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27 inches ice Sondrestrom Fjord. 



49-33 53-44 berg. 



Off Torbay growler. 



Scoresby Sound solid ice. 67-20 23-55 scattered floes. (57-58 23-45 80 percent ice cover. 



66-30 26-00 ice ends. 

 4G-39 53-21, 47-15 51-07 bergs. 



Limits pack 60-30 47-30 thence east and south Sondrestrom Fjord ice softening rapidly. 

 Pack begins 51-15 57-10 extends southwest 15 miles, width 300 to 500 yards. Belle Isle Strait 



numerous scattered small bergs. South of 50-45 N. only few scattered bergs. 

 Stons limits southwest coast Greenland southwest to 60-00 46-10 thence 40 miles off coast 



around Farewell to 59-00 42-50 thence to 60-00 42-00. Pack then to fil-50 40-20 to 63-00 



40-55. Bergs, growlers numerous. East coast to 63-00 N blocked. 

 Edge heavy pack 67-54 23-12. 69-35 22-12 15 bergs. Lane to coast open. 

 Sondrestrom Fjord open but much ice. 

 Arsuk and Skov Fjords usual bergs, growlers. Pack limit line northeast through 60-00 46-10, 



ice to 40 miles off shore. Sondrestrom Fjord 17 inches ice. 

 Southwest coast Greenland bergs, growlers. Sondrestrom Fjord open but much ice. 

 49-35 N. to 49-48 N. by 53-.55 W. to 53-37 W. many bergs. 49-35 52-40 to 49-35 53-40 bergs 



and drift ice. 51-10 57-15 Belle Isle Strait west end clear. 51-20 57-00 bergs in channel 



and by north shore, broken floe in channel. North and west Belle Isle pack and floe blocking 



channel. 52-10 55-30 floes extending few miles off coast. 52-45 55-40 floes. 54-20 57-10 



solid pack 3 to 7 miles wide at mouth Hamilton Inlet. 

 Edge brash running 060° and 240° true through 67-05 24-50. 

 No pack Cape Farewell to Sondrestrom. 

 Cape Bonaviota berg 10 miles east. Northern cove (Green Bay), English Head, Old Pcrlican 



(Grates Point), bergs. 



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Sondrestrom Fjord clear. 



White Bay pack ice, 2 bergs. Berg 50-51 59-40, 50-10 59-57, several 50-28 59-06 to 51-10 



58-09. Strait of Belle Isle and Labrador coast pack ice. 

 66-52 25-05 thence 260° true and 350° true heavy packed drift ice. 

 Pack and bergs in White Bay, Strait of Belle Isle and along Labrador coast. Confined to area 



west of 55 W. and north through 55 N. 

 Pack to Cape Farewell lies east 46-30 W. north to 10 miles south Skov Fjord. 

 53-28 W. west to Peckford Island at east end Hamilton Sound bergs. 

 Pack 66-34 2.5-50 to 69-03 18-36 to 72-20 16-55 thence southeast by south. South coast 



Jan Mayen drift ice. 

 Notre Dame Bay full pan ice and icebergs to 50 miles to sea. 

 49-00 52-33 berg. 

 Denmark Strait edge fast ice 65-29 29-43, 66-28 28-28, 66-42 26-25, 66-55 25-20, 67-15 24-50, 



67-09 23-30. Brash impassable 67-10 22-20 then 340° true. 

 Southwest coast Greenland narrow strip pack along coast south of Cape Desolation. Skov 



Fjord entrance blocked. 

 Ice field tight to land north of Fogo Island. Fogo to Peckford bergs and growlers. Peckford 



berg aground 2 miles northeast. 

 Berg 51-12 57-23; 2 bergs 51-34 56-32; 3 bergs 52-00 55-12; berg 49-41 54-55. 

 Denmark Strait edge fast ice 68-06 23-11, 67-30 25-00, 67-03 25-20, 67-07 26-44, 66-20 28-10. 



Packed drift ice edge 67-52 23-10, 67-30 23-37, 67-04 24-23, 67-02 23-48, 66-56 23-55, 



66-52 24-31, 65-44 26-00. Brash }i mile wide 66-46 23-30 to 66-49 22-48. Drift H mile 



wide northward 5 miles. 

 Belle Isle Strait a few small bergs between Belle Isle and Newfoundland shore otherwise clear. 

 Ungava Bay southern part clear of pack to approximately 59-30 N. 10 small bergs, pack 



ice, and ice glare to north. 

 Belle Isle Strait bergs, no pack; Belle Isle to George Island no pack, north of George Island 



scattered ice. 

 Notre Dame Bay many bergs, pack mostly gone. 

 Broken pack outside limits 65-40 37-20, 65-00 39-05, 64-25 39-20, 64-10 38-15, 62-20 40-10, 



60-50 38-20, 61-30 40-10, 58-34 44-25, 59-00 47-10 to entrance Brede Fjord. Entrance 



to Angmagssalik navigable, pack to south broken with leads. Entrance Brede Fjord clear. 

 Skov entrance blocked; Brede clear. 

 Stinking Island, Bonavista Bay, 2 bergs bearing 260° true. 

 Outside Bjorneoer and south scattered storis. Cape Tobin to Cape Hope and Cape Hope to 



Cape Brewster unbroken winter ice. 

 50-34 58-38 berg. 



Julianehaab and Skov Fjords loosely broken pack off entrance, Brede clear. 

 Notre Dame Bay roughly 100 bergs and growlers. 

 Ungava Bay pack ice 30 miles off shore in southern part of bay. 



Fogo Island to mainland large bergs; 4 bergs 40-32 62-23; berg 53-50 50-40: southwest Green- 

 land many bergs. 

 49-30 52-30 3 bergs. 

 54-30 52-30 to 53-20 54-00 many bergs. 

 Skov Fjord growlers, bergs and growlers to north o/ entrance. 



54-30 50-20 large berg, 54-00 50-34 two bergs, 53-47 50-40 2 small bergs, 49-50 53-50 small 

 berg, 49-45 53-20 1 large berg. 



Loose pack extends 10 miles off coast east of Angmagssalik with tongues to 25 miles off to Fare- 

 well. Thence 10 to 30 miles off shore to 30 miles south Skov Fjord. Usual bergs and growlers 

 to north. Bergs and growlers Angmagssalik Fjord but open to navigation. 



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