TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



Apr. 



..do 



..do 



..do 



.-do 



.-do 



...do 



..do 



-do- 



— do. 

 ...do- 

 ...do. 



Apr. 



_..do. 



...do. 



...do. 



_-do_ 

 ..do. 



_.do. 



Apr. 8 

 ...do.— . 



Apr. 

 ...do. 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



Apr. 10 

 ...do 



Ice Patrol plane. 



....do 



...-do 



...-do 



-.-.do 



..-.do 



MSTS Office, St. John's, 



Newfoundland. 

 Canadian Department of 



Transport. 



TCA aircraft 



Narsarssuak AB- 

 do - 



USCGC Casco. 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 USN aircraft 



Ice Patrol plane. 



.do. 



USCGC Sebago. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



USN aircraft 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



-do- 



-do- 



..-do— - 

 -do-..- 



Apr. 11 

 ---do 



Fort Hamilton- 

 do 



Narsarssuak AB 



do 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

 Torr Head 



Berylstone. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Narsarssuak AB 



do 



Fort Avalon- 

 do 



Cape Spear 



to 



2 miles east of 



Cape St. Francis 



to 

 Baccalieu Island 



47 38 



47 41 



47 45 



47 50 



47 53 



52 39 



52 42 



52 41 



52 44 



52 50 



St. John's Harbor. - 



St. Lawrence 

 River. 



Cape North, 

 Cape Breton 



to 

 20 miles of! 

 [ Miscou Island 

 48 10 I 52 57 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seaward of BW-3 



Fjord. 

 46 45 I 54 22 



Strait of Belle Isle. - 



Hudson Strait and 



Baffin Bay. 

 1 mile southeast of 

 Cape St. Francis 

 Cape Spear 

 to 

 3 miles east of Cape 

 St. Francis 



to 

 Baccalieu Island 

 46 58 54 30 



St. Lawrence River. 



I Frobisher Bay 



to 

 [ Resolution Island 

 Chaleur Bay 



^North Point, 



Prince Edward 



Island 

 to 

 20 miles southeast 



of Miscou Island 

 to 

 New Brunswick 

 , coast 

 7 miles east of Cape 



Race 

 Southeast of Cape 



Race 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seawardof BW-S.- 

 Straitof Bellelsle.- 

 South coast of 



Newfoundland 



East coast of New- 

 foundland 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seaward of BW-3.. 



46 33 

 46 33 



53 33 



54 20 



Limits of pack ice, close pack along 

 shore 500 yards width Cape Broyle 

 to Cape Spear; St. John's Harbor, 

 close pack but navigable; Concep- 

 tion Bay, close pack. 



Growler. 



3 bergs. 

 Berg. 



2 bergs. 

 Do. 

 Very loose pack ice. 



Light scattered ice, Quebec to Cape 

 Salmon. 



Loose ice along this line; close pack at 

 ' Escuminac Point, New Brunswick. 



Large berg. 



Few bergy bits and growlers. 



Few bergs. 



2 patches field ice 200 yards long by 



100 yards and 1,000 by 300 yards. 

 Sea ice. 



Comprehensive report of pack ice. 



4 growlers. 



Limit of close to open pack ice. 



Northerlv end line of brash and pan 

 ice 100 to 200 yards wide. Line 205 

 degrees true extending limit of visi- 

 bility 5 miles. 



Considerable broken ice Saguenay 

 River to Port Alfred. 



Comprehensive report of ice conditions. 



Broken ice moving out. 



.Scattered ice in this area close packed 

 ' at Escuminac. 



String of loose ice 2 miles long. 



String ice. 



Few growlers. 



Few bergs. 



Loose ice south and west; close pack 



eastward. 

 Scattered field ice vicinity Lamb Rock; 



3 miles to east and west and at least 

 5 miles to north and south. 

 Field ice extends from 7 miles south of 



Cape Pine to 6 miles southeast of 



Cape Race, about 2 miles wide. 

 Strip of ice 1 to 10 miles wide from Cape 



Bald to Richibucto. 

 Few bergy bits. 

 Few bergs and bergy bits and some 



pack ice. 

 Some small gi-owlers. 

 Large area of loose pack ice 6 miles 



east and west, and 1 mile north and 



south of this position. 



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