that point a narrow belt of scattered ice extended along the coast 

 to Cape Thorvaldsen. This ice scattered and deteriorated rapidly 

 between the 10th and 16th. On the latter date closely packed heavy 

 storis was observed extending southward along the east coast 

 tapering from a belt 30 miles wide at 63° N., to the beach at Cape 

 Discord. Only scattered fields remained from this point around 

 Cape Farewell to Cape Desolation. By 21 March this belt of heavy 

 storis had rounded Cape Farewell to a northwesterly limit at 60" 

 N., 46° W., and by the 27th to northwesterly limits of 60°29' N., 

 48°55' W., to 60°36' N., 48°01' W. Strong northwesterly winds 

 again moved the ice offshore and by the action of these winds and 

 the warmer waters into which it was thus shifted, the ice off the 

 southwest coast had almost entirely disappeared by the end of 

 the month. 



Ice was again sighted from the northwestern tip of Iceland about 

 13 March. The visible edge extending approximately from 66° 20' 

 N., 23°25' W., to 66°27' N., 23° 10' W. The seaward extent of this 

 ice is not known nor is any further information available concern- 

 ing ice conditions in that area during March. 



Bergs and growlers were distributed in usual numbers along the 

 Greenland coast. A few were again reported far southeast of 

 Cape Farewell, 13 being reported between 59°30' N., 36°30' W., 

 and 57°50' N., 39°00' W., on the 1st and one at 59°08' N., 39°14' 

 W., on the 5th. 



April 



The western limit of storis was reported on 2 April as a line 

 from the beach at 43°10' W., through 59°18' N., 42°43' W. Heavy 

 storis extended south along the east coast in a belt 35 miles wide 

 south of 62° N. On 8 April the southwestern limit was still east 

 of Cape Farewell but by 13 April storis had again rounlded Cape 

 Farewell and extended 80 miles -westward leaving a broad shore 

 lead westward of Farewell. This belt continued moving around 

 Cape Farewell reaching a point 35 miles off Julianehaab on the 

 15th and rounding Cape Desolation to 61° N., and closing the shore 

 lead by the 24th. The ice shifted seaward and the northern limit 

 had receded to 60° 50' N., on 28 April but more ice moved in and 

 by 30 April a belt up to 40 miles wide extended north to 60° 55' N., 

 and west to 49° 40' W. 



The edge of the polar pack in Denmark Strait was reported on 

 17 April extending through 68°10' N., 24°22' W., to 69°42' N., 

 17°32' W., to 70°55' N., 16°38' W. Broken ice extended to 25 miles 

 southeast of these limits. 



Six small bergs and growlers were reported on the 11th in the 

 vicinity of 58°54' N., 39"22' W., one berg and several growlers 

 at 58°40' N., 38°59' W., on the 27th, and two small bergs far to 



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