Table of Ice and Obstruction Reports South of 50° N., 1947 — Continued 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



Feb. 25 

 ..do__.. 

 -.do.... 



Feb. 26 

 ._do__.. 



Mar. 9 

 Mar. 12 

 ..do.... 



..do._.. 

 Mar. 13 



Ice patrol plane. 



Ice patrol plane. 



do 



do 



.do_ 



Ice patrol plane. 

 Ice patrol plane. 



Hydro Washington. 



Ice patrol plane 



— -.do 



48 



49 32 



49 34 



49 41 



48 30 



52 41 



51 09 



51 27 



52 03 

 51 50 

 51 58 

 51 40 



Grand Banks vicinity 

 47 21 N. 



47 35 I 51 00 



47 37 59 30 



to 



47 15 59 16 



to 



47 14 .58 43 



to 



47 07 58 30 



to 



46 52 59 22 



to 



46 03 58 55 



to 



45 42 59 40 



to 



45 38 60 03 



48 43 



48 51 



49 10 



53 38 

 52 58 

 52 58 



Northward of line 

 from Cape Freels to 



47 50 51 20 



to 



48 45 49 35 



to 



49 10 50 00 

 thence trending north- 

 west. 



47 33 53 01 



47 41 I 53 05 



47 00 59 13 



to 



59 23 

 to 



59 21 

 to 



59 23 



48 30 



47 06 

 47 12 



47 20 

 47 10 



53 50 

 53 58 



48 37 I 53 36 

 45 30 I 54 41 

 Cape Bonavista to 



48 40 53 25 



to 



49 00 I 53 30 

 along coast eastward 

 past Cape Freels to 



48 56 



48 36 



49 00 

 49 31 

 49 4) 

 48 5J 



53 18 



53 38 



53 12 



53 48 



53 58 



60 06 



48 



60 00 



to 



47 35 60 08 



to 



47 15 60 20 



47 39 60 02 



to 



48 03 59 57 



Small berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Berg. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



Occasional streaks of slush ice. Coverage 

 increases until reaching west edge 5 miles 

 east of Cape Spear. 

 Small berg. 



Eastern limit of St. Lawrence 'ce; Outer 

 edge of ice is light and has many leads. 

 Inner edge extends northerly with sho.e 

 lead to Cape Breton. Closely packel belt 

 of field ice 8 miles w de extends along 

 beach northwestward of Scatari Island. 



Berg. 

 Growler. 

 Do. 



Sludge in form of widely scattered patches, 

 cover varies from less than 1 percent to 

 one-tenth. 



Small berg. 

 Growler. 



Northern e 'ge of field ic3 obseve . E b - 



• ward of this edge striig' and patc:ias 



extended alo ig latitude 4 ° 20' as far as 



59° 15' W., thi ns. toward Bur^e . Bank. 



Appeared t:) be he north ^as'e i edge of .he 



field. 

 Large growler. 

 Small berg. 

 Sludge and fieli ice extending up to tw) 



miles off shore. 

 Small berg. 

 Small growler (same as No. 36). 



West a'ld sojth of thi? line winter and sludge 

 ice almost completely fills Bonavista Bay. 



Belt of sludge and winter ice approximately 

 7-10 miles wide. 



Small berg (same as No. 39). 



Small berg. 

 Do. 



Small berg (same as No. 37). 



Eastern edge of sludge, the edg;e curved west- 

 ward out of sght within 10 minutes 

 latitu e north aid south of this position. 



Field of sludge ice to the westward of these 

 points from list position trend was west- 

 ward to limit of visibility. 



Three small strings of sludge all near a line 

 between these points. 



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