Table of Ice and Obstruction Reports, South of 50° N., 19^6 — Continued 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Doscriptii 



Mar. 13 

 -.do.... 



loe patrol plane. 



Fort Townshend. 

 Ice patrol plane.. 



Fort Townshend. 



From 5 miles off 



Flint Island to 



46 05 59 22 



to 



45 32 59 42 



to 



46 00 59 12 



to 

 46 04 59 00 



to 

 45 49 58 40 



to 

 45 56 58 30 



to 



45 50 58 11 



to 



46 03 57 53 



to 



45 43 57 38 



to 



45 54 57 36 



to 



46 06 57 03 



to 



46 52 56 53 



to 



Burgeo Bank 



Belle Isle Strait be- 

 tween 59 W., and 60 W 



45 10 I 58 00 

 Area observed inclu 

 radar on 9 March, 

 vening stormy weath 

 45 26 58 50 



to 



45 26 



49 28 



48 54 



49 56 

 47 50 

 47 47 

 47 42 



47 19 



48 12 



49 12 

 49 12 



45 40 



44 44 



44 50 



44 35 



48 16 



48 21 



48 52 



49 02 

 49 03 

 49 08 

 48 16 

 48 40 



47 56 



48 19 



44 45 



46 31 

 46 51 

 46 53 

 46 20 

 46 47 



45 50 

 45 40 

 48 51 



57 43 



46 54 



46 35 



47 08 

 47 37 

 45 26 



46 47 



46 14 



46 28 



46 43 



59 52 



57 34 



57 27 



16 

 48 40 



46 06 



47 20 

 57 10 



48 35 



47 04 



47 45 



51 50 



51 20 



Outer limits of field ice. Eastern twenty 

 miles scattered strings and patches. Cen- 

 ter of field 7/10 to 10/10 cover with pans 

 up to 100 feet in diameter. 



Area open water and broken pans light win- 

 ter ice extends 20 to 30 miles fron Labra- 

 dor-Quebec coastline thence open field ice 

 becoming closely packed 50 to 60 miles off- 

 shore. Conditions near Newfoundland 

 coast not observed due to low stratus. 

 Strings slob ice extending northward, 

 ded area in which patches were detected by 

 Conclude that this ice disintegrated in inter- 



► Patches and strings heavy field ice with very 

 large pans. 



Berg. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



Southern tip of field ice. 

 Small berg and 2 growlers. 

 Large patches field ice and many growlers 



extending southward beyond limit of 



visibility (4 miles). 

 (Probably east of ice field — states course 



and speed as requisite for dodging dense 



ice packs). 

 Southeast corner of the main field. 



n„. 



2 small bergs with many growlers. 



•Loose heavy ice. 



•Scattered strings slob ice. 



Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



Do. 

 Small berg. 

 Growler. 

 Field ice. 



'^^feo. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



Do. 



2 bergs. 



Southern extent of field ice. 



no. 



147 



