tude by 1 degree of longitude. As an illustration a berg report 

 as follows : 53/54 N. : 52/53 W.— 84, 53/54 W.— 80, means that 

 between the latitudes of 53° N., and 54° N., and longitudes 52° W., 

 and 53° W., 84 bergs were sighted, and between the same latitudes 

 and longitudes 53° W., and 54° W., 80 bergs were sighted. Where 

 general vicinities only have been indicated in the observer's reports, 

 these in most cases have been entered in the tables without change. 

 A few of the more pertinent "no-ice-sighted" reports have been 

 included in the tables as these occasionally are as significant as 

 reports of ice sightings. 



Table of Ice Reports, St. Lawrence Area, 1944 



Type 



Location and Remarks 



Winter., 

 ...do... 

 Pancake. 

 Winter.. 



Slob... 

 Winter. 



Slob, winter. 



Drift 



Various 



Pack 



...do 



Plob 



Pack, slob. 



Pack_- 

 ...do. 



Pack, slob. 



...do 



Pack 



....do 



Slush, pack. 



Pack.. 

 ...do. 



Pack... 



Slush.. 

 Slob... 

 Winter. 

 Pack... 



JANUARY 



Light ice upper south arm Sydney Harbor. Cabot Strait, Sydney, and Louisburg harbors 



and approaches clear. 

 Heavy ice upper south arm and light ice lower south arm Sydney Harbor. Sydney and 



Louisburg harbors and approaches clear. 

 Large floes in Gulf of St. Lawrence near river mouth from Mingan to Cape Magdalen. 



5/10 ice. 

 Heavy ice upper south arm Sydney Harbor. (Note: This upper south arm remained 



frozen solid until 12 Apr.). 

 Sydney Harbor. 

 Heavy ice in Northumberland Strait. Gut of Canso clear. Cabot Strait from Sydney 



to Port Aux Basques scattered ice only to this date. Sydney to Argentia clear. 

 Sydney Outer Harbor. 



FEBRUARY 



Sydney Outer Harbor. Heavy ice south arm. 



Light drift ice in Sydney outer harbor and to visibility limit in approaches. 



Belle Isle Strait solid cover. 8/10 cover heavy floe ice in 50-23 59-43. Solid ice extends 



30 miles from south shore of Quebec. Drift ice around Magdalen Islands. Center 



of Gulf of St. Lawrence open. Light drift ice Sydney outer harbor and to visibility 



limit in approaches. Scattered small ice extending 10 to 20 miles off east shore Cape 



Breton Island. Light ice Louisburg inner harbor. At 47-38 59-20, 8/10 heavy cover. 

 Sydney outer harbor and approaches clear to 46-25 60-05. Slob thence to 46-40 59-50. 



Patches heavy pack thence to 46-55 59-45, thence lighter with open stretche.= to 47-10 



59-30 and clear from 47-15 59-25 to Port Aux Basques. Light slob Louisburg H?rbor. 

 .\iea 7/10 cover extends from Sydney Hprbor 25 miles sepward and nonh along coast. 

 To 30 miles off east coast Cape Breton Island on course Sydney to Argentia. Cover 



heavy to north lighter to south. Limits not visible. 

 Louisburg Harbor. Approaches clear. 

 Clear Port Aux Basques to 47-10 59-30 thence close pack very hea^'y in places to 46-40 



59-50 with slob extending to Cape Breton coast. 

 Broken pack with some open water both sides course Sydney to 46-20 59-05. 

 Open and close packed heavy ice along coast Sydney to Louisburg. Slob in Louisburg 



Harbor and approaches. Heavy ice to visibility limit from 10 miles southwest of 



Louisburg to 15 miles southeast of Guion Island. 

 Slob from Louisburg to 46-00 59-20 thence heavy remote ice to 46-20 58-50 thence patches 



to 46-55 59-00 thence open water to Port Aux Basques. 

 Close packed drift ice Sydney Harbor and approaches. Slob Louisburg Harbor and 



approaches. Southern limit ice field 44-50 60-30. 

 Eastern edge 6/10 cover 46-20 59-00 to 47-21 60-00 thence northwesterly. Closer 



cover heavy ice towards Cape Breton coast. Extended to visibility limit (25 miles) 



south. Many recemented pans and some new ice in the open leads. 

 9/10 cover in Strait of Belle Isle. 

 \'icinity Scatari Island thence with heavy slabs to visibility limit north to northeast. 



Slob Louisburg Harbor; heavy ice Sydney Harbor. 

 Irregular edge broken pack from southern limit 44-50 60-30, 45-30 58-30, 46-15 59-00, 



47-40 60-00. 

 Eastern edge large field vicinity 46-25 58-15. 9/10 cover extends from coast Cape Breton 



Island between Cape North and Glace Bay to limits through 47-50 60-00, 47-00 59-30, 



46-10 59-45. East of line joining 47-50 59-30 and 46-10 59-45 7/10 cover between 



46-15 N., and 47-15 N. Light ice vicinity Scatari Island and Louisburg. No ice 



along line 44-30 61-00 to 45-40 58-00. 

 46-20 59-15 1/10 to 2/10 cover loose strings. 46-27 58-40 2/10 cover strings. 46-30 



58-30 3/10 to 4/10 cover strings and patches with large cakes from Gulf of St. Lawrence 



present. 46-05 58-05 only occasional small piece apparently eastern edge. 

 Outer Sydney Harbor and approaches. 

 Louisburg Harbor and approaches. 



Strip 8/10 cover 4 miles wide along north side St. George Bay vicinity Stephenville. 

 Str?it of Belle Isle 10/10 solid ice with small channel. Gulf of St. Lawrence mostly 



10/10 cover with some small patches open water. Heavy pack 45-47 58-07. 



Approaches Sydney Harbor close packed drift to visibility limit. Light slob Louisburg 



Harbor and approaches. 



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