Table of Ice and ObstrncHon Reports, South of 50° N., 194.6 — Continued 



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Ice patrol plane. 



Mojave (I. P.)._ 

 Ice patrol plane. 



do 



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Mojave (I. P.). 



U. S. S. Grand Rapids. 

 Mojave (LP.) 



do 



U. S. S. Knoxville 



Mojave (I. ?,). 

 do 



North West 



latitude longitude 



48 00 



51 32 



to 

 48 35 51 30 



to 

 48 50 51 00 



to 

 48 28 50 IS 



to 



48 34 49 17 



thence trending 



northward 



48 34 48 40 



46 28 50 48 



From northwest to 



45 



to 



58 16 

 Along Cape Breton 

 Island extending to 

 beach at Cape Gab- 

 arus and southward 

 past Cape Canso 



to 

 48 15 49 17 

 thence trending 

 340 degrees true 

 between 47-3 IW., 

 and 48-37 W., stretch- 

 ing northeast from 

 47-56 N. 

 48 08 I 48 17 

 48 22 47 55 

 trending 350 degrees 

 true 



48 21 



48 20 



48 52 



48 31 



49 07 



48 05 



47 53 



49 15 

 49 43 



48 12 



47 46 



46 48 



47 34 

 47 40 

 47 05 



47 42 

 47 49 



Description 



Limits of main field. 



Eastern limit patches and strings outside 



edge main field. 

 Growler (identification not positive, may 



have been sea breaking over Virgin Rocks). 



Limits main field. 



Outer limits scattered itrings and patches 

 light field ice. 



Light slob ice with some scattered pans 

 vicinity Cape Qabarus decreasing in num- 

 bers southward. Believe navigable. 



Patches light slob and slush ice in vicinity. 

 Small patches slob ice (considered navigable). 

 Small patches slob ice (considered navigable). 

 Berg. 

 Growler. 



Do. 



Do. 



Outer limits field ice. Strings and patches 

 at outer edge becoming heavier closer ice 

 ten miles inside this line. 



Belt of heavy sludge ice. 



Edge light field ice. 



■Eastern limit of field ice. 



Berg. 



Growler. 



Berg. 



Edge moderately heavy field ice. 



Berg. 



Encountered broken field ice. Large 



■ patches made up of chunks 2 to 3 feet in 



diameter, closely spaced. 

 Berg (Same as 37). 

 Growler. 



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