Norway 43 Belgium 4 



Federal Republic of Germany-- 40 Lebanon 4 



United Kingdom 48 Iceland 3 



United States of America 24 India 2 



Sweden 21 Israel 2 



Netherlands 15 Panama 2 



Liberia 14 Spain 1 



Denmark 13 Yugoslavia 2 



Greece 10 Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 Italy 8 publics 1 



Finland 5 



France 5 Total 269 



MONTHLY ICE CONDITIONS— 1965 



JANUARY 



The Grand Banks area remained clear of ice in the first half of Jan- 

 uary. One berg entered the Grand Banks area in the last half of the 

 month. 



By the middle of the month field ice extended down to the Strait of 

 Belle Isle and eastward to Belle Isle. During the latter part of the 

 month the field ice limits gradually extended themselves southward. 

 On the 22d the southern limits wei'e at Fogo Island extending north 

 northeast to approximately 53° X. By the 29th, open pack field ice had 

 penetrated Bonavista Bay extending to Fogo Island, eastward approxi- 

 mately 40 miles, then northward. Figure 2 shows the distribution of 

 bergs south of Cape Chidley, Labrador. 



The Canadian Department of Transport considered the Strait of 

 Belle Isle unsafe for the passage of shipping by the 8th. Field ice 

 extended to almost as far south as Bird Island by the 26th. Sea ice 

 began to form in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in mid- 

 January extending past Magdalen Islands in the latter part of the 

 month. 



FEBRUARY 



No ice recomiaissance flights were flown over the northern Grand 

 Banks area in the first half of the month. North of latitude 51° N., 

 to latitude 53° N., 63 bergs were observed to approximately 120 miles 

 off the coast. Field ice limits encompassed this area. 



By mid-month field ice had advanced to latitude 47° N. and to ap- 

 proximately 60 miles off the coast. In the latter part of the month 

 strong warm southerly winds made the field ice recede to north of 

 latitude 48°30' N. and open pack now extended north of latitude 49° N. 



Close pack ice covered the Gulf of St. Lawrence, closing in entirety 

 the Straits of Belle Isle and Cabot Straits. Only a small area from 

 Cape Ray to Cape St. George, Newfoundland remained open. Field 

 ice continued to flow southward around Scatari Island. 



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