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calving takes place on bergs of this type so that the melting process is 

 relatively slow. 



A few bergs were reported along the coast of Newfoundland, how- 

 ever, no berg drifted to the vicinity of Cape Race. Bergs were also 

 reported in the Straits of Belle Isle and along tracks G as far as 150 

 miles to eastward. It is estimated that 28 bergs drifted south of 

 latitude 48° N. during tliis month. (Ice conditions for the month of 

 July are graphically shown on the July Ice Chart; see fig. 7.) 



AUGUST 



A total of six bergs was found south of latitude 48°00' N. during the 

 month of August, five of this number melted by the 5th and only one 

 (2438) drifted south of latitude 45°00' N. The latter was the globular 

 berg described in the summary of ice conditions for the month of July. 

 This berg remained in the vicinity of latitude 43°37' N., longitude 

 49°20' W., from the 3d to the 9th of August but after that date drifted 

 southwest at an average rate of 24 miles per day; thence southeastward 

 at 16 miles per day; thence eastward at 31 miles per day; thence north 

 by east at 50 miles per day; thence east northeast at 56 miles per day. 

 The berg finally disintegrated in latitude 43°56' N., longitude 44°18' 

 W., on August 22. 



The Newfoundland coast remained free of ice and a few bergs were 

 still being reported along the Belle Isle route during this month. (Ice 

 conditions for the month of August are graphically shown on the 

 August Ice Chart; see fig. 8.) 



SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 



No ice was reported during this period. 

 ICE SUMMARY 



The ice season this year was one of the heaviest in the history of 

 International Ice Patrol. The berg count from ice reports was 669. 

 It is beheved this count should be increased to about 850 bergs on 

 account of the conditions that existed during May. (See ice condi- 

 tions for the month of May.) Broken field ice began to appear north 

 of latitude 47°00' N. early in February. During March this ice was 

 distributed all along the eastern edge of the Banks. There was a 

 total of 37 bergs south of the Tail at one time and as far as can be 

 determined this was the largest group of bergs that has drifted south 

 of the forty-third parallel. The most southerly drift of the bergs 

 occurred from May 28 to June 3, making it necessary to shift United 

 States-European traffic from tracks A to 60 miles south of this extra- 

 southern route. The Canadian tracks were blocked by ice until an 

 exceptionally late date, vessels using these routes encountering close- 



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