45°44' N. Tlie other two were located on the 23d in the vicinity of 

 Flemish Cap in positions 47°0r N., 43°45' W., and 47°15' N., 45°50' 

 W. Four bergs were observed on the 20th west of longitude 52° W. 

 and between the 48th and 49th parallels. 



Three bergs were reported on the 22d in positions unusually far to 

 the southeast. of Cape Farewell, Greenland. Two of these were in 

 57°39' N., 36°12' W., and the other in 57°45' N., 36°11' W. 



Throughout February the field ice limits in the Grand Banks area 

 advanced to the south and southeast. The last week of the month 

 found a tongue of scattered to broken field ice projecting south along 

 the eastern slope of the Grand Banks to latitude 46°12' N. between 

 longitudes 46°30' W. and 48°00' W. West of this tongue the southern 

 limit of the field ice lay I'oughly along latitude 47°50' N. to the coast 

 of Newfoundland. 



A vessel steaming across Cabot Strait on the 22d encountered 

 scattered to broken field ice from 47°50' N., 59°25' W., south to Cape 

 Breton. 



The distribution of ice reported during February is shown graphic- 

 ally in figure 10. 



MARCH 



During March there was no appreciable southward advance of the 

 berg limits established in February. The most southerly position 

 attained by any berg in March was 45°36' N., 47°34' W., on the 

 19th. There was, however, a movement which carried a number of 

 bergs well to the east of the northeastern edge of the Grand Banks. 

 In the last half of the month bergs were scattered between the 48th 

 and 49th parallels from the east coast of Newfoundland as far east 

 as longitude 42°05' W. A number of other bergs were found between 

 Flemish Cap and the 100-fathom curve on the eastern slope of the 

 Grand Baidvs between latitudes 45°36' N. and 48°00' N. Approxi- 

 mately 47 bergs drifted south of the 48th parallel during the month. 



Nine bergs were reported early in March in positions east-southeast 

 to east of Cape Farewell, 280 to 400 miles distant. Tliese bergs were 

 well outside the usual limits for that area. 



In the Grand Banks area the field ice limits receded nortliward 

 dui'ing March from those established in tlie last week of the preceding 

 month. By the 28th the limits roughly approximated a line from 

 Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, to 48° N., 51° W., thence due cast 

 to longitude 47°17' W., thence north-northwest. 



March saw the breakup of the pack in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 and St. I^awrence River. On 7 March the major steamer track to 

 Montreal via Cabot Strait was obstructed by light to moderate con- 

 centrations of field ice between Cabot Strait and Fame Point. West 

 of Fame Point the river was covered by close pack and was not 

 navigable. By the 18th this route was cpiite clear of ice between 



