Table of Ice Reports, Greenland Area, 194.3 — Continued 



Location and Remarks 



Winter 

 .—do.. 



Storis. . 



....do.. 

 Bergs.. 

 ....do.. 



Drift, brash - 



Storis. 

 Drift.. 



Brash. 

 Drift.. 



Storis 



-...do 



Bergs, growlers 



Storia 



Pack 



Bergs, pack- 



Storis 



Brash 



Drift. 



Berg.. 

 Bergs. 



...-do.. 



-..do.- 

 Berg... 

 Bergs. - 



Bergs. 

 Pack.. 



Storis. 

 Pack.- 



Storis. 

 .do. 



Bergs, growlers 



Storis 



Berg 



Storis 



...-do 



-do. 

 Bergs. 



Storis. 

 Bergs - 

 Storis- 

 -do. 



Brash. 



JANUARY 



Sondrestrom Fjord 12 inches ice. 

 Sondrestrom Fjord navigation closed'for season'by ice. 



Vicinity 60-30 N., Greenland east coast small fields within 5 miles of beach. Cape Fare- 

 well westward rotten patches 20 to 40 miles off shore to 46 W. 

 Narrow strips and small fields 10 to 25 miles off Skov Fjord thence 47-00 W. 

 Scattered to 15 miles off coast Skov Fjord to Arsuk Fjord. 

 Scattered to 15 miles off coast Arsuk Fjord to Skov Fjord. 



From 67-27 27-04, 9/10 cover drift ice pieces under 200 feet diameter eage tnrough 67-52 



25-32, 68-10 24-38, 68-10 25-00, 68-20 23-48, 68-36 22-58, 68-22 21-30, 68-20 20-35. 



From 67-52 25-32 brash belt 6 miles wide expanding to 30 miles at 68-20 20-35. Patches 



drift ice approximately 1 mile by 180 yards, pieces under 200 feet, in brash. 

 Patches storis 15 miles off southwest coast Cape Farewell to Skov Fjord. 

 Edge 9/10 drift ice, pieces 200 to 600 feet, through positions 66-51 26-27, 67-12 25-48, 



67-30 24-30, 67-48 22-55, 68-02 21-48, 08-05 20-49, 68-14 18-35, 68-22 17-55, 69-00 



16-00, 69-35 13-44, 69-48 12-15, thence Jan Mayen Island. 

 Close packed extending 50 miles south from Cape Farewell and from east coast 50 miles 



east to at least 61-30 N. 

 Edge at 67-19 24-00, thickened rapidly into drift ice, narrow belt, no leads. 

 Edge through points 67-57 24-12. 67-42 22-40, 68-02 20-31, 67-58 18-30, 68-00 18-00, 



Ice edge 7/10 coverage pieces less than 20 feet in size. Increasing 30 miles towards 



coast to 10/10 and exceeding 600 feet in size. 

 Considerable quantity around Cape Farewell. 

 Storis vicinity Cape Farewell did not move north to seriously interfere at Julianehaab 



during this period. 

 Numerous bergs and growlers present west coast. 



Northwest edge from 59-50 45-20 to 59-40 45-50 tending south from that point. 

 West ice extends from Baffin Land about half way across Davis Strait vicinity 65 N., 



to 66 N. 



MARCH 



Vicinity Cape Juel (63-14 N., on east coast) to horizon. Prince Christian Sound no ice 



since 12 February. 

 Extends 5 miles south Cape Dan (65-30 N.) in loose medium floes. Angmagssalik and 



Ikateq Fjords mostly clear. 

 Edge 9/10 brash through 66-20 26-18, 66-25 26-11, 66-37 27-54, 66-56 27-56, 67-27 



28-41, 66-20 26-20, 67-00 23-00, 67-23 22-40, 67-00 20-00, 67-30 19-30, thence due 



Edge drift ice through 66-40 27-50, 67-14 25-20, 67-05 24-00, 67-32 23-05, 67-30 22-10, 



68-10 20-10, 68-00 19-05, 68-03 18-00 thencs due east. Area to north unnavigable. 

 59-06 38-04. 

 Numerous bergs and growlers within 100 miles of coast from Farewell to Julianehaab. 



No storis. Tunugdliarfik Fjord above Narsak tight winter ice. 

 No storis south or west of Cape Farewell but very numerous bergs south for 100 miles 



therefrom. 

 Cape Farewell southwest for 60 miles many bergs and growlers. No storis visible. 

 58-05 43-50 vessel struck berg. 

 58-35 44-50 to 58-30 45-10 no ice fields visible but blink to east. Numerous bergs and 



growlers in area. 

 From Cape Farewell storis 10 miles south extending up east coast. Tongue to 30 miles 



west of Cape. 

 Numerous bergs from 57-40 46-30 northeast towards Greenland coast. 

 Ice with large patches clear water to northwest of 71-10 12-00 to 68-30 17-10 thence 



67-00 21-15. 

 Western limit storis 46-30 W., extends 25 miles off shore. 

 Edge 9/10 drift ice, pieces to U mile across, 66-27 25-51, 66-55 26-36, 66-42 25-27. 



67-06 25-24, 67-12 23-10, 67-38 21-19, 67-45 20-33, 67-39 21-20. Occasional small 



leads observed at eastern limit. 6/10 to 10/10 pack and bergs observed at 67-12 23-10. 

 Western limit loose storis from 60-34 46-34 to 60-10 48-00 thence southeast paralleling 



coast. Shore lead 6 miles wide Skov Fjord to Nanortalik. 

 Northern limit of storis becoming loose inshore at 60-22 47-15, 60-12 47^9, thence 



beyond limit of visibility at 60-35 48-30. Open water off shore 15 to 30 miles wide. 



Then tongue of close packed storis 10 miles wide extending from main pack along center 



line 59-40 46-00 to 59-44 46-45, 59-42 47-45, 59-47 48-15, to visible limit at 60-20 



49-00. 

 58-10 42-00 many bergs. 57-42 40-49 growler. 



Northern limit 60-40 49-00 to 60-20 47-45 to 60-35 46-30 thence eastsoutheast. 

 57-50 40-49. 

 Outer limit Nanortalik to southern limit at 58-30 44-00. Numerous bergs and growler 



north of storis to Cape Desolation. 

 On southeast coast 60 to 70 miles wide. Scattered bergs outside storis. 



Patches extend from Cape Farewell to 47-00 W., and south to 59-30 N. 



Numerous bergs in vicinitv of storis. 



Northwest limit at 60-15 46-30 light scattered for 5 miles then trends south and esat. 



Numerous bergs scattered north and west of pack. 



Northwest limit at 60-26 46-38. 



Storis moved toward Cape Farewell by westerly winds. Scattered bergs no pack ice 



north or west of 60-10 46-20. 

 66-30 26-15. 



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