confirmation that tlie Labrador Current on the eastern slope of the 

 Bank was missing or weak awaited the outcome of the U.S.C.ti. Cutter 

 Evergreen, s first oceanographic survey in April. 



APRIL 



Continued wai-niing throughout the month with well above nonnal 

 air temperatures on the 23d, generally throughout the Newfoundland- 

 Labrador coastal oceanic areas, further deteriorated the pack ice and 

 increased sea surface temperatures. The southernmost i^enetration of 

 ice occurred on the 8th when ice was observed at 49°00' N., 52°40' W. 

 Two bergs still remained grounded at Fogo Island. No other l>ergs 

 were observed south of Belle Isle. Only a few persistent stragglers 

 remained in the Straits of Belle Isle. Winds were predominantly on- 

 shore for the month (refer to fig. 9 for the distribution of ice to Cape 

 Chidley, Labrador). 



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Figure 6. — Surface pressure chart, 16 February 1966. 



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