is at the outlet from Foxe Channel in the vicinity of Nottingham 

 Island. At this point heavy pack from the channel frequently 

 moves south to close the passage between Nottingham and Digges 

 Island, effectively blocking the route in and out of Hudson Bay. 

 The sighting reports indicate the presence of at least some ice 

 in this area most of the navigation season. The formation of new 

 winter ice closed upper Frobisher Bay on 8 November and was 

 critical in other localities of the Hudson Strait area about the 

 same time. 



DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN BAY 



Davis Strait and Baffin Bay area, area 5 of the table of ice re- 

 ports, includes Baffin Bay and the western half of Davis Strait 

 north of the entrance to Frobisher Bay. Very little information 

 was obtained from this area in 1942, but the few reports received 

 indicated a light ice season. The Baffin Land coast between the 

 66th and 68th parallels was practically free of field ice in late 

 September and early October, and was probably open to naviga- 

 tion by ice-protected vessels in August. 



GREENLAND AREA 



The West Greenland and East Greenland areas, areas 6 and 7 

 respectively of the table of ice reports, are treated here in one 

 section. The ice conditions from Angmagssalik (latitude 66° N. 

 on the east coast) past Cape Farewell and north along the west 

 coast varied from normal to considerably below normal throughout 

 the season. At no time did the storis move north of latitude 62° N. 

 on the west coast, and after the end of March was never sighted 

 except in scattered patches north of Cape Desolation at latitude 

 61° N. The entrances to the fjords emptying into the embay- 

 ment off Julianehaab were blocked from time to time until late in 

 June, but never for any protracted period. From 7 July to the end 

 of the season little if any storis found its way west past Cape Fare- 

 well. The southern limits of the pack was at no time reported more 

 than 50 miles south of Cape Farewell and consequently represented 

 little threat to trans-Atlantic shipping. Bergs and growlers as 

 always were present along the southwest coast and off Cape Fare- 

 well, but were reported in no unusual numbers, nor at positions 

 abnormally distant from the coast. 



The east coast from Cape Farewell north to latitude 66° N. 

 cleared of storis rapidly during the month of July, and by the first 

 of August the southern limit of the main pack had receded to 30 

 miles north of Angmagssalik. This section of the coast was prac- 

 tically clear of storis from that date until the first of the new sea- 

 son's crop reappeared at Angmagssalik from the north on 21 Octo- 

 ber, drifting south to Cape Farewell by 21 December. 



