Table of Ice Reports, Greenlavd Area, 19Jf5 — Continued 



Day of 

 Ntonth 



Type 



Location and Remarks 



Bergs 



Winter ice 



Bergs 



Braah ice 



Rergs and growlers 



Brash ice _,, 



Storis. 



Bergs and growlers 

 Winter ice 



Storis 



Brasii 



Storb 



...do 



Winter ice 



Storis 



...do 



Bergs 



Winter ice 



Storis 



Fast ice. 

 Storis 



Winter ice 



Storis 



Bergs and growlers 



DECEMBER— Continued 



Several in area vicinity 58 N., 37 W. 



Tunugdliarfik Fjord. Maximum thickness now about 25 inches. 



Several in area vicinity 58 N., 37 W. 



Greenland east coast— tongue 10 miles wide extending from coast at Gl-10 N., 



to 60-50 41-30. 10/10 coverage. 

 Usual numbers scattered along coast from Cape Farewell to Cape Adelaer. 



No other ice (except above brash ice) observed in this area. 



JANUARY, 1945 



Close packed belt 10 miles wide at 63 N., widening to 30 miles from Cape 

 Adelaer to southern limit at 60-30 N. Small string 5 miles o£f shore extends 

 from 60-20 N., to 59-50 N. 



Coastal belt light scattered storis 20 miles wide at Cape Farewell widening 

 to 30 miles at 61 N., on east coast. 



Only iee we^t of Cape Farewell. 



Forming at Ivigtut. Thickness about 2 inches. 



Outer limit west end Egger Island to 59-40 44-10 to 59-50 43-10 to 59-45 

 42-40 to 60-00 41-55 to 61-00 41-25 to 62-00 41-10 to 63-00 40-00 through 

 63-37 40-00. Light 7/10 to 9/10 becoming 10/10 heavy ice northward of 

 Cape Adelaer. 



Light loose ice 3/10 to 6/10 outside storis to line through 61-00 41-25 to 

 63-30 39-05. 



Edge vicinity 66-39 23-10. 



Southern limits through 66-26 23-53 to 66-36 23-59 to 66-41 24-04 to 66-26 

 23-23 to 66-38 23-32 to 66-32 23-16 through 66-35 23-06. 



Scattered ice Hvalfjordur. 



Outer limits through 63-37 39-50 to 62-37 40-47 through 61-40 41-00. Scat- 

 tered ice 4/10 cover outside this belt with outer edge trending ENE from 

 edge at 63-28 N. 



Southern limits through 66-18 27-00 to 67-37 24-07 to 67-54 17-35 through 

 69-04 18-04. Detached floe estimated 15 by 3 miles vicinity 67-01 24-55 

 to 66-57 24-30. Large detached floe vicinity 67-25 24-35. 



Several within ice field. 



Tunugdliarfik Fjord— cleared by action of ships and 5 davs warm winds. 



Outer limits heavy storis from beach at Cape Farewell to 59-28 44-20 to 

 59-48 45-30 to 60-10 45-25 to 60-26 45-55 to 60-30 46-28 to 60-37 46-40 

 to 60-34 47-30 to 60-27 48-05 to 60-35 48-40 to 60-51 48-40 to 60-50 

 48-50 to 60-20 49-10 to 59-20 44-30 to 59-22 44-00 thence trending north- 

 eastward. Cover 4/10 at northwest end increasing to 10/10 off Cape 

 Farewell. Scattered strings extend up to 30 miles southwest of outer edge 

 between 46-30 W., and 49-00 W. 



Northwest limit at 61-00 50-28. 



Outer limits from beach at north edge Coppermine Bay to 60-58 48-40 to 

 61-11 49-00 to 61-17 49-30 to 61-10 50-00 thence obscured by low visibility. 

 Agam observed through 60-19 48-32 to 59-54 45-59 to 59-41 45-50 to 59-39 

 45-33 to 59-31 45-20 to 59-27 44-15 to 59-41 43-50 thence northward 

 along east coast as coastal belt 5 miles wide to limit of observation at 61 N. 

 Narrow coastal area Cape Thorvaldsen to Sardlok 4/10 cover, remainder 

 10/10. Open water Frederiksdal to Egger Island and extending about 

 25 miles southwest. 



In inside passage between 47-10 W., and 47-30 W. Remainder inside passage 

 clear. 



Outer limits from Cape Desolation to 60-45 48-20 to 60-55 48-20 to 60-59 

 48-48 to 61-10 48-48 to 61-10 49-45 to 61-00 50-00 to 60-22 49-10 to 60-20 

 47-58 to 60-01 46-32 to 60-00 45-57 to 59-40 45-30 to 59-32 44-50 through 

 59-40 44-00. 2/10 to 7/10 cover increasing to 10/10 eastward of 48 

 Two detached strings 5 to 10 miles north of northwest corner. 



Belt 54 miles wide at Cape Desolation, 70 miles wide off Frederiksdal. Cover 

 3/10 increasing to 6/10 to 9/10 eastward of 48 W. Torstei Islands to Cape 

 Thorvaldsen is 1/10 to 3/10 cover. Shore lead 5 to 10 miles wide along 

 remainder of coast between Sermersut and Brede Fjord. 



Outer limits main pack 61-05 49-05 to 61-01 49-34 to 60-40 49-06 to 60-38 

 48-50 to 60-29 48-50 to 60-16 48-11 to 60-11 46-35 to 59-41 45-28 to 59-12 

 43-46 thence trending northeast. In area west of 44-30 W., ice rapidly 

 disintegrating with numerous leads 2 or more miles wide from shore lead to 

 outer edge. Mostly 3/10 cover but small areas 10/10 cover. Area east 

 of 44-30 W., heavy 10/10 cover. Detached floes between 61-08 N., and 

 61-18 N. Shore lead 5 to 20 miles wide from approaches Arsuk Fjord to 

 46 W., thence narrowing to 2 miles wide to 45-05 W. 



Broken fjord ice Tunugdliarfik Fjord extending from 8 miles below Narsarssuak 

 next 8 miles. Thickness of pieces varies 12 to 30 inches. Lower half mile 

 fast ice. 



Occasional strings east of 47-30 W., and south of 59-55 N. Strong northerly 

 winds have moved ice southward and destroyed most of ice pack. 



Numerous along southwest coast. 



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