TABLE OF ICE REPORTS, 1956— Continued 



No. 



Date 



Name of vessel 



North 

 latitude 



West 

 longitude 



Description 



256 



257 

 258 

 259 

 260 

 261 

 262 

 263 

 264 



265 



266 

 267 

 268 

 269 

 270 



271 



272 



273 

 274 

 275 



276 



277 



278 



279 



280 



281 



282 



283 

 284 

 285 



.do. 



.do. 



Apr. 16 

 ...do— .. 



...do—.. 



-do 



...do 



..do 



-do 



-do..... 



.do. 



-do. 



.do. 



47 53 



47 4 



47 40 



48 00 

 47 15 

 47 21 



47 28 



47 37 



47 56 



48 03 

 47 18 

 47 27 



Line from 



52 45 



52 30 



50 45 



50 45 



51 36 



47 58 

 50 02 

 50 31 



52 43 

 52 42 



48 07 

 50 05 



.do 



Apr. 17 



-do 



..do 



..do 



-do 



Apr. 17 



-do--. 



Columbia.- 



Vatnajokull 



USN vessel 



Empress of Scotland 



Canadian Dept. of Trans- 

 port. 

 Canadian Dept. of Trans- 

 port. 



--.do 



North of a line from 



47 52 



47 32 



47 30 



47 50 



47 22 



47 14 



47 04 



52 45 



52 33 



51 46 



51 27 



50 20 



50 05 



49 52 



48 28 



Charlottetown entrance to East 



Point to Cape George. 

 George Bay 



Apr. 19 



...do 



do 



L' Aventure 



.—do. 



Canadian Dept. of Trans- 

 port. 



.do. 



West coast Cape Breton Island 



to White Capes to 



47 05 | 61 10 



to 20 miles north of East Point. 



From above position to 20 



miles off Savage Harbour. 

 Steamer track, Cabot Strait to 



Gaspe Passage. 

 30 miles northeast of Sydney 

 Harbour. 



Vicinity of ■ 

 46 18 | 59 07 



and westward 



46 35 | 59 30 



George Bay 



.do. 



Inside a line from Flint Island 

 to 



46 25 | 59 10 



to 



Cape Smoky. 



Inside a line from Cape St. 



Lawrence 



to 



47 00 | 62 00 



to 

 East Point to Cape Breton Is- 

 land coast. | 



West of a line from 



Apr. 20 



Apr. 20 



Apr. 21 

 Apr. 23 

 Apr. 24 



Hydro . 



Hydro. 



49 30 



50 00 



50 30 

 50 25 



50 45 



to 



to 



53 00 



54 30 



53 50 



54 15 



54 10 



Unidentified plane 



Ice Patrol plane 



Canadian Dept. of Trans- 

 port. 



Between Newfoundland coast 

 and a line from North Twil- 



lingate Island to 

 49 50 | 54 05 

 thence along east coast Fogo Is- 

 land thence 5 miles off shore 

 closing to coast at Cape Freels. 



85 miles ESE Gander 



46 54 I 47 44 

 Area between Flint Island and 

 St. Paul Island. 



Southern limit field ice. 



Small berg (same as No. 253). 

 Small berg. 



Small berg (same as No. 254). 

 Medium berg (same as No. 255). 

 Medium berg. 

 Small berg. 

 Growler. 

 Do. 



Scattered to close pack field ice. 



Berg and growlers (same as No. 259). 

 Berg (same as No. 266). 

 Berg (same as No. 267). 

 Berg (same as No. 248). 

 Scattered strings heavy ice. 



60 percent cover. 



Loose drift. 



Heavy drift. 

 Clear of ice. 

 Scattered fields of heavy drift. 



Ice field 5 miles wide. 



Dense ice field. 



60 percent cover of heavy drift ice. 



40 percent cover of heavy drift ice. 



60 percent cover of heavy drift ice. 



Eastern limits field ice| 



Clear of ice. 



Several large brgs. 



Large growler. 



Scattered fields of loose drift ice. 



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