TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



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Name of vessel 



MSTS Office, St., John's, 

 Newfoundland. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



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Cape Race radlo. 

 do 



USCOLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



USN aircraft 



MSTS Office, St. John's, 

 Newfoundland. 



Orion 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Fort Avalon. 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Narsarssuak AB. 

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Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Narsarssuak AB. 

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USCGC Casco- 



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Narsarssuak AB. 

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USCGC Casco- 

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Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

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Nova Scotia 



USCOLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



North West 



latitude longitude 



St. John's Harbor.. 



Cape des Hosiers 



to 



48 40 I 63 00 



. to 



UO miles north of 



Bird Rocks 



to 



10 miles off Cape 



; Ray 



Strait of Canso 



to 



Northumberland 



Strait 

 Cane Race and 



Cape Ballard. 

 Cape Race 



Description 



Strait of Belle Isle. - 



48 00 I 51 45 

 St. John's Har- 

 bor. 



47 11 I 51 00 

 Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



St. John's Har- 

 bor. 

 Strait of Belle Isle.. 



Law- 



Gulf of St. 

 rence. 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seaward of BW-3 



Fjord. 



Quebec 



to 



Cape Salmon 



thence eastward 



to 



Rosiers 



BW-3 Fjnrd 



Seaward of BW-3 



Fjord. 

 51 40 I 50 46 

 49 11 I 50 50 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seaward of BW-3 



Fjord. 

 47 10 I 50 25 

 46 32 53 50 



46 34 I 54 04 

 St. Lawrence 



River. 

 North shore of 



Prince Edward 



Island. 



' North Point 



to 



20 miles southeast 



Miscou Island 



to 



New Brunswick 



coast 



to 



end of visibility 



25 miles 



Gaspe Bay 



45 40 I 49 45 

 Strait of Belle Isle.. 



Open pack ice in harbor. 



Some scattered ice along this line. 



Strait of Canso clear to Hastings. 

 , Open ice George Bay, thence to East 



Point. Prince Edward Island, some 



scattered ice. 

 Eastern and western shore, close pack 



ice extending 1 to 3 miles off shore. 

 Close pack ice east and west of Cape 



Race. 

 Pancake ice. 



Small berg. 

 Close pack ice. 



4 growlers (same as 180) . 



Some scattered ice between Rosiers 

 and 48°40' N., 63°30' W., thence to 

 10 miles off Bird Rocks thence to 10 

 miles off Cape Ray, Newfoundland. 



Heavy open pack ice to 9>i miles east. 



Pancake ice. 



Open ice in George Bay, thence scat- 

 tered drift ice to East Point, Prince 

 Edward Island. 



Few bergy bits. 



Few bergs and bergy bits. 



Light broken ice. 



Few bergy bits and growlers. 

 Few bergs and bergy bits. 



Many growlers. 



2 growlers. 



1 berg, few growlers and some thin ice. 



Few bergs. 



Radar contact, possible growler. 



String field ice, length 1.2 miles, width 

 39 feet. 



Drift ice approximately l,i square mile. 



Quebec to Cape Salmon, some scat- 

 tered ice. 



Strip of ice along shore Malpaque to 

 North Point with scattered strings 

 extending eastward from North 

 Point for 20 miles. 



Scattered loose ice. 



Loose ice in Gaspe Harbor and en- 

 trance to Bonaventure. 

 Radar target, possible berg. 

 Sea ice. 



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