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Date 



Mar. 16 



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Mar. 17 



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 ...do... 

 ...do... 

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 ...do... 



Name of vessel 



Ice Patrol plane. 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



do 



do 



do.. 



do 



Narsarssuak AB. 



Gardenia 



USCQC Mackinac. 



Caimesk. 



.do... 



.do.... 



Mar. 18 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do-... 

 .do.... 



IJSCGC Mackinac. 

 Narsarssuak AB — 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



Pajala - 



....do- 



Ill'do"I--\"l"Il""-Ill 



do 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



USCGLTS, Bonavlsta, 

 Newfoundland. 



Lyngenfjord- 



Area bounded by 



49 00 



to 



49 10 



49 03 



49 05 



49 07 



49 11 



51 00 



to 



51 40 



51 43 



50 50 



50 38 



51 42 



BW-3 Fjord 



Motion Head, 

 Newfoundland. 

 48 46 1 49 14 



to 

 48 15 

 47 29 



to 



47 35 



48 08 



49 22 

 47 23 



47 12 

 49 22 



Strait of Belle Isle. 



48 06 I 49 52 

 to 



Description 



48 24 



■ 48 05 



48 15 



47 43 



48 10 



49 17 



49 42 



49 54 



50 42 

 49 28 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



...do 



...do..... 



Mar. 19 

 ...do..... 



.do. 

 .do. 



..do... 

 ..do... 

 ..do... 



.do. 

 .do- 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



Gripsholm 



do 



Stavangerfjord... 

 Narsarssuak AB. 



Cairngowan 



Narsarssuak AB. 



Alcoa Pioneer. 

 do 



Strait of Belle Isle. 



Cape Bona vista 



48 19 I 50 15 

 to 



48 31 I 49 52 

 Cape des Hosiers 



to 



49 00 I 63 40 



to 

 48 00 I 61 20 



to 



47 00 I 61 20 



to 



Cape North 



St. Paul Island 



to 

 46 30 1 59 50 

 Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 Strait of Belle Isle. 



46 45 

 46 41 



46 40 

 46 55 



57 10 

 47 16 



to 



46 30 



Nova Scotia 



use GC Half Moon. 

 do 



46 49 



46 47 

 17 



I 47 



47 20 

 47 25 



47 30 



12 

 46 16 



46 18 



47 24 



47 24 



47 13 



47 30 



47 33 



47 33 



■5 bergs and 15 growlers. 



Growler. 



Do. 

 Huge tabular berg (same as 70) . 

 4 bergs. 

 Few bergy bits and growlers. Seaward 



cf BW-3, few bergs. 

 Small patches field ice offshore. 



Field of pack ice. 



}Broken-up brash and pancake Ice ex- 

 tending in north-south direction. 



Southwest edge of pack ice. 



BW-1 Fjord, 10 percent pack ice. BW- 



3 Fjord, pack ice and bergy bits. 

 Sea ice. 



1 Eastern and western edge of ice field 

 fairly heavy in center with scattered 

 growlers and thick cakes. 

 Large berg (same as 87) . 

 Small berg. 



String of ice approximately 1 mile long. 

 Close pack ice. 

 Sea ice. 



Sea pan ice to horizon. 



Southwest and northeast of broken 

 field ice. 



Gulf ice. Close pack ranging to open 

 pack within these limits. 



Large field loose drift ice. 



Field ice 3 to 5 miles wide 25 miles long 

 extends northeast from Flint Island. 

 Sea ice. 



Strings of slush ice. 



Stationary radar target believed berg 



(same as 77). 

 Southern limit ice field of small light 



ice extending north. 

 BW-3 Fjord, few bergy bits and little 



pack ice; seaward of BW-3, few bergs 



and bergy bits. 

 Radar target presumed large berg 



(same as 80) . 

 BW-3 Fjord, few bergy bits and some 



pack ice. 

 Field ice. 

 Berg (same as 81). 



East and west limits of open slob ice. 



Large growler drifting 220° at 1.5 knots 



(same as 77). 

 Southern limit of open field ice. 



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