Figure 10. — Ice conditions on 28 May 1958. 



"G" reported many large bergs between longitudes 50° W. and 

 52° W. on the track (Belle Isle). This situation can be noted on 

 fig. 10. 



June 



The warming surface water during June assured the destruc- 

 tion of all the bergs present along the coastal reaches of Newfound- 

 land and precluded the possibility that the bergs drifting south- 

 ward along the thousand-fathom isobath would present any men- 

 ace to the major tracks. The southern terminus of these bergs at 

 their melting was between 49° and 50° north latitude. The berg 

 reported on 20 June by the SS Chris at 47°48'N. 48°24'W. (Re- 

 port No. 433) had been previously sighted as a growler and aircraft 

 dispatched to the area on 21 June found only fragments of brash 

 ice. Thus the report is not fully credited as a berg. 



Many bergs, however, were still reported throughout the month 

 north of latitude 50° and extending outward from the Newfound- 

 land and Labrador coasts for a distance of about 200 nautical 

 miles. 



Ice conditions during June south of the 49th parallel are shown 

 by fig. 11. 



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