TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Preface 5 



International Ice Patrol 1970 7 



Aerial Ice Reconnaissance 9 



Communications 11 



Ice Conditions, 1970 Season: 



September through December 1969 13 



January 1970 13 



February 1970 13 



March 1970 13 



April 1970 14 



May 1970 14 



June 1970 15 



July 1970 15 



August 1970 15 



Oceanographic Conditions, 1970 17 



Discussion of Iceberg and Environmental Conditions During 



1970 Season 19 



Iceberg Distributions in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea as 

 Determined from Preseason Ice Patrol Flights by the U.S. 



Coast Guard, C. W. Mor-ran 28 



