were reported on the northeastern edge of the Grand Banks, south 

 of latitude 49° N., and during the latter half of this month three 

 widely scattered bergs were reported off the east coast of the Avalon 

 Peninsula. (See fig. 2.) The southernmost berg from September to 

 December was reported on December 26 in latitude 47°10' N., longi- 

 tude 51°58' W. 



JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1936 



As far as is known, no ice was reported during these two months. 



MARCH 1936 



The first ice report for the season 1936 came on March 4. A vessel 

 reported sku'ting heavy field ice from latitude 49°00' N., longitude 

 49°50' W., for a distance of 50 miles in a southwesterly direction. 

 This same vessel reported open field ice about 45 miles east-northeast 

 of St. John's, Newfoundland, on the same date. No other ice was 

 reported until March 18, when an ice field extending about 30 miles 

 due south from latitude 48°42' N., longitude 48°33' W., just inside the 

 1,000-fathom curve on the northeastern edge of the Grand Banks, 

 was reported. This, very likely, was the same ice field that was 

 reported on March 4, having moved southeast at a little over 4 miles 

 per day. On March 19, 20, and 29 very scattered patches of open 

 field ice and some growlers were reported, all inside the 1,000-fathom 

 curve and on the northeastern slope of the Grand Banks. The move- 

 ment of all this ice was sluggish. No icebergs were reported during 

 March. The distribution of the ice is graphically shown on the March 

 ice chart. (See fig. 3.) 



APRIL 1936 



By the beginning of April, all field ice had disappeared and no 

 reports of St. Lawrence ice were received. Bergs began to appear in 

 some numbers during the fu'st part of this month north of latitude 

 48° N., but reports became few toward the end. Only 25 bergs in all 

 were reported in the Ice Patrol area this month, and only 8 drifted 

 south of latitude 48° N. The movement of these bergs was slow and 

 uncertain, all of them either melted or drifted northeastward before 

 reaching latitude 46° N. The distribution of the ice for tliis period 

 is graphically shown on the April ice chart. (See fig. 4.) 



MAY 1936 



The month of May brought, as usual, the widest distribution of 

 bergs for the season. Even in this month, however, no bergs drifted 

 south of latitude 45° N. During the first part of the month, bergs 

 continued to enter the area from the north, though only in small 

 numbers. During the latter half of May only eight bergs were 

 reported in the entire area, and only one of these drifted south of 

 latitude 48° N. The distribution of the bergs for this period is 

 graphically shown on the May ice chart. (See fig. 5.) 



