TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



Mar. 23 



Ice Patrol plane. 



-do. 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do- 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



...do. 



.do. 



.do. 



Mar. 24 



...do 



...do..... 



...do.... 



..do. 



..do. 

 ..do- 

 ..do_ 



..do. 

 ..do- 



..do. 



..do. 



..do. 



..do. 



.do.- 



-do. 



.-.-do 



.---do-- -- --. 



..--do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



'.""do!.'.'.".""""-"""-'.I 

 do 



USCQLTS, Bonavista, 

 Newfoundland. 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



Cairndhu 



Idefjord. 



Belrav - - - 



USNS General Callan.--- 

 USCQLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 USCGLTS, Bonavista, 

 Newfoundland. 



Unknown USN Vessel -.- 



do 



--..do 



Cape Race radio. 



US Air Force. 

 do 



Cape Race radio 



USN aircraft 



do 



USNS Generl Callan. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



47 30 52 30 



to 

 47 25 I 52 05 



to 



47 40 I 51 20 



to 



48 00 I 50 00 



to 

 47 50 I 48 00 



to 

 47 50 I 49 30 



to 

 47 35 I 49 20 



to 

 47 20 1 49 00 



to 



47 23 I 48 55 



to 



48 00 I 49 10 

 thence nortliwest 



East Coast Avalon 

 Peninsula. 



45 00 



45 00 



45 02 



45 04 



45 30 



47 25 



47 46 



47 48 



47 52 



47 56 



48 08 



48 38 



48 45 



48 44 



48 43 



48 12 

 52 15 

 51 35 

 50 20 

 50 04 

 50 10 



49 27 



Cape Bonavista. 



Strait of Belle Isle- 



I 46 07 I 47 37 

 I to 



I 47 48 



I 47 45 

 to 



I 48 48 



I 48 27 



53 01 



45 49 

 47 07 



47 03 

 44 38 

 46 27 



Strait of Belle Isle. 

 Cape Bonavista 



f 47 



20 I 52 29 

 to 



1 Coast of Newfound- 

 land. 

 47 31 I 52 18 



46 54 I 52 32 

 Cape Ballard to 



3 miles southeast 

 Cape Race. 



47 32 I 62 17 

 47 36 I 52 08 



( Cape Ballard 



\ to 



IvVest of Cape Race 



Notre Dame Bay, 

 Newfoundland. 



Strait of Belle Isle. 



Cape Race 



St. Paul Island 



to 



5 miles south of 



Magdalen Island. 



to 



Cape D'Espoir 



to 



Southwest Point 



Anticosti Island 



Ice tongue extends from southern ex- 

 tremity at 47°33'N. 49°00'W. to 

 48°20'N. where joins pack to New- 

 foundland coast. Tongue ranges 

 open to close to consolidated pack. 

 Strings and patches extend from 

 tongue along 50 and 100 fathom curve 

 to45^28'N. 48°25'W. 



Tongue close pack ice extends south 

 from Cape St. Francis to Cape Bal- 

 lard. 8 miles wide at St. Johns 

 Harbor to 3 milts at Cape Ballard. 

 Strings and patches extend to Cape 

 Race. 



Berg (same as 80). 

 Do. 



Growler (same as 80). 



Small growler (same as 80). 



Small berg (same as 87). 



Pinnacled berg (same as 78). 



Drydock berg. 



Growler. 



2 growlers. 



Growler. 



Large berg. 



Sea ice. 



Do. 



[•Strings of field ice. 



J-Drifting sea ice. 



Large berg (same as 80). 



Ice floes scattered over 2 mile area. 



Sea ice. 



Sea ice and 4 large bergs approximately 

 10 miles northeast cape. 



Heavy ice pans. 



Berg 30 feet high. 



Close pack ice but navigable. 



Strip of field ice. 



Berg. 

 Do. 



f Strings of heavy slob ice 1 mile off 

 shore. 

 Bay 8 tenths pack with scattered bergs. 



2 tenths new freeze ice with broad 

 polynas south of Belle Isle. 



Large area heavy pans field ice extend- 

 ing from Cape Race southward ap- 

 proximately 15 miles in length and 

 1 mile wide. 



Limits of open pack, 50 percent cover- 



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