TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1955— Continued 



Date 



Mar. 9 



..do__.. 

 Mar. 10 



Name of vessel 



Canadian Dept. of 

 Transport. 



...do. 



..do^ 

 ..do. 



_do. 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitud e 



Gaspe Harbor to South- 

 west Point, Anticosti 

 Island to 



■18 50 I 02 50 



48 50 1 fr2 50 



to 



Magdalen Islands to St. 



Paul Island. 

 Along west coast Cape 

 Breton Island. 



Northumberland Strait 



Inside line from 



63 40 



to 



Dutch aircraft - . . 



Arctic Prowler 



Hjordis Thorden 



Arctic Prowler 



....do 



Invicta 



Ranenf jord 



Canadian Department 



of Transport. 

 .. .do 



do__- 



do 



do 



do 



...do 



Arctic Prowler. 



Ice Patrol plane . 



....do 



USCGC Bibb 



....do 



Caunavon 



USCGC Bibb 



____do 



Hydro 



Arctic Prowler 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Canadian Department 



of Transport. 

 ....do 



.do. 



10 



48 20 



Bonaventure Island 

 to 



47 10 

 54 20 

 53 00 



48 32 



51 50 



52 30 

 46 08 

 48 30 



& 40 



,50 15 



53 30 



50 00 



.53 55 



53 15 



59 U 



49 31 



Northumberland Strait 



.\long coast, West Point 

 to North Point, Prince 

 Edward Island, and to 

 limit 35 mile visibility. 



South side Bay Chaleur 



Gaspe Passage to 

 48 20 I 62 05 

 ■ 48 20 I 62 05 



to 

 Bird Rocks to St. Paul 

 [ Island. 



.\long coast from Cape 

 St. Lawrence to Pictou 

 Harbor. 

 Between Cape Smoky, 

 Cape Breton Island and 

 Ciboux Island. 

 52 40 I 53 18 

 'North of a line from Bac- 

 calieu Island 

 to 



47 50 

 47 50 



51 30 

 ,"■0 30 



48 30 



49 20 I 49 40 



thence northward. 



48 00 48 05 



51 04 49 20 



Along south shore of St. 

 St. Paul Island. 



54 35 



54 35 



54 17 



54 17 



Northumberland Strait 



West Point to North 

 Point, P. E. I. to New 

 Brunswick coast. 



Bonaventure Island to 

 Magdalen Islands. 



Description 



^Loo.se drift ice. 



Clear. 



Loose drift kv. 



90 percent cover, field ice. 



lite field, 70 percent cover. 



Medium herg. 



Heavy field ice. 



Field ice. 



Heavy field ice. 



Field ice. 



Ice field, 2 mUes long. 



Field ice. 



70 percent cover. 



Close pack. 



Do. 



•Small fields loose drift ice. 



■Clear. 



Close pack ice. 



Loose drift ice. 



Heavy field ice. 



Scattered to broken field ice. 



Small patch field ice. 



2 small bergs and many 

 growlers. 



Large berg. 



Radar targets, probably field ice. 



Field Ice. 



E.xtensive field ice. 



Strips of field ice two mUes wide. 



3 bergs. 

 Heavy floe ice. 



4 bergs 



Heavy floe ice. 

 90 percent cover. 



100 percent cover. 



Numerous heavy pieces and new 

 slob. 



