TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Preface v 



International Ice Patrol 1973 1 



Aerial Ice Reconnaissance 4 



Communications 6 



Ice Conditions, 1973 Season: 



September 1972 9 



October - November 1972 9 



December 1972 9 



January 1973 9 



February 1973 10 



March 1973 11 



April 1973 11 



May 1973 12 



June 1973 12 



July 1973 13 



August 1973 13 



Oceanographic Conditions, 1973 14 



Discussion of Iceberg and Environmental 



Conditions During 1973 Season 16 



Research and Development, 1973 20 



List of Participating Nations' Ships reporting 



Ice and Sea Temperatures 21 



Appendices 



Iceberg Casualties, 1800-1973 A-1 



Iceberg Drift from Surface Currents B-1 



