and in the discharge from Cabot Strait, and persisted later than 

 usual in the spring. 



3. The ice both south of the outlet to Cabot Strait and east of 

 Newfoundland exhibited a stronger than average tendency to drift 

 eastward. 



4. In the Canadian Arctic, Labrador, and Greenland areas the 

 ice crop varied from near average to heavier than average. 



5. Seven vessels were reported to have suffered damage from 

 encounters with ice, one sinking with loss of life. 



EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES OF ICE REPORTS 



The individual reports of ice sightings for the period Decem- 

 ber, 1942 to August, 1943, both months inclusive, are summarized 

 in two tables, namely, "Table of Ice Reports, Newfoundland Area," 

 and "Table of Ice Reports, Greenland Area." Included in the New- 

 foundland reports are those from coastal and offshore waters of 

 Newfoundland proper, the Grand Banks, Flemish Cap, the Nova 

 Scotian Banks, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador, Hudson Strait, 

 and the western part of Davis Strait north into Baffin Bay. The 

 Greenland area reports include waters from the Greenland Sea 

 through Denmark Strait past Cape Farewell and the eastern part 

 of Davis Strait. 



The first column of the table gives the day of the month on 

 which the sighting was made. 



The second column gives the type of ice reported. The term 

 "ice line" as used in this column, unless qualified in the descrip- 

 tion given in column 3, refers to the offshore edge of the main 

 body of field ice. Field ice in most cases extends from the Green- 

 land or Newfoundland coast, depending on the area given, to the 

 position of the ice line. Other terms appearing in column two 

 are those commonly used in referring to ice. 



The third column gives the details of location and description 

 of the ice. The policy followed has been to list separately each 

 report. An individual report, however, may be a composite of 

 many sightings and at times covers an entire area. Reports 

 obviously in error have been discarded. Most of the reports have 

 been greatly abbreviated. The terminology of the observer in 

 describing the ice has been retained where practicable as consid- 

 erable of the qualitative value of the report might be lost in 

 rewording. A few of the more pertinent "no-ice-sighted" reports 

 have been included in the table as these frequently are as signifi- 

 cant as reports of ice sightings. 



Positions where given in degrees and minutes are in latitude 

 north followed by longitude west. For example, a position of 

 latitude 47°32' North, longitude 51°17' West is written in the table 

 as "47-32 51-17." A few positions, mostly inshore, are given 

 with reference to a fixed point by true bearing in degrees and dis- 

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

 in the report, locations as received have been retained in the table : 



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