48°25' W. And the only significant drift was evidenced on 22 June when 

 USS Camp (USN) reported a berg at 44° N. 43°36' W. A radar target on 

 the 24th reported by the SS Gripsholm (Swed.) in position 44°03' N. 

 42°56' \V. possibly marked the last of this rare survivor the eastward 

 drift of which has been seldom duplicated. Both of the aforementioned 

 drifts described in this paragraph are shown by figure 15. 



Throughout June bergs achieved interesting drifts in the western reaches 

 of the Ice Patrol area. During the first 3 weeks many bergs worked west- 

 ward between Cape Race and latitude 46° N. The majority of these would 

 ground and be destroyed on the shoals south of the Avalon Peninsula. 

 However, several continued the journey reaching almost to the 56th 

 meridian and others entered Placentia Bay where they would always 

 curve northward toward the head of the bay (see fig. 15). From the 20th 

 of June and continuing into the first week in July, bergs were constantly 

 visible from the Headquarters of the Ice Patrol at the U.S. Naval Station 

 a1 Argentia on the shore of Placentia Bay. This was the first time within 

 the memory of many local inhabitants that such an event had occurred. 



The latter part of June saw a relaxation in the numbers of bergs arriv- 

 ing at the Grand Banks and the rate of deterioration became greatly in- 

 creased. By the end of June only three bergs remained in the Cape Race 

 area whereas at the beginning the figure was nearer to a hundred. Except 

 for grounded bergs along the Newfoundland coast, there existed but about 

 20 icebergs south of latitude 48° N. over the entire Grand Banks regions. 

 Most of these were to the eastward in the main branch of the Labrador 

 Currenl . 



A great number of bergs estimated at 180 drifted southward across the 

 48th parallel in June. Most of these were close inshore and grounded along 

 the northern slope of the Grand Banks and the Newfoundland coast. 

 The arrivals occurred mostly in the early part of June and represent quite 

 properly a southward transport during May. This for June, however, is 

 the third highest since 1900 and contrasts with the average figure of 08. 



JULY 



The southernmost ice for July melted on the first day of the month in 

 position 42°53' N. 48°08' W. This berg had been drifting in an eddy just 

 to the east of the Tail-of-the-Bank and is shown on figure 15. 



All other bergs present on the southeastern slope at the beginning of 

 the mouth worked their way east out of the Labrador Current between 

 latitudes 45° N. and 44° N. and melted without achieving any significant 

 drift. By the middle of the month only three bergs were known to be in 

 the main branch of the Labrador Crurent south of latitude 48° N. Of 

 these only one attained a drift southward along the eastern slope and was 

 last reported by an aircraft on 22 July in 45°32' N. 48°07' W. No other 

 bergs were reported in the eastern part of the Grand Banks below latitude 

 48° X. subsequently this month. 



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