55 53 



51 



49 47 45 



43 41 



50 



49 



Newfoundland 



42 



42 



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54 53 52 51 ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ 44 43 42 41 



Figure 1 



International Ice Patrol's Operation Area showing bathymetry 

 of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland 



tions. The next largest contribution to the air re- 

 connaissance total was from IIP ICERECDETs. 

 IIP flights concentrate on defining the boundaries 

 of the iceberg distribution (Appendix C). These 

 are typically areas of low iceberg concentration. 

 Table 2 shows the increased relative contribution 

 of the IIP flights near the limits. BAPS sightings 

 are icebergs detected north of 52 N phmarily by 

 AES reconnaissance. These are passed to IIP by 

 AES as the icebergs cross into the Ice Patrol op- 

 erating area. AES acquired and relayed to IIP ice- 



berg information obtained during sea ice recon- 

 naissance flights and a few flights dedicated solely 

 to iceberg reconnaissance. 



During 1995, the IIP Operations Center 

 received a total of 7962 target sightings within its 

 operations area which were entered into HP's drift 

 model. This is comparable to the 9496 target 

 sightings during 1994. The 7962 targets entered 

 into MP's drift model do not represent all of the 

 targets reported to IIP Sightings of targets out- 



