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realized that no other ice was si«rlited tliat year within a thousand 

 miles of the Baxtergate's position, althoujj^h "the i(;e pati-ol had been 

 maintaining a vigilant guard upstream, olt' Newfoundland, the 

 entire sprino-. 



An investigation of the records of the United States Hydrographic 

 Office and of the international ice patrol for the period 190010 192(i 

 regarding the southward distribution of icebergs in the western 

 North Atlantic shows that a total of about 886 drift south of New- 

 foundland during a normal year, and that 51 of these on the average 

 (about 15 per cent) are carried south of the Gi-and Bank. The dis- 

 tribution in the three main paths, viz, around Cai)e Race, down the 



Phenomenal Iceberg Drifts 



Figure 108. — The above positions were compiled from 21 authentic and verified 

 reports from ships at sea sighting icebergs, 1900-1916. (From Jenkins. 1921.) 



east side of the Grand Bank, and southeastward between the bank 

 and Flemish (?'ap. is \\ per cent. 67 per cent, and 19 per cent, 

 respectively. The distribution by months is as follows : 



Nontial imniber of icebergs south of Newfoundland 



These data indicate that the iceberg season off Newfoundland may 

 be said to cover a period of four months, from March 15 to July 15. 

 The bergs decrease in numbers noticeably after the middle of June 



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