the southwest of Cape Farewell in the vicinity of 58°29' N., 53° 30' 

 W., on 29 April. The usual numbers were reported off the Green- 

 land coast. 



May 



By 11 May the belt of storis along the southwest coast had mar- 

 rowed considerably but had extended northward to 61° 40' N., and 

 by 14 May had reached latitude 62° N. By 23 May that ice north 

 of Cape Desolation had dissipated but a large amount of ice had 

 again moved past Cape Farewell in a belt up to 50 miles wide 

 extending northwestward to 60°33' N., 49°05' W.. By 30 May this 

 ice had again shifted off shore and deteriorated to scattered patches 

 with very few areas more than five-tenths cover. 



No information is available from Denmark Strait areas during 

 May. 



iune 



On 25 June storis extended to 15 miles south of Cape Farewell 

 and westward to the longitude of Cape Thorvaldsen with some scat- 

 tered patches to the north and west. Navigation into the Juh'ane- 

 haab bight was possible by rounding the northwesterly corner 

 of the storis and thence via the shore lead extending eastward 

 past Frederiksdal. 



Jo/y 



The east coast storis bolt had narrowed south of 61°20' N., to 

 25 miles in v/idth by 5 July. This belt narrowed rounding Cape 

 Farewell thence opening to three-tenths to six-tenths cover to a 

 westward limit at 49° W. This ice west of Farewell had moved 

 seaward by 14 July leaving an area of open water along the shore 

 except for usual bergs and growlers. On 17 July the storis exten- 

 sion west of Cape Farewell was limited to a tongue of two-tenths 

 to six-tenths cover up to 25 miles wide and 50 to 60 miles off shore. 

 Shortly after this date the storis disintegrated off the southwest 

 coast and along the east coast as far north as Cape Dan. The ice 

 off the Blosseville and Liverpool coasts of east Greenland had 

 receded to a belt 60 miles wide on 10 July. By 23 July this ice 

 had opened considerably, with many long leads, and the outer 

 edge had receded to within 50 miles of the headlands. 



SUMMARY 



From the information a\ailable it is considered that the season 

 was about normal in most respects. It is noted that the earlv 

 winter months were colder than usual in southwest Greenland. 

 Avhere the fjords accumulated a heavier than normal amount of 

 winter ice. 



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