ICE OBSERVATION 



It has been customary for a number of years to devote a section 

 of the annual report to remarks on the behavior and distribution, 

 in time and place, of all Arctic ice south of Newfoundland (the 

 forty-eighth parallel of latitude). A certain amount of statistical 

 work on this subject in addition to current reports, has been carried 

 on by the ice patrol, especially that covering the amount of ice from 

 year to year and from month to month. A complete report for 

 those students interested in this aspect of the subject is contained 

 in Ice Patrol Bulletin No. 15 (for 1926), pages 75 to 77. The ice 

 observation for the season 1927 follows: 



JANUARY 



There was a total of four icebergs reported by steamers for the 

 month of January, All of these bergs were distributed along a line 



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Fig. 19.— January ice map. The position of the first Arctic ice for the year 1927. -A- represents 

 an iceberg. There were four bergs south of the forty-eighth parallel during the month 



between St. Johns, Newfoundland, and Flemish Cap. This informa- 

 tion was obtained from Cape Race radio station by the ice patrol 

 ship upon its initial arrival in the ice regions. Conditions were con- 

 sidered average, as a normal January records three bergs. (See 

 Iceberg Tables pp. 75-76, Bull. No. 15.) 



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