any extensive areas of field ice remained along the coast south of 

 Spotted Island. On the 14th the area of search off the northeastern 

 edge of the Grand Banks was extended to 120 miles or more seaward 

 of the 100-fathom curve. This flight experienced limited visibility 

 in the area north of 48°10' N., but neither the visual search nor 

 the supplementary radar search detected any signs of ice in the 

 offshore area. The tongue of ice spreading seaward from Cape 

 Freels had now extended to almost 40 miles east-southeast of Cape 

 Freels and the ice that had been packed in the western portion of 

 Bonavista Bay was beginning to scatter seaward with one small 

 narrow tongue roujiding Cape Bonavista. 



No further reconnaissance could be accomplished until the 20th, 

 when weather conditions permitted a search south of the Burin 

 and Avalon Peninsulas for the growler last sighted on the 13th. 

 This flight enjoyed excellent visibility throughout the area. The 

 growler apparently had melted and no other ice was present in the 

 area except a berg grounded at Chance Cove. 



With the movement of the high barometric pressure area east- 

 ward, two flights were again attempted on the 21st in the area over 

 the northeastern and northern slopes of the Grand Banks. As is 

 often the case, however, the eastward movement of the pressure 

 pattern slowed down over the area northeast and east of Newfound- 

 land and while excellent visibility was experienced in the inshore 

 area, the weather deteriorated to seaward to such extent that radar 

 detection had to be relied upon almost entirely in all of that area 

 more than 60 to 70 miles offshore. No ice was observed or detected, 

 however, other than the ice in the immediate vicinity of the coast. 

 The tongue of ice rounding Cape Freels extended southeastward 

 along the coast to the latitude of St. Johns. Except at the inner edge, 

 which was closely packed, this tongue was comparatively light and 

 the outer portion scattered. The inner edge cleared the beach north- 



! ward into Bonavista Bay and the width of the tongue was less than 



I 20 miles except oflf Bonavista Bay where ice was scattered up to 



j 45 miles seaward. 



On the 25th advantage was taken of fair weather along the east- 



iern coast for a short reconnaissance from Cape Race north past 

 Cape Bonavista. The tongue which had been observed on the 21st 

 had been scattered seaward beyond the limit of visibility and the 

 only field ice observed was a very narrow string extending from 

 Cape Bonavista across the entrance to Trinity Bay to about 10 

 miles east-southeast of Baccalieu Island and an area of sludge fill- 

 ing the western portion of Bonavista Bay. No further observational 

 flights were undertaken until the first of April. In this interval, 

 however, some information was received from other Coast Guard 

 aircraft on operational flights in the coastal area northward of 

 Newfoundland. The pilot of a plane engaged in search and rescue 



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