SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 



Except for a small berg in Bonavista Bay, no bergs were reported 

 south of the 50th parallel m September or October. Approximately 

 six bergs were reported during this period between the 50th and 52d 

 parallels inside the 1,000-fathom cm-ve off Newfoundland. 



NO VEMBER-DECEMBER 



No ice was reported in November or December. 



TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1955 



No. 



Date 



Feb. 10 

 Feb. 11 



Feb. 16 



..do.. 



Feb. 22 



Feb. 27 



Name of vessel 



OSV BravO- 

 ....do 



Swiss Aii'lines. 



Hydro 



USCG aircraft. 



.do- 



Ice Patrol plane - 



.d0- 



Mar. 1 



Mar. 2 

 Mar. 4 

 ...do.--. 

 ...do-... 

 ...do..-. 

 ...do.-.. 



...do... 



.do.-. 



..do. 

 Mar. 7 



Mar. 9 



...do 



...do.-- 



Dettifoss. 



Lyngenfiord 

 Ice Patrol plane. 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



...do. 

 ...do- 



....do--- 

 Godafoss. 



Ice Patrol plane. 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



56 27 50 37 



56 29 50 49 



Area ta the vicinity 



of 



50 00 1 53 00 

 WNW of a line from 



51 00 1 52 00 

 to 



49 00 1 51 00 

 From Baccalieu Island to 



Cape Bonavista and 40 



miles seaward. 

 ^West and north of a line 



from Cape Bonavista, 



Newfoundland to 



Description 



48 30 

 50 00 



51 10 



to 



51 10 



52 00 



51 10 



Between Baccalieu Island 

 and Cape Bonavista, 

 Newfoundland, 



48 37 



50 25 



1 48 



to 



North and west of a line 

 from Baccalieu Island to 

 48 05 I 52 00 

 Between Grates Point and 

 Cape Bonavista, New- 

 foundland. 



West of a line from 



49 15 

 49 40 



to 



50 20 

 52 00 



50 45 I 51 55 

 ' 48 23 1 50 20 

 /North and west of a line 



from Baccalieu Island to 



Canadian Dept. of 

 Transport. 



do... 



47 50 

 47 50 



48 40 



52 35 

 52 00 



50 00 



thence north. 



Northumberland Strait to 

 West Point, Prince Ed- 

 ward Island to Bay 

 Chaleur. 



North side Bay Chaleur 

 to Gaspe Harbor. 



Medium berg. 



Medium berg and growler. 



Large floes, up to 20 square 

 miles. 



•Field ice. 



Patches of broken field ice. 



iScattered to broken field ice. 



Patches of scattered field ice. 



Light ice floes. 



Three heavy pieces field ice. 

 Small berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



■Scattered to broken field ice. 

 Scattered to close field ice. 



'Scattered to close field ice. 

 Field ice. 



iScattered to broken field ice. 

 90 percent cover, field ice. 

 Clear. 



