TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



No. 



Date 



Mar. 12 

 .--do—. 



Mar. 13 

 -do 



—do 



...do 



...do 



Mar. 14 



..do 



Mar. 15 

 ..do 



.-do- 



Name of vessel 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

 USN aircraft -. 



Ice Patrol plane. 

 ..-do... 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 Narsarssuak AB... 



USN aircraft. 



Mormacoak 



Unidentified aircraft. 



Sparreholm 



—-do 



Cape Race radio - 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



West Coast Green- 

 land. 



I 



47°47'N. between 

 48°08' W. and 

 47°27' W. 



East Coast of New- 

 foundland. 

 I 



Strait of Belle Isle.. 



Notre Dame Bay, 

 Newfoundland 

 to Hamilton In- 

 let, Labrador. 



47 25 

 toNW. 



49 30 



58 09 



47 56 



48 07 

 48 35 



47 45 



51 20 



47 33 



48 11 



48 04 



49 10 



to 



48 20 I 48 50 

 to 



47 50 I 48 45 

 Cape St. Francis 



to 



48 10 I 52 10 



to 

 48 00 I 51 30 



to 

 48 00 I 51 00 



to 

 48 30 I 51 00 



to 

 48 00 I 49 30 



to 

 47 48 I 48 GO 



to 

 47 20 I 47 30 



to 

 47 20 I 47 20 

 thence northwest 



47 55 



48 00 

 48 03 

 48 08 

 48 10 

 48 12 

 48 14 

 48 15 

 48 22 

 48 25 

 48 26 

 48 27 

 48 30 

 48 34 

 48 35 

 48 39 

 48. 40 

 48 42 

 48 43 

 48 44 

 48 45 

 48 46 

 48 48 

 48 52 

 48 54 

 48 56 



48 57 



49 00 



48 02 



47 32 



48 03 

 52 03 



49 35 

 49 43 



49 35 

 52 04 

 52 04 

 52 12 

 51 25 



51 57 



50 06 



51 52 



52 03 



52 05 

 50 05 

 50 38 



50 15 



51 49 

 51 53 

 51 10 



50 24 



51 43 

 51 43 

 51 43 

 51 20 

 51 40 



Description 



No change from March 11th. 



Thule to Frobisher Bay, newly frozen 

 ice with leads and polynyas oriented 

 generally NE-SW. 



Southern limits of all field ice. 



Close pack ice extending east from 

 coast of Newfoundland at 48°00' N 

 to 52°10' W. then north. 



Sea ice. 



BW-3 Fjord, few growlers. Seaward of 



BW-3, few bergs. ^ ' i^ini 

 Close to consolidated pack ice. 



Heavy field ice and numerous growlers; 

 Large berg. 



^Field ice, partly heavy. 

 Berg. 



•Broken field ice. 



Tongue of field ice ranging from open to 

 close pack at 4S°00' N. to solid farther 



Northwest. 



Growler. 



Berg (same as 72). 



Berg. 



Do. 

 2 growlers. 



Very large pinnacled terg. 

 Berg. 

 Growler. 



Do. 

 2 bergs. 

 Berg. 



5 growlers. 

 Large dome berg. 

 Berg. 



Large berg. 

 Berg. 

 Growler. 

 4 growlers. 

 Large dome berg. 

 Growler. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Berg. 

 Growler. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Berg. 



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