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JANUARY 1934 



The fii'st report of ice came on January 11. By the middle of the 

 month pack ice was generally encountered north of latitude 47, when 

 between longitude 49 and the Newfoundland coast. Near the end of 

 the month scattered ice fields were reported along the eastern slope 

 of the Grand Banks to longitude 47 and southward to latitude 46°17' 

 N. Five icebergs were reported south of latitude 49 during the 

 month. One of these was south of latitude 48 N. Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence ice was reported during the month 75 miles southeast of Cape 

 Breton. Light slob and ])ancake ice was reported from Halifax east- 

 ward to longitude 59°46'. The j)ositions of ice reported during Jan- 

 uary are shown on figure 12, together with the ice for February and 

 March. 



FEBRUARY 1934 



During February there was a marked decrease in the amount of 

 pack ice reported. One ice field was reported in longitude 50 be- 

 tween latitudes 48°08' and 48°50' and another in longitude 48°35' 

 W. between latitudes 46°40' and 47°30'. During the month there 

 were four additional reports of small ice fields in widely scattered posi- 

 tions. The easternmost of these was in 47°47' N., 46°45' W. There 

 were no bergs reported south of latitude 49 during the month. Pan- 

 cake ice was reported continuous to westward from 44°54' N., 59°42' 

 W. (See fig. 12.) 



MARCH 1934 



During March heavy pack ice was reported from 48°46' N., 48°00' 

 W., to 48°10' N., 47°00' W. Bergs were reported in 50°23' N., 45°11' 

 W., and 48°46' N., 48°00' W. St. Lawrence ice was reported from 

 46°00' N., 56°12' W., to 45°56' N., 56°4r W. (See fig. 12.) 



APRIL 1934 (FIG. 13) 



April was the heaviest ice month of the year. It is estimated that 

 245 icebergs drifted south of latitude 48 during the month. During 

 the first week of the montli the bergs were reported far to the east- 

 ward. On April 4 and 5 six bergs were reported south of Flemish 

 Cap. On tliis date the easternmost ice of the month was reported in 

 46°46' N., 43°58' W. On April 6 several bergs and pack ice were 

 reported between latitudes 46 and 47 in longitude 46°50'. After the 

 end of the first week in April the bergs drifted southward much far- 

 ther to the west and invaded the shoal water of the Grand Banks in 

 greater numbers than usual. Tiiis indicates the bergs in April were 

 shallow draft bergs which had been subjected to melting processes 

 during the summer before but did not complete their journey south- 

 ward last year. The April ice drift of this year resembles that of 

 April 1932 to a marked degree in this respect. 



