in the Straits of Belle Isle in December but new ice (local slob) was 

 encountered ofT Cape Norman December 30.^ 



JANUARY 1937 



Tiie first ice appeared in the Grand Banks area January 14. From 

 that date until the end of January about 23 bergs were reported in 

 widely scattered positions along the northeastern and eastern edge of 

 the Grand Banks. Beginning January 24, large areas of heavy field ice 

 were reported north of latitude 47° N., between longitude 49° W., 

 and 52° W. It is estimated that 20 bergs drifted south of latitude 

 48° N. during this month. The easternmost ice was in latitude 

 44°14' N., longitude 45°45' W., and the southernmost in latitude 

 43°45' N., longitude 46°13' W. The distribution of the ice for the 

 period is graphically shown on the January Ice Chart. (See fig. 2.) 



FEBRUARY 1937 



The early days of February showed little change from conditions in 

 the preceding month. The ice reported during this time, say from 

 the first to tenth, seemed to be almost entirely the remains of January 

 ice. That is, scattered bergs and growlers along the eastern edge of 

 the Banks apparently drifting onto the Banks and large areas of 

 heavy field ice north of latitude 47° N., on the northeastern edge of 

 the Grand Banks. Toward the middle of the month heavy field ice 

 was reported along the Newfoundland coast around Cape Race and 

 southwest and southeast of the Cape as far as latitude 45° N. Nu- 

 merous bergs were also reported all through this area which drifted 

 rapidly southward and southeastward over the Banks, and as far 

 southwest as latitude 44°24' N., in the vicinity of longitude 54°30' W. 

 No reports of any kind, field ice or bergs, were received east of longi- 

 tude 50° W., after February 13, with the exception of patches of field 

 ice on February 14. This condition maintained itself until the end 

 of the month at which time there was no ice in the area east of longi- 

 tude 51°30' W. Heavy ice was reported streaming out of the Gulf 

 of Saint Lawrence past Scatari Island, Cape Breton Island, on 

 February 1, 8, 11, and 20. It is estimated that 53 bergs drifted south 

 of latitude 48° N., during February. The distribution of the ice for 

 the month is graphically shown on the February Ice Chart. (See 



fig. 3.) 



MARCH 1937 



The situation during the first half of March remained identical 

 with conditions as described in the latter part of February. Bergs and 

 field ice continued to be concentrated in the area north of latitude 



' For the information along the Labrador coast and vicinity of Belle Isle for the above period the Coast 



Guard is in iebted to the Marine Department of the Newfoundland Railway, St. John's, Newfoundland. 



