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MONTHLY ICE CONDITIONS 1964 



JANUARY 



Tlie persistence of pack ice along the east Baffin Island coast 

 throughout the summer and autumn of 1963 was the first omen of a 

 normal or heavy iceberg year for the Grand Banks in 1964. A berg 

 sun^ey made in early December along the Labrador and Baffin Island 

 east coasts north to Cape Dyer somewhat allayed fears of a heavy 

 ice year, as the berg supply was evaluated to be below normal. On 

 the other hand, the weather for Labrador and Newfoundland in De- 

 cember and January was abnormally cold and very favorable for berg 

 transport to the south. At the beginning of January the east coast of 

 Newfoundland was estimated to be ice free with no bergs south of 

 52° N. The first preseason flight made on the 18th revealed the south- 

 ernmost berg agromid off Cape Freels and two other bergs south of 

 Belle Isle. The sea ice which started to form near Belle Isle in early 

 January now extended south to Bonavista Bay with the eastern limits 

 along 53° W. By the end of the month, the southernmost berg was 

 the same berg aground off Cape Freels. Tliere was only one other 

 berg south of Belle Isle. The sea ice limits had expanded east to 

 51°30' W. and south to Cape Bonavista. Sea ice conditions were 

 heavier than normal at this time. Belle Isle Strait was declared 

 closed on 5 January by the Canadian Department of Transport. Sea 

 ice began to form in early January in the northeast arm of the Gulf 

 of St, Lawrence, along the southern coast of Quebec Province, and 

 near Cape Gaspe. By the end of the month, the entire Gulf was cov- 

 ered by ice except for the northern entrance of Cabot Strait and the 

 west coast of Newfoundland south of Bay Islands. 



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