on 1 June in 39°51' N., 48°30' W., the most southerly position reached 

 by any ice in 1954. This berg melted completely by 4 June. Approx- 

 imately 16 bergs drifted south of the 48th parallel in the month. All 

 but one of these went agroinid off the east or south coasts of the Ava- 

 lon Peninsula. The other traveled southeast along the northeast 

 slope of the Grand Banks as far as 46°30' N., 47°10' W., before it 

 melted. Until the 19th, 3 or 4 bergs were to be found scattered along 

 the east slope of the Grand Banks between the 44th and 48th parallels, 

 but during the remainder of June no bergs were located in that area. 

 Four bergs which drifted south to the vicinity of the Tail of the Banks 

 were reported as follows: on 1 June, one berg in 43°00' N., 47°29' W.; 

 on 6 June, one berg in 41°22' N., 49°35' W.; on 22 June, two bergs in 

 42°49' N., 48°46' W., and 43°49' N., 48°55' W., respectively. The 

 most easterly ice reported in June was a berg on the 3d in 45°00' N., 

 46°20' W. 



The field ice concentration was sufficiently reduced in the Strait 

 of Belle Isle by 11 June to permit the passage of ice-protected vessels, 

 and by the 22d so little field ice remained that the strait was open to 

 all vessels. From the first of June to the end of the ice season many 

 bergs were scattered throughout the strait and to the northeastward 

 along Track G as far as the 1,000-fathom curve. 



The distribution of ice reported in June is shown graphically in 

 figure 14. 



JULY 



The ice season in the Grand Banks area ended in the first half of 

 July. The last two bergs to drift south of the 48th parallel in 1954 

 did so during the first 4 days of July. Both of these bergs stranded in 

 Conception Bay, Newfoundland, where they melted before the end of 

 the month. Only one of the bergs found near the Tail of the Banks 

 in June lasted until July. This berg drifted slowly southward and 

 was last reported on the 6th in 42°15' N., 49°20' W. It was not re- 

 located by a thorough aerial search on the 10th and was therefore 

 judged to have melted. On 13 July no ice remained south of the 48th 

 parallel except three growlers just off the south coast of the Avalon 

 Peninusla and two bergs stranded in Conception Bay. North of the 

 48th parallel the ice situation was as follows in the last week of the 

 month: approximately 30 bergs were distributed along the Newfound- 

 land coast between Cape Bonavista and Cape Bauld; about 24 bergs 

 remained in the Strait of Belle Isle; two bergs were drifting in the 

 Labrador CiuTent near 50° N., 51° W. ; six bergs lay just inside the 

 1,000-fathom curve off the east coast of Newfoundland between lat- 

 itudes 51°00' N. and 52°30' N.; about 30 bergs were located between 

 the 1,000-fathom curve and tiie east coast of Labrador between lati- 

 tudes 52°30' N. and 53°30' N.; there was no field ice south of the 53d 

 parallel. 



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