TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1955— Continued 



Date 



Apr. 11 



-do. 

 do. 



Name of vessel 



Ice Patrol plane. 



Hydro. 

 do- 



...do 



.do.,., 

 .do.... 



.do. 



398 ...do. 

 ...do. 



...do—. 



...do—.. 



Apr. 12 

 ...do..... 

 ...do..... 

 ...do..... 

 ...do...-. 

 ...do-—. 



..do.- 

 ..do.. 

 ..do.- 



..do.-... 



...do..... 

 Apr. 13 



..do.... 

 ...do.— 

 -.do.... 



...do...-. 

 ...do—.. 



..do- 

 .-do. 



..do. 



-do. 



..do. 



...do. 

 ...do. 



--do- 



Ice Patrol plane-.. 



.-...do... -.. 



Canadian Dept. 



Transport. 

 do 



..do- 

 ..do- 



Ice Patrol plane, 

 .-.do. 



....do- 

 ..--do. 

 ..-.do. 

 ---do. 

 ....do- 

 ....do. 



Cortona. 



Hydro 



Canadian Department 



of Transport. 

 do. 



-do. 



USNS Sgt. Jonah E. 

 Kelley. 



do 



do 



North Coaster. 



USNS Sgt. Jonah E. 

 Kelley. 



Chepman 



USCQC Mackinac 

 USN plane 



Fort Avalon.. 



USNS Sgt. Jonah E. 

 Kelley. 



North Coaster 



Hydro 



Canadian Department 

 of Transport. 



.-..do - 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



From 



47 20 I 52 45 



to 



48 10 I 48 50 



to 

 48 40 I 48 50 



St. Johns Harbor 



St. Johns Harbor and outer 

 harbor extending sea- 

 ward 5 miles. 



47 40 48 05 



48 12 I 48 15 

 20 miles south Cape Race 



to Father Point. 

 Northumberland Straits 



from Point Prim to 



Woods Island to East 



Point. 



Indian Rocks... 



5 miles northwest of Cape 



George towards Pictou 



Island. 

 West Northumberland 



Straits and Chaleur Bay. 

 West coast Cape Breton 



Island. 



46 50 



46 32 



46 32 



46 58 



47 07 



52 46 



53 12 

 53 08 

 52 17 

 62 36 



-Mong east coast Avalon 

 Peninsula between lati- 

 tudes 46 55N and 47 20N 

 and 3 to 10 miles seaward. 



46 20 I 47 34 



St. Johns Harbor 



.\long shoreline east coast 



Cape Breton Island. 



Along west coast Cape 

 Breton Island from 15 

 miles below Cape St. 

 Lawrence to Inverness 

 and 5 to 10 miles seaward. 



Northumberland Strait 



47 25 52 42 



47 29 52 39 



47 34 52 38 



Along east coast Avalon 



Peninsula at latitude 



46 50N |.... 



.\long east coast .Avalon 

 Peninsula and 5 miles 

 seaward. 



From 

 46 16 I 52 59 

 northeastward and north- 

 northwestward. 

 From 



46 19 I 52 58 

 to Cape Race. 



From 24 miles south of 

 Cape Pine extending 

 northeast. 



Along east coast Avalon 

 Peninsula 2 miles off- 

 shore. 



Along east coast Avalon 

 Peninsula east of a line 

 from Cape Spear to 



47 27 I 52 32 



to 

 47 20 I 52 40 



Along east coast Avalon 

 Peninsula from Cape 

 Ballard 7 miles east- 

 northeast. 



St. Johns Harbor 



West coast Cape Breton 

 Island from Pleasant 

 Bay to Sea Wolf Island. 



Northumberland Strait 



Description 



Moderate to heavy concentra- 

 tions field )cp 



60 percent cover. 

 100 percent block floe. 



Widely scattered small pieces 



field ice. 

 Do. 

 Occasional heavy pieces and 



strings. 

 Isolated pieces field ice. 



Large piece field ice aground. 

 Large field 1 to 5 miles wide, 15 

 miles long. 



Several isolated fields. 



Field ice. 



Small berg (same as No. 363). 

 Growler. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Scattered strings to close pack 

 field ice. 



Large patches brash ice. 

 100 percent rafted field ice. 

 Slob ice. 



Loose drift ice. 



Scattered fields loose drift ice. 

 Berg (same as No. 377) . 



Berg (same as No. 378). 



Berg. 



Several growlers. 



Widely scattered growlers. 



Heavy field ice. 



Field ice. 

 Pack ice. 



Field ice. 



Field ice. 



Heavy strings field ice. 



60 to 70 percent cover field ice. 

 Narrow band close pack ice. 



Scattered patches loose drift ice. 



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