Percent 

 Nationality of total 



Great Britain 29. 7 



United States of America 19. 2 



Germany 7. 8 



Sweden 7. 1 



Norway 5. 9 



Panama 3. 7 



Netherlands 3. 3 



Italy 3. 3 



Li beria 3. 1 



Portugal 3. 1 



Canada 2. 2 



France 2.2 



Others (14 nations) 9. 4 



ICE CONDITIONS— 1955 



JANUARY-FEBRUARY 



The first ice reported in 1955 to the International Ice Patrol was a 

 berg in 56°27' X., 50°37' W. on 10 February. No other bergs were 

 reported during January or February. 



No field ice was reported in the Grand Banks area during January. 

 Aerial reconnaissance on 27 Februar}^ found the southern and eastern 

 field ice limits to be a line running from Baccalieu Island to 48°30' N,, 

 Sl'^lO' W., to 50°00' N., 52^00' W., to 51°10' N., 51°10' W. 



tAARCH 



No bergs drifted south into the Grand Banks area until the last part 

 of March. By the last of the month only 10 bergs and several growlers 

 had penetrated south of the 48th parallel, and none of this ice reached 

 south of latitude 47°13' N. or east of longitude 50°33' W. 



The field ice limits progressed south and east thi'oughout the month. 

 On the 30th these limits were a line running from Baccalieu Island to 

 47°25' N., 50°30' W., to 48°00' N., 49°00' W., to 48^30' N., 48°50' W., 

 to 48°50' N., 48°50' W. 



In the Gulf of St. Lawrence area, the steamer track from Cabot 

 Strait to Gaspe Passage was clear throughout the last 3 weeks of 

 March, except for occasional strings and patches of scattered floes and 

 loose slob ice. To the southwest of this track and in the St. Lawrence 

 River heavy concentrations of field ice persisted to the end of the 

 month. 



The distribution of ice reported in Alarch in the Grand Banks area is 



shown graphically in figure 9. 



APRIL 



More bergs entered the Grand Banks area in April than in any other 

 month of the 1955 ice season. That the ice season would be light was 

 foreshadowed by the fact that only 32 bergs drifted south across the 

 48th parallel during the month. It was of interest that none of these 



