TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface ^ 



International Ice Patrol 1978 1 



Aerial Ice Reconnaissance 3 



Communications ^ 



Ice Conditions, 1978 Season 



September through December 1977 5 



January 1978 5 



February 1978 ^ 



March 1978 6 



April 1978 6 



May 1978 ^ 



June 1978 '^ 



July and August 1978 ^ 



Appendices 



Oceanographic Conditions 1978 22 



Meteorological Conditions 1978 27 



List of Participating Nation's Ships Reporting Ice and Surface 



Temperatures for 1978 37 



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