TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



Date 



Mar. 3 



Mar. 4 



..do. 



Mar. 5 



Mar. 6 



...do. 



...do 



Mar. 7 



Mar. 11 

 ...do-.... 



...do 



...do..... 



...do. 

 .do. 



...do. 

 .do. 

 ...do- 

 ..do. 

 ...do_ 

 ...do_ 

 ...do. 



.do. 



Mar. 12 

 ...do 



Name of vessel 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



use G aircraft. 



.do. 



USN aircraft. 



Ice Patrol plane. 



do 



do 



Mormacelm 



Topeka 



USN aircraft 



do 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



do.... 



USCGC Sebago.... 



Eastore 



USN aircraft. ... 



do 



do 



do 



do.. 



Narsarssuak AB. 



USN aircraft. 



USCGC Casco. 

 Mormacisle 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Cape des Hosiers to 

 48 40 I 62 40 



to 

 48 00 I 63 10 



to 

 47 05 I 63 10 



to 



47 00 I 62 00 



to 



St. Paul Island 



to 



46 28 I 58 25 



to 

 Flint Island 



to 

 Cape Smoky 



48 20 I 50 10 



to 



47 25 I 49 08 



to 

 / 47 22 I 48 48 

 \ to 



47 34 I 48 37 



to 



48 20 I 49 30 



, thence northwest 



47 45 I 52 00 



to 



47 23 I 52 00 

 53 45 I 52 50 



to 

 53 10 I 52 50 



to 

 52 00 I 52 30 



to 



51 30 I 51 30 



, thence southeast 



48 35 I 49 50 



to north 



1 



48 40 I 51 30 



to north 

 48 18 I 52 18 

 to northeast 10 



miles 

 48 44 49 21 



49 12 

 48 24 

 48 33 



48 04 

 48 07 

 48 12 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 .--.do --. 



49 23 49 36 



45 34 



50 20 



51 25 



51 30 



52 02 

 52 20 



58 53 



53 50 



54 28 

 54 44 

 54 30 

 54 20 



BW-3 Fjord - 



^75 47 I 71 50 



to 



72 50 I 61 10 



to 



74 00 I 59 50 



to 



Cape York 



to 



Conical Rock 



to 



Thule 



48 14 49 08 



48 27 



49 36 



Description 



Limits of newly formed ice. 



Limits of field Ice, 25 mile tongue de- 

 . fined by listed points. Pack ranges 

 / from open for 30 miles to close farther 

 northwest. 



Scattered strings and patches field ice. 



iBoundary of pack ice. 



Open pack ice field 8 miles wide. Scat- 

 tered patches and strings of drift ice 

 to 15 miles south and 10 miles west 

 of this pack ice. 



Scattered patches and strings of field 



Very loosely scattered strings slush ice. 



Detached ice field extending north and 

 south to range of visibility and 2 

 miles east and west; 1 growler. 



Large berg. 



Growler. 



Berg. 



Almost complete coverage of gulf north 

 of 4G°00' N. and west of 62°00' W. 



Strait of Canso, close pack ice. 



Narrow group of broken field ice 

 patches 60 yards wide running in 

 northwest direction. 



Large patches drift ice. 



Numerous bergs. 



Several bergs. 



Large bergs. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Few bergs and growlers; seaward of 

 BW-3, few bergs. 

 \ 



Limits pack ice, ten tenths coverage. 

 ' Some N-S irregular leads and cracks. 



SE limits tongue of loose field ice ex- 

 tending to northwest. 



Field and slob ice running west-north- 

 west to east southeast 8 miles wide, 

 extends horizon to horizon. 



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