A few more 

 offshore bergs drifted to positions south of 53°00' N., about 150 miles 



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