TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



No. 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



244 



245 

 246 



247 



248 

 249 



Mar. 25 



Mar. 26 

 ..do 



.do. 



-do. 

 ..do. 



..do. 



251 

 252 

 253 

 254 

 255 

 256 

 257 

 258 

 259 

 260 

 261 

 262 



263 



264 

 265 

 266 



267 

 268 



269 

 270 



271 



272 



273 



274 

 275 



277 



278 



279 



-.do 



..do 



...do..... 



..do 



...do 



..do..-.. 



..do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do..... 



Mar. 27 



...do 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



..do... 

 ..do... 



Mar. 28 

 ...do..... 



.do 



.do. 



...do..... 

 Mar. 29 

 ...do 



...do...., 

 ...do..... 



...do..-. 



Mar. 30 



BOAC aircraft. 



Mormacelm 



USCOLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



USCOLTS, Bonavlsta. 

 Newfoundland. 



Scythia 



do - 



Ice Patrol plane. 



do 



do -.-- 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do. - 



do 



do- - 



Narsarssuak AB... 



do.. --- 



USCOLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 Cape Race radio 



Cutler... 



USN aircraft. 

 do 



do 



USCOLTS, Bonavista, 

 Newfoundland. 



Stavangerfjord 



USCOLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



USCGC Chambers 



Ice Patrol plane. 



-do. 



USCOC Chambers. 

 do 



.do. 



Ice Patrol plane. 



East Coast of New- 

 foundland. 



47 20 I 49 20 

 Strait of Belle Isle- 

 Cape Bonavista. - 



43 18 49 08 



43 21 I 49 12 

 / Cape Race 



to 



47 05 1 52 49 



to 



47 30 I 52 30 



to 



47 50 I 50 40 



to 



48 30 I 50 40 

 thence north- 

 westward 



46 16 



46 42 



47 33 

 -47 36 



47 37 



47 37 



47 38 



47 55 



47 59 



50 18 



50 54 

 52 19 

 52 32 

 52 29 

 52 30 

 52 28 



51 04 

 51 44 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seaward of BW-3. 

 Strait of Belle Isle- 

 Cape Race 



48 33 

 47 22 

 47 22 



49 23 

 52 01 



50 10 



USCOC Chlncoteague 



USN aircraft. 



47 22 50 30 

 Cape Bonavista... 



46 00 I 50 55 

 Strait of BeUe Isle.. 



45 56 I 51 10 

 East Coast New- 

 foundland 



to 



47 10 I 52 46 



to 



46 37 I 53 05 



to 

 1 mile seaward of 



Cape Pine 



42 37 I 50 22 



46 16 52 11 



46 23 I 53 40 



Cape Race 



to 



Cape St. Mary 



to 



approximately 15 



miles south 

 Cape St. Mary 



50 00 I 49 15 



to 

 52 00 I 52 30 



to 



54 00 I 53 00 



to 



55 00 i 55 00 

 South Coast of 



Avalon Penin- 

 sula. 



At 49°00' N, pack ice e.xtends east from 

 Newfoundland coast and is solid for 

 525-^ miles, thence broken floes for 35 

 miles, no bergs. 



Growler. 



Pancake ice. 



Sea ice. 



Orowler (same as 80). 

 Do. 



'Limits of field ice. 



Orowler (same as 231). 



Orowler (same as 223). 



Berg (same as 240). 



Orowler. 



Berg (same as 241). 



Orowler. 



Berg (same as 242). ' 



Small berg. 



Orowler. 



1 berg and few growlers. 

 Few bergs and bergy bits. 

 Sea ice. 



East shore, close pack ice; west shore, 

 close pack ice with polynas. Loose 

 ice extending east from shore about 

 2 to 5 miles. 



Southern edge field ice. 



Eastern edge field ice, loosely scattered. 



Berg 70 feet high with 2 pinnacles 

 (same as 180). 



Growler 15 feet high, 50 feet wide. 



Sea ice. 



2 growlers (same as 223). 

 Sea ice. 



2 growlers (same as 223). 



Limits of field Ice with strings south of 

 1 a line between 46° 55' N., 52°53' W. 

 and 47°05' N., 52°15' W. 



Orowler (same as 80). 

 Orowler (same as 78). 

 Small patches field ice. 



Field ice limits. 



Field Ice extending 5-miles southwest 

 of Cape St. Mary. 



Some scattered ice along this llnej 



Patches and strings field ice extend 

 8 miles south of Cape Race and 5 

 miles south of Avalon Peninsula 

 between Cape Race and Cape St. 

 Mary. 



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