TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



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Date 



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Name of vessel 



lee Patrol Plane. 



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USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 Halifax radio 



Fort Hamilton.. 

 Narsarssuak AB- 



St. John's radio- 



USCGLTS, Bona vista 

 Newfoundland. 



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USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



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USCGLTS, Bonavista 

 Newfoundland. 



USAF aircraft— 



Nova Scotia 



Cape Race radio 



Prins Alexander 



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Fort Hamilton 



Unidentified vessel 



Ice Patrol plane 



North West 



latitude longitude 



47 25 52 40 

 to 



47 30 I 52 30 

 to 



47 55 I 52 20 



to 



48 08 I 51 00 



to 

 47 40 I 49 50 



to 

 47 40 I 48 40 



to 

 47 00 I 47 17 



to 

 46 42 I 47 28 



to 

 46 43 I 47 20 



to 



46 65 I 47 08 



to 



47 20 I 47 08 



to 



47 38 I 47 30 



to 



47 38 I 47 55 



to 



48 10 I 49 15 

 thence north 



46 02 



47 48 



47 50 



48 00 

 48 05 

 48 08 

 48 10 



47 35 



50 32 



50 18 



49 35 



50 50 



51 57 

 50 26 



Strait of Belle Isle. 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 47 02 I 52 34 



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167 Mar. 23 USN aircraft. 



St. John's Harbor, 

 Newfoundland. 



Cape Bonavista... 



48 55 I 53 10 

 Strait of BeUe Isle. 



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Cape Bonavista 



47 55 



52 10 



East Coast Avalon 



Peninsula. 

 Cape Race 



45 53 I 47 40 

 to 



45 42 



45 42 



46 55 



48 05 

 48 03 

 52 45 



St. John's Harbor, 

 Newfoundland. 



East coast, Avalon 

 Peninsula. 



45 40 



46 00 



47 07 

 49 15 



48 00 



47 45 



50 46 



53 30 



to 

 49 45 I 51 GO 



Description 



Limits of pack ice. Tongue of open 

 pack ice extends from main pack at 

 48°00' N. along the 100 fathom curve 

 to a southern extremity at 4'-3°44' N. 

 47°25' W.; the main pack extends to 

 coast of Newfoundland, and is 8 

 miles east and south of St. John's 

 Harbor. Loose patches and strings 

 extend 25 miles farther south along 

 coast. 



Berg (same as 80). 

 Berg (same as 97). 

 Berg (same as 93). 

 Growler. 



Do. 

 Berg (same as 78). 

 Large berg (same as 106). 

 Sea ice. 



Small field close pack ice south of 



Cihoux Island. 

 Strings and patches field ice. 

 BW-3 Fjord, little pack ice; seaward of 



BW-3, few small bsrgs. 

 Closely packed ice from shore to 3 



miles at Cape Spear. Ice to horizon 



northward. St. John's Harbor 



blocked. 

 Sea ice. 



Large berg. 

 Sea ice. 



Do. 

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Berg 100 feetihigh and approximately 



1,000 feet long (same as 78). 



Pack ice from St. John's Harbor to 

 Ferry land Head, Newfoundland. 



Loose strings of field ice 10 miles north- 

 east of Cape Race. 



►Strings of field ice extending to north. 



Small growler (same as 81). 



Scattered strings and patches field ice 



extend 10 miles from Newfoundland 



coast. 

 Heavy pack ice. 



Field ice extends south along New- 

 foundland coast to southern ex- 

 tremity 10 miles north of Cape Race. 

 Close pack ice extends 8 miles off- 

 shore at St. John's Harbor. 



Scattered strings field ice extend north 

 from this position. 



Small berg (same as 87) . 



Drydock berg (same as 97). 



8 very large bergs in pack ice along this 

 line. 



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