TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 1 

 longitude 



Description 



Apr. 13 



...do 



.do 



Apr. 14 



.do 



Apr. 15 



...do. 



.-do 



Apr. 16 



...do 



.do 



...do. 

 ...do. 



...do 



Apr. 17 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



.do. 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



...do. 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



...do. 



...do 



...do 



...do..... 



...do 



...do..... 



...do 



...do 



Apr. 18 



Apr. 19 

 ...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Apr. 20 



...do 



...do 



...do..... 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Ice Patrol plane. 



.do. 

 .do. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Narsarssuak AB... 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



do 



BOAC aircraft. 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 Fort Hamilton 



Narsarssuak AB. 

 ....do.. --- 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

 do -.-- 



USNS Jose Valdez. 



do.... 



do.. 



Ice Patrol plane 



..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 



..do- 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do- 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do- 



Between latitudes 

 49 40X| 50 ION 



and longitudes 

 53 OOWI 54 COW 



49 55 54 10 



50 03 I 54 12 

 Strait of Belle Isle.. 



Seaward of B\V-3-. 

 Strait of Belle Isle- 

 Northumberland 



Strait. 



Miramichi Bay 



East coast Avalon 



Peninsula. 

 Strait of Belle Isle. 



East coast Avalon 

 Peninsula. 



BW-3 Fjord 



Seaward of BW-3. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



do- 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 



TWA aircraft 



USCGC Castle Rock 



Unidentified aircraft 



L'Aventure 



do 



USCGLTS, Battle Harbor. 



USN aircraft 



do.. - 



Ice Patrol plane 



do 



Northumberland 

 Strait. 



Gulf of St. Lawr- 

 ence. 



Ferryland Head, 

 Avalon Penin- 

 sula. 



Conception Bay... 



Tor Bay 



to 



48 55 I 52 10 

 thence northwest 



Tor Bay 



Conception Bay... 



Grates Point 



South end Bacca- 

 lieu Island. 

 48 12 I 52 50 

 Cape Bonavlsta... 



48 37 



48 47 



48 56 



48 56 



49 00 

 49 16 



52 51 



52 53 



51 56 



52 50 

 52 10 

 50 31 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 do 



Strait of Belle Isle. 



18 bergs and 21 growlers in this area. 



Berg. 



Do. 

 Close pack ice Newfoundland side. 



Few small bergs and growlers. 

 Sea ice. 



Only known ice liable to obstruct nav- 

 igation is located between lines: 

 Tormentine to Seacow Head and 

 West Point, Prince Edward Island 

 and Richibucto. Within this area 75 

 percent loose ice moving southward. 



5 percent ice off Point Escuminac; 

 inner bay loose ice. 



3 large bergs near Funk Island. 



Sea ice. 



2 bergs, 1 vicinity Ferryland Head, 

 and other 1 mile south Renewse 

 Head, both apparently grounded. 



3 growlers, 1 berg, and few bergy bits. 

 Few bergs, many growlers, some bergy 



bits and pack ice. 



Eastern limits of field ice at Victoria, 

 Prince Edward Island. 



All routes and ports Gulf and River 

 St. Lawrence clear except western 

 part of Northumberland Strait. 



Berg (same as 405) . 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Loosely scattered strings extend from 

 Cape St. Francis to eastern limit of 

 52°00' W. and southern limit of 47°40' 

 N.; St. John's Harbor and approaches 

 clear; Conception Bay clear. 



2 bergs aground (same as 405). 



4 growlers and 6 bergs. 



Berg aground. 



4 growlers. 



Berg (same as 362). 



2 bergs. 



^Limits of open pack Ice. 



Growler aground (same as 416). 



2 bergs aground. 

 Berg aground. 



Berg aground (same as 362). 



Berg. 



3 bergs aground. 

 2 bergs. 



4 bergs. 

 Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Berg (same as 370). 

 Conditions same as reported before. 



No change since last report. 

 Sea ice. 



Berg 60 feet high. 

 Numerous growlers. 

 Medium to large berg. 

 Small berg (same as 405). 

 Berg (same as 405). 

 Sea ice. 



Berg (same as 370). 

 Berg. 



Berg (same as 405). 

 Do. 



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