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JUNE, 1931 



The ice patrol vessel General Greene drifted with an iceberg reported 

 on May 30th from 47° 14' N., 51° 51' W. On June 5 it had moved to 

 46° 32' N., 52° 47' W. The berg was large when first sighted, but 

 heavy seas caused it to disintegrate quickly. On May 31 many 

 pieces broke off, and on June 1 the berg turned over, breaking up 

 into two large and several smaller pieces. A remnant of this berg 

 was reported in 46° 12' N., 53° 29' W. on the 10th of June. A growler 

 (No. 50) reported from 46° 27' N., 54° 38' W. on June 20th, may have 

 been the same piece. 



JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1931 



So far as is known, no ice drifted south of the forty-eighth parallel 

 during these months. For ice between Newfoundland and Labrador 

 and southwest Greenland during July and August, 1931, see Figure 27 

 and the remarks on ice in the report of the sixth 1931 cruise. 



The season of 1931 was one of the lightest ice years ever experienced 

 on the Grand Banks. The following table gives the complete number 

 of icebergs that drifted south of the forty-eighth parallel for each 

 month from 1900 to 1931. 



NUMBER OF ICEBERGS SIGHTED AND REPORTED SOUTH OF THE 

 FORTY-EIGHTH PARALLEL 



