Table of Ice Reports, Newfoundland-Labrador Area, 19U — Continued 



Davof 

 Month 



Typo 



Borgs. 

 Pack.. 



Bergs. 



Bergs 



Pack. 

 ....do 



Bergs. 



Slob 



Pack, bergs 



Slob 



Pack 



Bergs 



Fast. 



Pack, bergs 



Pack 



.-..do 



—do 



Berg. 



Location and RomRrks 



Berg. 

 Pack. 



Berg. 

 Slob. 



Pack. 



Bergs. 



Pack. 



do 



...do 



.MARCH- Continued 



■•".•*5,^.":;t''f;48 47-58, 47-53 48-31, 47-57 48-37, 4S 02 4S -53, 48-03 48 32, 48-07 

 48-Ui, 48-08 49-31. 



Outer edge pack from North through 53-14 51-53 to 52-27 51-25 to 51-10 51 47 50-00 

 iV"b ^^~f^ nn~?„^ i^''"''®. southeasterly. Inner edge 48-20 53-14 clearing Baccalieu 

 Island to 48-00 52-25 and southerly. Most of pack 7/10 to 10/10 cover except for 

 scattered ice along eastern edge. New formed ice cementing older cakes along inner 

 ^u^e near 48-30 N. Heavier ice off shore and to north. Large sheets in shore 50 N., to 



f)2|iccbergs within 30 mile radius of 49-00 51-40 and manv to north in pack. Individual 

 positions south of 49 N., are: 48-33 52-19, 48-36 51-55, 48-37 52-02, 48-38 51-44 

 l^rl'^ii?; ^?il ^^"*^'*- ^^-'^^ S^-39, 48-49 51-41, 48-52 52-08, 48".53 51-35, 48-53 

 Al'Ki',ifif ^^o^h \^,-M^\-^^.- '•^-55 51-3'- -"S-SS 51-46, 48-55 51-50, 48-56 51-26. 

 48-56151-54, 48-58 51-38, 48-58 51-40, 48-59 51-18, 48-59 51-31. Distributed iii 

 Hsquares north of 49 N., as follows: 49/50 N.: 50/51 W., -1. 51/52 W . -35 52/53 

 ^■■i ~J;A^(^^ ^■'- 5'-" ^^'- -- 52/53 W., -3: 51/52 N.: 51-52 W., -1, 52/53 W, 

 -3. 55^/56 W., -1; 52/53 N.: 51/52 W., -6, 52/53 W., -10, 53/54 W., -9, 54/55 



Inner edge from north clearing coast with slush to 47-32 52-00 thence southern edge 

 pancake and pack through 47-31 50-55,47-40 50-30,47-55 49-45,47-42 49-10 47-40 

 4,-45, 47-40 46-55 thence eastern edge through 47-55 47-24 and northwesterly. 'Large, 

 heavy floes recementod pans vicinity 47-45 N.. between 50-10 W., and 50-30 W., and at 

 47-50 N., between 48-15 and 48-45 W. Small strings slash onlv in southern portion 

 Trinity and Conception Bavs. 



47-5S 48-05. 



^"/m' ^L'^L^^^^X *^u'5 52-00, 47-46 50-48. 47-40 50-47 6/10 cover. Edge of 



.c^^l'^/o' !^^° ^^'^^ ""^^ */'0 '=°^" *° ^'«^«'»- Small isolated floe at 47-25 46-47: 



48-45 48-52. 



Little Placentia Harbor filled. (Northeasterly winds preceding 24 hours broke ice loose 



in Hacentia Sound and drove it into harbor.) 

 ^^o'^'L^fJI^L^f 1^^°. ^- °° '=°"''^^ ^^''^ to 48-00 49-47. Thin ice 47-18 52-26 to 

 .o a;r?^'*%^0. Thin ice in St. John's Harbor (formed during preceding night). 

 48-20 49-47; several vicinity 48-30 49-50 and 49-00 51-00. 

 Decreasing from coast at 49 N., to 49-15 49-51. 



^Ig W° *^ ^"' ^^ '^' ^'°'' ^^°'"*' *° ^^ ^^' ^^^"""^ P''" '"^^ ^'^^ ^^"^ ^"^^ decreasing to 



^"/<r^'l™<'l^ ^'^^^'^ ^^^^ '"*' '^'■"'^ "°''*'' through 48-11 48-15, 47-40 47-01, 46-23 46-50 

 46-36 47-13, 48-11 51-37, thence northwesterly. Area new formed slush and cakes 

 sou h of main pack with inner edge 47-55 52-30, 47-45 52-18, 47-23 52-17 and south 

 past visibihty limit at 4/-10 N. Outer edge through 47-17 51-27 and northcastrly 

 towards pack. 



