TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1953— Continued 



Date 



Name of vessel 



May 2 

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 .do- 

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 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do- 

 -do- 



May 3 



...do 



...do 



...do 



—do 



.do. 

 -do- 

 .do. 

 .do- 



.do. 



.do- 

 .do- 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do- 

 -do. 

 -do. 

 .do- 

 -do. 

 .do. 



.do- 



..do. 

 ..do. 



..do- 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 -do. 

 -do- 

 ..do. 



...do 



...do 



May 4 

 ...do.-.-. 



Ice Patrol plane. 

 do 



-do- 

 .do. 

 -do. 

 .do- 

 .do. 

 -do- 

 -do- 

 -do- 

 -do- 

 -do- 

 -do- 



-do- 

 -do- 

 -do- 

 -do- 

 .do- 

 -do. 

 .do. 

 -do- 



-do- 

 .do. 



Orlzia. 

 ..-do- 

 .-..do. 

 ....do. 

 ..-do. 



Ice Patrol plane. 



.—do-. 



....do-... 



.—do.- 



.do. 



do. 



-do. 

 -do. 

 -do- 

 -do. 

 .-do. 

 .-do- 

 ..do- 

 --do. 

 -do. 



-do- 



-do- 

 .do. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



USCaC Unimak. 



do 



do 



USN aircraft 



Canadian Department of 

 Transport. 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Fogo Island- 

 do 



50 20 



51 40 

 51 40 



51 40 



52 01 

 52 07 

 48 12 



48 03 

 47 37 

 47 47 



54 52 



54 15 



54 31 



54 38 



54 18 



54 02 



51 54 



51 33 



52 28 

 51 31 



Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. 



Description 



Large tabular berg. 



2 small bergs, 15 growlers within 15 

 miles northeast of Fogo Island. 



Small berg. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



1 small berg, 1 growler. 

 Small berg. 



Do. 



3 growlers. 

 Small berg. 



2 small bergs. 



7 bergs, 15 growlers between 52°12' N. 



and 52°37' N. 

 12 growlers. 

 Small berg. 

 1 growler. 



1 medium berg. 

 Small berg. 



3 growlers. 



Dn. 

 Loose strings of field ice extend 130 

 miles east of Labrador coast at 52°00' 

 N. with occasional patches close pack 

 ice. 



4 radar targets, probable bergs, 15 

 miles northeast of Fogo Island. 



5 radar targets 45 to 90 miles east of 

 St. Lewis Sound, probable bergs. 



Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Many growlers and pieces of ice at en- 

 trance of bay. 

 Small growler. 

 Growler. 

 Small berg. 

 4 growlers, 2 bergs. 



Medium berg and small berg 5 miles to 



north. 

 Small berg. 

 Twin pinnacled berg. 

 Large pinnacled berg and growler. 

 Disintegrating growler. 

 Small growler. 



2 small bergs. 



4 bergs 10 miles eastward. 

 Berg (same as 491). 

 Growler. 



Pack ice begins at Cape Freels and 

 extends west close along shore into 

 Notre Dame Bay. 



A belt of bergs, growlers, and scattered 

 field ice parallels Labrador coast 

 from Cape St. Charles to Hamilton 

 Inlet with the axis of the heaviest ice 

 concentration lying about 50 miles 

 offshore with approximately 150 

 bergs and 750 growlers in this belt. 

 Scattered field ice extends up to 150 

 miles offshore at 52°4!)' N. A few 

 bergs lie inshore of this belt. 



5 bergs, 5 to 15 miles northeast. 



26 bergs in pack ice to north of Fogo 



Island and New World Island. 

 Small berg. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Large berg, 241 feet high, 1,920 feet 

 long, possibly grounded (same as 

 588). 

 Many growlers. 



3 growlers. 



Berg (same as 588). 



No change from report of May 2d. 



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