The first berg in the vicinity of the Grand Banks for the year was 

 reported on the 10th at 48°28' N. and 48°35' W. as a small berg by the 

 U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spencer. A couple of days later a Canadian 

 Department of Transport aerial reconnaissance flight reported two 

 bergs near 49° N., 51° W. The few bergs observed off the Labrador 

 coast in mid-January were now beginning to arrive at the northern 

 Grand Banks in the Labrador Current under favorable meteorological 

 conditions. A second northern iceberg survey flight along the coast 

 of Labrador to Baffin Island in mid-March confirmed a very light 

 iceberg year, as only 119 bergs were counted south of Hudson Strait 

 with an estimated total of 140 bergs. On 23 March, 11 bergs were 

 located on the northern Grand Banks with all but one between 47°40' 

 N. and 49° N. west of 50° W. The exception was a small weathered 

 pinnacle berg at 47°08' N., 47°28' W. Except for one large berg at 

 48°40' N., 52°20' N., and one medium-sized berg, the bergs were all 

 badly weathered and small, of the drydock pinnacled variety, with 

 only a few day's survival remaining. Three of the bergs were located 

 south of 48° N. at this time. A flight on the 30th revealed that the 

 southernmost berg had deteriorated and the movement of bergs west 

 of 50° W. on the 23d was easterly at an average of 20 miles per day. 

 The large berg was located at 48°10' N., 50°20' W., apparently aground 

 in about 90 fathoms of water. An additional 15 bergs had arrived 

 on the northwestern Grand Banks east of Cape Bonavista. These 

 bergs were estimated to have traveled about 18 miles per day during 



Figure 7. — Ice conditions on 13 March 1963. 



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