East of .=10-00 W. many icebergs scattered through pack and near pack limits. Positions 

 °"SS'-,^^^° ^^-^^' 4^-00 46^0, 47-04 46-54, 47-10 46-51, 47-12 46-50, 47-29 

 !ii5'/71^ f.-^^'.*^-*l 4^-53. 47-42 47-30, 47-42 47-49, 47-49 47-56, 47-50 47-49; 

 !oin t^nl- f^i^ *^~^''' 48-06 49-17, 4S-06 49-30, 48-07 48-49, 48-07 49-18, 48-07 

 49-30, 48-08 48-59, 48-08 49-<)9, 48-08 49-18, 48-08 49-29. 48-08 49-42, 48-10 48-59 



tgl", 48-18 48155 48^9 ttu *^~'^' *^"'^ *^~*^' ^^'^'^ ^^"^^' *^"^* 49-34, 48-15 



Extends from 49-40 52-15 to 46-40 50-20. 



New formed pan ice from north along coast to 48-10 53-20 thence rounding Baccalieu 

 Island to 47-50 52-30 (visibility limit). Heavy ice outside new formed ice with dividing 

 '.'^''/i'^^^S^ 48-35 51-45, 48-27 51-30, 48-38 50-45, 48-32 50-30. Outer edge through 

 48-40 49-13, 49^0 49-30. 49-15 49-32. 50-30 52-32. Body of field hea^ and S 

 packed becommg scattered to 10 20 miles inside eastern edge. 



.o^ol!'^' positions south of 49 N.: 48-31 49-22, 48-31 51-42, 48-37 49-37, 48-39 50-04 

 i«1i ^ni! '•^\f:^Kt^-.^^'^^-^^ 50-38, 48-43 49-51, 48-43 49-37.' 48-44 1^8 

 loio ^.Uli if~^^ 5(>-39, 48-45 49-46, 4^-45 50-24, 48-47 49-52, 48-47 50-57, 48-51 

 l,,c^' «? „ 51-03 Distribution in 1° squares north of 49 N.: 49/50 N.: 50/51 W..-1. 

 51/52 W.,-8, 52/53 W.,-21, 53/54 W.,-4; 50/51 N.: 51/52 W.,-6, 52/53 W..-1 



ice cakes drifting seaward from Placentia Sound and Ship Harbor. 



5/i^,!?J'''!0 cover drift ice in area 48-15 52-40, 46-55 50-35, 46-30 51-00, 46-20 52-00 

 8/10 broken pack with a few bergs from 49-00 48-00 to Bonavista Bay. 



Patches light ice vicinity 46-02 54-15 (probably from coves in one of 1 

 St. Marys or Trepassey). 



^°i'c^^n° ii/^l^ '"'''" fi^''* 49-00 52-35, 48-10 51-48, 47-52 50-48, 47-43 49-00. 47-40 

 48-29, 47-28 48-26, 47-09 47-40, 46-57 47-45, 46-35 47-18. 46-33 47-07. 46-55 47^00 

 thence tending north. Heavy pans to approximately 50 feet across near southeast 

 corner and south side main pack, west of 50-00 W., patches heavy ice giving way to 

 slob south these limits. Southern limit heavy patches 47-40 50-15 to 47-40 50-40 

 thence approximate outer limits slob to 47-40 51-50 to 49-00 52-35. 



Scattered bergs and many growlers in southeast corner of the pack. Individual berg 

 ?°'oiT.- 1^1^ 5"°' • 46-37 47-23, 46-51 47-26. 46-52 47-32. 46-55 47-31, 46-57 

 47-23, 46-59 47-29, 46-59 47-32, 46-17 47-39. o . to o, 



In Placentia Bay only a very little local ice left in coves. Trinity Bay clear. 



Western edge heavy ice field with scattered bergs and growlers runs north to south through 



position 46-03 48-45. 

 5 miles off entrance St. John's Harbor. 



Southern extremity at 45-18 48-45. (Trawler cut through field north of this position.) 

 Western edge from north through 45-50 48-25 to southern limit at 44-50 48-25- heavy 



compact ice. ' ^ 



44-55 48-00, large. 



local bays as 



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