TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1956 



No: 



Date 



Feb. 21 



Mar. 6 



...do. 

 ...do. 



Mar. 



.do. 



Mar. 8 

 ...do..... 

 Mar. 9 



...do 



Mar. 10 



...do 



Mar. 11 



.do. 



Name of vessel 



USCG plane . 



Ice Patrol plane. 



do 



do 



.do. 



.do. 



USCGCDuane 



do_ 



do 



do... 



USCGC Chincoteague. 

 do 



USNS Sgt. Jonah 



E. Kelley 



.do. 



Mar. 12 



Mar. 13 



...do 



...do..... 



...do 



do 



.do- 



Mar. 16 



.do— .. 



...do 



Mar. 18 

 ..do — .. 

 -do—.. 



..do 



-do 



.do 



Mar. 19 



Mar. 19 



..do 



-do 



..do..... 



..do 



..do 



-do—.. 



-do 



-do— . 

 -do— . 

 ..do.— . 



Ice Patrol plane - 



Ice Patrol plane . 



do 



do- 



do- 



—do— 



.do. 



.... do. 

 —do. 



Ice Patrol plane - 



—do- 



USN plane 



Ice Patrol plane. 



do 



.—do. 



do. 



—do 



_do. 



Fort Avalon. 



Mormacmoon _ 



—do 



—do— 



Kristina Thorden... 



— -do- 



Newfoundland 



Ice l';itrol plane 



—do 



—do.. 



—do. 



—do 



North 



Latitud 



West 

 Longitude 



West of Funk Island 

 Line from 



50 30 



52 40 



Orange Bay 



to 



St. Barbe Island 



to 

 00 | 55 



to 



00 54 



Fogo Island 



to 

 Cape Freels 



00 



46 50 



47 20 



From 



I 

 to 



49 40 



Line from 



59 29 

 59 29 



52 10 



North of a line from Cape St. 



John to 



50 05 | 54 10 



StraitofBelle Isle, south side... 



Straight of Belle Isle, north side 



Area bounded by a line from 



Cape North to Scatari Island 



to 



46 00 



47 30 

 49 00 

 51 45 

 49 10 



49 35 



50 00 

 50 15 

 49 30 



59 00 



59 50 



51 20 

 54 25 



49 22 



52 35 



50 40 

 50 05 

 49 10 



North of a line from 



48 20 

 48 20 



48 35 

 50 00 



52 50 

 51 22 



50 43 



Vicinity Cape Ray and extend- 

 ing 30 miles to south. 



48 22 



48 02 



48 13 



48 42 



48 52 



45 10 



48 30 



48 33 



48 45 



48 58 



48 30 



Description 



Pancake floes. 



[Southern limit ice field. 



Growler. 

 Do. 



Southern limit ice field. 



Scattered belts of brash ice. 



Eastern limit ice pack. 

 Widely scattered bits. 

 Broken field ice. 

 Growler. 

 Small berg. 



Do. 

 Ice field, 1 mile by 2 miles. 



Field of pancake ice. 



Southern limit area with many 

 strings and patches winter ice. 



Small bergs. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Growler. 



Do. 



Scattered to close pack field ice in 



belts and field. 

 Close pack field ice. 

 Broken field ice with numerous 



patches of open water. 



Many belts and patches heavy field 

 ice. 



Patch of field ice. 

 Berg. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 9 growlers within a radius of 20 

 miles. 



Many belts and patches of light to 

 very heavy field ice. 



Extensive patches slob ice. 



