2. Newfoundland Area — Takes in coastal and offshore waters from the Strait 

 of Belle Isle south past Cape Race and west to Port Aux Basques; also Grand 

 Banks and Flemish Cap. 



3. Labrador Area — Coastal and offshore waters from Strait of Belle Isle to 

 entrance Hudson Strait. 



4. Hudson Strait Area — Includes Hudson Strait proper from the eastern entrance 

 through to Hudson Bay, Ungava Bay, Frobisher Bay, Foxe Channel, and 

 waters off the eastern entrance to Hudson Strait. 



5. Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Area — Western half of Davis Strait from the 

 entrance to Frobisher Bay north into and including Baffin Bay. 



6. West Greenland Area — Coastal and offshore waters from Cape Farewell north 

 along the west coast of Greenland. 



7. East Greenland Area — Coastal and offshore waters from Cape Farewell along 

 the east coast of Greenland, including Denmark Strait, Scoresby Sound, and 

 the Greenland Sea. 



This subdivision has been made to aid in locating a particular 

 vicinity referred to when place nanies are used, and also for use 

 in following the reports from a given area. 



The third column gives the details of location and description of 

 the ice. Some reports are composites of many sightings by dif- 

 ferent observers. Certain of the reports thus outline the findings 

 of a comprehensive survey of an entire region. The terminology 

 of the observer in describing the ice has been retained where prac- 

 ticable, as much of the qualitative value of the report might be lost 

 in rewording. Reports of coverage in an area and no ice sighted 

 are frequently as significant as reports of ice sightings. A few of 

 the more pertinent "no-ice-sighted" or "clear-of-ice" reports have 

 been included in the table. It was often impractical or impossible 

 to check apparent errors in reports. Sighting reports obviously 

 erroneous have been discarded. 



Positions, where given in degrees and minutes, are in latitude 

 north followed by longitude west. For example a position of lati- 

 tude 46°30' north, longitude 49°45' west is written in the table as 

 "46-30 49-45." A few positions, mostly inshore, are given with 

 reference to a fixed point by bearing in degrees true and distance 

 in miles. Where only a general vicinity has been indicated in the 

 observer's report, as for instance Artimon Bank, locations as re- 

 ceived have been retained in the table. 



