TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



Apr. 26 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 



ice Patrol plane 



do 



do 



USNS General H. 



Hodges. 

 Unidentified aircraft.. 



K LM aircraft- 



Arthur Cross 



Cape Bonavista. 



48 52 

 48 55 

 48 02 



52 37 

 48 37 

 50 27 



.do. 



.do. 



.do.... 

 .do.... 



...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



do 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor. 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



Ice Patrol plane 



.do. 

 .do. 



49 50 51 03 



50 00 51 00 

 Pouch Cove, Ava- 



lon Peninsula. 

 Cape St. Francis. - 



Conception Bay... 

 Strait of Belle Isle. 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



48 20 51 55 



49 45 



51 07 



...do. 



..do. 



..do. 

 -.do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do_ 

 -.do. 

 -do- 

 -do. 



-do_ 

 -do. 



-do. 

 -do. 

 _do. 

 .do. 

 -do- 

 -do_ 

 -do- 



Westward of a line 



from 50°45' N, 



54°50'W.to52°30' 



N, 55°20' W. 



Strait of Belle Isle.. 



Vicinity Cape 

 Bona vista. 



48 44 



49 33 

 49 35 



49 41 



50 25 

 50 40 



52 20 



51 53 



53 11 



52 45 

 52 19 

 51 44 



-..do.. 

 ...do-. 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 



do 



....do 



do 



Narsarssuak AB. 



Vicinity Groats Is- 

 land. 



51 33 I 54 07 

 Strait of Belle Isle. 



52 10 I 51 43 

 BW-1 Fjord 



Apr. 28 



...do- 

 ...do- 



Apr. 29 

 -..do 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor. 



Narsarssuak AB 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



do 



do- 



Strait of Belle Isle- 



BW-1 Fjord 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



do - 



Point Amour 



--do 



—do 



Apr. 30 



—do--.. 

 ...do—-. 



May 1 



—do...-, 

 —do.... 



Narsarssuak -A.B. 

 do 



US^vF aircraft... 



Narsarsuak AB. 

 do-- 



BW-1 Fjord-. 

 BW-3 Fjord. - 

 Davis Strait. 



BW-1 Fjord. 

 BW-3 Fjord-. 



USN aircraft. 



USCGLTS, Battle Har- 

 bor, Labrador. 

 Ice Patrol plane 



Hamilton Inlet, 

 Labrador. 



Strait of Belle Isle. 

 Newfoundland 



.do... 

 .do... 



.do- 



-do. 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

 do 



...do.... 

 --.do- 

 May 2 

 .-do— -. 

 .-do..-. 



...do...-. 



Narsarssuak AB 



do 



Saggat 



Bolivia 



Canadian Department of 



Transport. 

 do-.- 



49 00 53 24 

 Gulf of St. Law- 

 Strait of Belle Isle 



BW-1 Fjord.- 



BW-3 Fjord 



48 00 I 49 35 

 48 04 I 49 43 

 Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 Point Amour, Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence. 



3 small bergs 5 to 10 miles north. 

 Medium drydock berg. 

 SmaU berg (same as 370). 

 3 growlers. 



Large berg (same as 491) . 

 Very large berg (same as 491). 

 Large growler. 



Several small growlers J.^ to 3 miles 



north 

 2 growlers west shore. 

 Sea ice. 



All gulf routes and ports clear except 



Strait of Belle Isle. 

 Medium pinnacled berg and 12 growlers 



(same as 462). 

 Medium dome berg and 1 growler (same 



as 491). 

 Limits of pack ice, ranging from open 



to close pack. 



Open pack ice extends west to Pt. 



Amour. 

 8 bergs, 3 growlers. 



Large drydock berg (same as 505). 



Growler. 



Berg. 



Growler. 



Do. 

 Berg. 



2 bergs, 5 growlers. 



Berg. 



3 bergs, 7 growlers. 

 Berg. 



Close pack ice is 60 miles seaward from 



Simiutak Island. 

 Sea ice. 



Close pack ice. 



No new information. 



Do. 

 Heavy open pack ice; several bergs and 



growlers. 

 Small berg. 



Close pack ice and few bergs. 

 Boundary of pack ice 15 miles east of 



Resolution Island. 

 Open pack ice. 

 Close pack ice with growlers; seaward 



close pack with bergs. 

 Scattered patches field ice and growlers 



with several bergs and growlers to 



seaward. No pack ice to southeast. 

 Sea ice. 



Numerous radar targets probable bergs 

 between Cape St. Francis and Funk 

 Island. 



Medium pinnacled berg. 



All routes river and gulf clear for navi- 

 gation except Strait of Belle Isle 



At Belle Isle, clear in all direction 

 except 2 mile wide string on Labrador 

 side; at Point Amour, loose ice in 

 sight all around. 



Few small bergs. 



Close pack ice in fjord to seaward. 



Radar target, probable berg. 



Radar target, possible ice. 



All routes river and gulf clear for navi- 

 gation except Strait of Belle Isle, 



Close pack ice and 8 bergs. 



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