Table of Ice Reports, Greenland Area, 194.3 — Continued 



ICE CONDITIONS IN 1944 



This section of the report covers the period from 1 September, 



1943, to 31 October, 1944, and treats the North Atlantic ice areas 

 from the Nova Scotian banks to the Greenland Sea. For purposes 

 of discussion the areas have been subdivided as follows : 



1. St. Lawrence Area — This includes the lower reaches of the St. Lawrence 

 River, the gulf proper east to the Strait of Belle Isle, and south through Cabot 

 Strait and the Gut of Canso, and the banks southeast of Nova Scotia and Cape 

 Breton Island. 



2. Newfoundland-Labrador Area — Embraces the coastal and offshore waters from 

 the Miquelon Islands over the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap and north to 

 Hudson Strait. The area between the Strait of Belle Isle and Hudson Strait 

 is properly the Labrador area. 



3. Canadian Arctic Area — Takes in Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait and the western 

 part of Davis Strait from the entrance of Hudson Strait north into and includ- 

 ing Baffin Bay. 



4. Greenland Area — Coastal and offshore waters along the west coast, past 

 Cape Farewell, and along the east coast through Denmark Strait into and 

 including the Greenland Sea. 



The reports of ice sightings for these respective areas are sum- 

 marized in four tables entitled "Table of Ice Reports" and bearing 

 the name of the appropriate area in the heading of the table. 



Monthly ice charts covering the period February to August 



1944, inclusive, have been constructed to show the ice conditions 

 prevailing for those months. Figures 12 to 18 inclusive show 

 graphically the conditions in the St. Lawrence and Newfoundland- 

 Labrador areas south of latitude 57° N., and figures 20 to 26 inclu- 

 sive those in the Greenland area. Individual sightings have not 

 been shown on these charts, as the confusion would have defeated 

 the charts primary purpose of giving a general picture of the ice 

 conditions. The ice conditions encountered during the season have 



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