32 bergs were carried by the Labrador Current down the east slope 

 of the Grand Banks or east toward the Flemish Cap area. Instead, 

 they drifted into positions along the east and south coasts of the Avalon 

 Peninsula and in the central and northwestern sectors of the Grand 

 Banks where they eventually broke up and melted. 



The field ice limits of the previous month advanced during April 

 to the east, south and around Cape Race to the west. The most 

 easterly extension of the field ice limits for the month and for the entire 

 season was attained in the first week of April in position 47°30' N,, 

 47°30' W. The most southerly field ice limits for the month and for 

 the entire season lay along latitude 45°10' N. south of the Avalon 

 Peninsula during the last few days of April. Easterly winds prevailing 

 after 12 April drove the pack against the east coast and westward along 

 the south coast of the Avalon Peninsula as far as longitude 54°40' W. 

 St. John's harbor was blocked by pack ice on 12, 13, and 25-30 April, 

 inclusive. 



North of the Grand Banks area a strip of field ice 20 to 40 miles wide 

 lay along the shoreline between Cape Bonavista and Cape Bauld until 

 the 25th, after which the southern end of the strip narrowed somewhat. 

 Approximately 50 bergs were counted in this pack. Heavy pack 

 blocked the Strait of Belle Isle throughout the month. 



The pack in the southwest half of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and in 

 the St. Lawrence River rapidly broke up during the first 2 weeks of 

 the month. By 16 April all routes to ports in the gulf and in the 

 St. Lawrence River were essentially free of ice, except the Strait of 

 Belle Isle route. 



The distribution of ice reported in April in the Grand Banks area 

 is shown graphically in figure 10. 



MAY 



Only 14 bergs drifted south across the 48th parallel during May. 

 As in the previous month, no bergs were carried by the Labrador 

 Current down the east slope of the Grand Banks or east 

 into the Flemish Cap area, and all the bergs entering the Grand Banks 

 area in May drifted into positions along the east and south coasts 

 of the Avalon Peninsula and in the central and northwestern sectors 

 of the Grand Banks. A few others were stranded in Trinity Bay and 

 Conception Bay. The most westerly and southerly berg positions 

 reported during the ice season were as follows: 46°33' N., 55°25' W. 

 on 12 May and 44°26' N., 52°05' W. on 14 May, respectively. 



The field ice limits in the Grand Banks area receded northward 

 from latitude 45°10' N. on 1 May to the latitude of Cape Freels on 

 31 May. Strong easterly winds occurring in the first part of the 

 month drove the field ice limits to the most westerly longitude of 

 the ice season, 56°40' W., between the south coast of Newfoundland 

 and the 46th parallel. The field ice south of Newfoundland and along 



