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The waters east of the 50-fathom curve on the eastern slope of the 

 Grand Banks were practically free of ice from the 8th to 27th of 

 April. However, on the Grand Banks bergs were unusually numer- 

 ous along track E as far west as longitude 52°30'. Toward the end 

 of the month bergs wer6 beginning to be less numerous on the Grand 

 Banks and the eastern limit of the iceberg infested waters was ex- 

 tended to longitude 47. Sixteen bergs drifted south of latitude 45 

 during the month. The southernmost berg was in 43°57' N., 48°47' 

 W., on April 13. The westernmost ice was in 46°21' N., 52°58' W., 

 on April 24. 



MAY 1934 (FIG. 14) 



It is estimated that 228 bergs drifted south of latitude 48 during 

 the month. In contrast with April, during May inside of the 50- 

 fathom curve there were very few bergs. The icebergs drifted soutli- 

 ward along the eastern slope of the Grand Banks in their normal 

 paths. South of latitude 45 the southern current was exceedingly 

 narrow and many bergs curved to the northeast before reaching lati- 

 tude 45. Most of those that succeeded in getting south of latitude 

 45 did not reach the forty-fourth parallel. Only 1 berg drifted 

 south of latitude 43 during the month. The ice patrol-cutter watched 

 this berg disintegrate in 42°21' N., 50°24' W., on May 28, after hav- 

 ing followed its drift for 18 days. 



When north of latitude 45, bergs were not uncommon between 

 longitude 45 and 49. North of latitude 47 thoy extended westward 

 to longitude 52. East of longitude 45 there were scattered bergs as 

 far east as longitude 41°56'. The easternmost ice during the month 

 was a berg in 48°57' N., 41°56' W., on May 10. The westernmost 

 was a berg in 46°59' N., 52°47' W., on May 3. 



JUNE 1934 (FIG. 15) 



It is estimated that 86 different bergs drifted south of latitude 48 

 during June. Of this number approximately 20 bergs drifted south 

 of latitude 47, down the eastern slope of the Grand Banks. The 

 southernmost latitude attained by an iceberg (other than the ice 

 reported in latitude 30°50' N.) during the month was 43°45'. One 

 berg drifted eastward near the forty-fourth parallel to longitude 

 43°25' W. Between latitudes 47 and 48 the bergs extended from the 

 Newfoundland coast to longitude 46°20'. North of latitude 48 they 

 extended as far east as 43°30'. As the month advanced there was a 

 marked decrease in the number of ice reports. At the end of June 

 there were only two known bergs south of latitude 47. 



Capt. E. Bjorndahl, of the Norwegian motor ship Beaulieu reported 

 to the United States Hydrographic Office that on June 2, at 9:50 a. m., 

 in latitude 30°50' N., longitude 45°06' W., a piece of ice 20 feet long, 

 8 feet wide, and showing 3 feet out of the water, was passed two ship 



