Table of Ice Reports, Greenland Area, 19^3 — Continued 



Location and Remarks 



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 10, 12 



__-do 



Pack, brrgs. 

 Storis. 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Storis, borgs. 



Storis 



...do 

 ...do 

 Pack. 

 ...do 

 Storis 

 ...do 



Bergs, growle 



Storis 



...do 



Pack 



Storis 



Pack 



Bergs 



Floes 



Storis 



Bergs, growlers 

 Storis 



Pack 



Storis 



..-do... 

 Pack.... 

 Solid ice. 



APRIL — Continued 

 Main ice edge running eastnortheast and westsouthwest through G6-33 26-22. 

 East coast belt 20 miles wide at 61-40 N. 

 Loose open storis from 59-00 46-30 to 58-30 46-30. 

 Edge 1/10 to 9/10 drift ice through 65-33 25-25, 66-05 26-41, 66-12 27-46, 66-20 27-20, 



66-30 27-45,66-42 28-01. 

 Small bergs 66-42 28-01 (possible rafted pack). 



Ice edge through 65-58 28-07, 66-20 26-30, 66-43 25-02, 66-37 22-45, 67-25 22-11. 

 Southern limit 100 miles south of Cape Farewell. Outer half probably scattered pans. 

 59-16 40-01 heavy ice fields. 

 Limits 60-40 46-15 thence 60-00 47-00 thence 59-30 46-00 thence with scattered pans 



to 100 miles south of Cape Farewell. Close packed storis extends 30 miles east from 



Lindenow Fjord on east coast. 

 Ice field at 58-49 40-13 with edge bearing 160° for 30 miles. No bergs sighted outside 



pack. 

 Western edge at Frederiksdal. 

 Pack ice and bergs vicinity 58-30 40-00. 

 Outer limits Frederiksdal to 60-00 46-30, 59-00 46-30, 59-00 45-15, 58-25 44-40, 58-45 



42-00, thence north to 60-15 N. 

 Outer edge through 60-02 47-48 and 60-12 48-10. 

 Outer edge 62-10 40-40 to 62-49 39-06. 

 3 miles off entrance Skov Fjord thence south and southwest. 

 Outer limit at 64-27 36-20. 

 Northern limits off entrance Arsuk Fjord. Shore lead 5 miles wide to Cape Desolation. 



Inner edge pack Desolation to Kekertat to 60-30 47-00 to 5 miles south Simiutak Island. 

 Outer edge 59-00 44-00 to 60-10 47-30, bergs seaward. 



Limits from northward to 59-10 42-10 hence 59-00 43-10, 59-05 44-40, 59-45 46-3C' 



60-25 48-20, 60-18 47-00, 60-18 46-20 thence Nanortalik. 

 Belt 30 miles wide with 10 mile shore lead east coast 60 N., to 61 N. 

 Northern tip at 61-15 49-06. 

 Edge 66-58 25-50 runs eastnortheast for 100 miles. 

 Edge 67-21 23-08 runs 055° true to 18-40 W. 

 Along coast vicinity 60-25 43-15. 

 Inner edge from Storo thence 60-35 48-30, 60-00 47-40, 59-50 46-45, 59-35 45-45 thence 



on beach Nanortalik to Farewell. East of Farewell belt 30 miles wide with shore 



lead 20 miles wide at 60 N., closing to beach at 61-20 N. 

 59-47 38-00 to 59-05 41-00 scattered, up to 800 yards long and 200 feet high. 

 Northern limit 61-20 50-30 moving northwest. 10 mile wide shore lead around Nunarsuit. 

 Patch 5 to 10 miles off beach from 61 N., to 61-40 N., then open except for small pieces 



to main pack with limits 60-40 46-25, 60-32 46-50, 60-32 47-50, 60-38 48-20, 60-33 



48-30, 60-25 48-10, 60-20 46-30, 59-40 45-50. 

 Angmagssalik solid with some open water towards bay. Had been almost open late in 



March but ship got stuck in ice and still there 40 to 60 miles off coast. Usual bergs 



Farewell to Desolation. 

 Probably bars passage around Nunarsuit. 

 Edge ice passes through 67-08 24-47, 67-18 25-05, 67-25 24-58, 67-28 24-55, 67-41 



24-39, 67-56 24-12 thence northeasterly. Brash along this edge with 9/10 ice cover 



to westward. 

 58-37 42-50 small berg with large berg on horizon. 

 58-29 42-46 large ice floes. 

 Inner edge from beach along east coast at 60-10 N., to 59-30 43-00, 59-30 45-00, 59-45 



45-15, thence beyond limit of visibility at 47-00 W. Outer edge 59-10 42-40 to 60-10 



41-40 thence north beyond 61 N. Patches off Brede Fjord; filling Skov Fjord. 

 Limit from north through 60-20 42-00 thence 59-20 42-10, 59-05 43-00, 59-08 44-00, 



59-50 44-20. Narrow tongue extends from 59-08 44-00 to 59-30 47-00. Patches 



in fjord entrances Frederiksdal to Cape Thorvaldsen. Brede Fjord open. 

 Numerous bergs and growlers north of Nunarsuit.. 

 Outer limit from north through 60-00 42-50, 59-12 44-10, 59-12 45-40, 60-10 48-50, 



60-45 48-45, 60-23 48-20, 60-22 46-30, 59-50 45-30, 59-42 44-35, thence beach at 



Cape Farewell. Ice west of 47 W., loose with many leads. 

 Edge runs through positions 66-12 28-00, 66-30 26-45, 66-54 25-00, 67-17 23-02, 67-42 



22-04, 68-00 21-37, 68-22 21-18, 68-27 20-10, 68-36 19-47, 68-47 20-02, 69-08 18-08, 



69-13 17-11, 69-13 16-10, thence bearing 070° true. Brash fringe about three miles 



wide outside pack edge. 

 Belt on beach east coast 20 miles wide from north through 60-30 N., rounding Cape 



Farewell. Navigable scattered ice extends from 48-30 W., to at least 49-30 W., with 



inner line 60-00 48-30 through 60-20 49-30. Outer line 60 N., 49 W., through 69-35 



49-45. 

 60-32 49-28. JUNE 



67-00 23-45 light small floes. Ice broken loose into coastline to northern end of Liver 

 pool coast. 



Edge extends due north from northern end Liverpool coast to middle of Bontekoe Island 

 (73-10 21-30) thence about 10 miles west of Cape Hold With Hope thence following 

 coastline to Cape Broer Ruys, to .Jackson Island to Cape Mary on Clavering Island 

 and from Cape Breusing on Clavering Island to Cape Bcrghaus on WoUaston Forland. 

 Coast WoUaston Forland to Cape Wynn ice free. Edge extends from Cape Wynn to 

 Germaniahavn on Sabine Island thence to Cape Desbrowc on Pendulum Island, thence 

 northeastwards indefinitely. Pack ice along whole coa.st is slack. Some big floes, 

 but wide open lanes between. Large areas open water outside of Scoresby Sound, 

 Clavering Island, and Sabine Island. Now navigable to Scoresby Sound, Cape Hold 

 With Hope, Clavering Island, and Sabine Island. The warm weather with heavy 

 melting is rapidly breaking the ice northwards. 



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