25 



Borgfred (Norwegian, Captain Gabrielsen), July 25, heavy drift ice 

 extending 30 miles offshore due west from Arsuk Fjord, Greenland; 

 Steamship Ville D'ys (French naval vessel), July 30, many bergs west 

 coast Greenland; Steamship General W. A. Greely (MacGregor Ex- 

 pedition), August 1, vessel beset in heavy pack ice latitude 71° N., 

 longitude 63° W. 



The Steamship Ville D'ys furnished the following information con- 

 cerning ice conditions on the west coast of Greenland during the 

 month of July 1938: 



"Encountered drift ice in latitude 60°10' N., longitude 49°50' W., 

 and icebergs in latitude 60°45' N., longitude 49°10' W. There ap- 

 peared to be icefields and bergs along the coast, toward the south, 

 in large quantities. Numerous bergs were seen as we proceeded 

 northward, the number decreasing as we reached latitude 62°30' N. 

 From latitude 64° northward, only an occasional berg was sighted. 



"Found bergs in latitude 67° N., on the Hellefiske Bank (up to 70 

 miles offshore), increasing in frequency when approaching Disko. 

 Numerous bergs were seen south of Disko. Again found a large 

 number of bergs northward of Hare Island as far as the entrance to 

 Umanak Fjord. 



"Remarks: 1. Except off Holsteinsborg, the area examined did not 

 extend more than 30 miles offshore. South of Nunarsuit and north 

 of the entrance to Umanak Fjord no examination was made. 2. 

 Generally speaking, the number of bergs in July 1938 was greater 

 than in July 1937. 3. Several French sailing vessels were in the ice- 

 fields from 80 to 100 miles westward of Cape Desolation up to June 

 15. 4. At the end of July a French trawler found icefields about 

 100 miles southward of Cape Farewell. 5. At the end of July the 

 Gulf of Julianehaab (between Cape Desolation and Cape Farewell) 

 was completely covered with bergs and icefields according to Danish 

 aviators who daily flew over this area for hydrographic survey 



purposes." 



SEPTEMBER 1938 



By September the steamer lanes were apparently free of bergs, only 

 one ice report being received from the Grand Banks area. This 

 report, on September 6, was a small berg latitude 48°53' N., longitude 

 48°55' W. The motor vessel Winifred Lee reported the following ice 

 along the Labrador coast: September 2, very large berg off Hebron 

 Harbour; 2 bergs 1 mile off Three Mountains Harbour; and 96 bergs 

 along coast from Cape Harrigan to Cape Seglek. This vessel also 

 reports that on September 15 all icebergs south of Hopedale, Labrador, 

 had disappeared. 



On September 13 the Steamship Braheholm reported two large bergs 

 and growler in latitude 56°39' N., longitude 41°18' W. Wliile bergs 



