53 



FEBRUARY 



Field ice put in its first appearance on February 10, when reported 

 in a position between Cape Race and Sable Island. This ice w^as 

 doubtless of St. Lawrence origin, it having been blown offshore to 

 the outer edge of the shelf. The first flat ice of Arctic origin was 

 sighted on the 19th instant, from latitude 48° 20' longitude 50° 00' to 

 latitude 47° 50' longitude 50° 05', the extreme northern part of the 

 Bank, about 100 miles due east of St. Johns. There were seven 

 other reports relating to the position of field ice during the month, 



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 forty-eighth parallel during the month 



the southernmost field being found in latitude 46° 00', on the eastern 

 slope of the Grand Banks. This southerly position indicated an 

 mvasion of nearly 120 miles, all which took place during the latter 

 part of the month. A total of 10 separate and distinct bergs, it is 

 estimated, drifted south of the forty-eighth parallel during February; 

 the most of these moved south along the usual path parallel with the 

 eastern slope of the Grand Bank. There were two exceptions when 

 two bergs drifted toward Cape Race close in near the shore. The 

 southernmost berg during February was reported on the 13th instant, 



