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6700/2300 to 6630/2500 to 6550/2630 to 6640/
2640 (forming a 50 miles long lead) to 6550/
2700 to 6610/2820 to 6530/3110. Concentration
was generally 0.2—0.3 within the boundary,
consisting of slush, brash, block and small and
medium floes. Fifty percent puddling was ob-
served in the areas of 6535/3110 ancl 6555/2940
and seventy percent puddling at 6633/2505
while 40 percent puddling was observed at
6803/2205. The area at 66° 15' N between
longitudes 27° to 29° W maintained a concentra-
tion of 0.8 with 0.2 slush, brash and block and
0.6 small and medium floes.
5/« From Cape Straumnes an ice field, 30
miles long, 10 miles wide was observecl at 25
miles distance to the N. Another, 20 miles long,
8 miles wide, was 17—18 miles to the NW and
the third one, ab. 15 miles long ancl 5 miles
wide, was 10—15 miles off in NE.
7/o M/g Ægir 0030 z: An ice field beginning
at 6800/2000 is extencling 34 rniles in direction
N 80 E true.
8/« M/s Litlafell 0300 z: Passing a number
of low icebergs scattered in an area 4—7 miles
NE of Cape Horn.
15/g Látravík 0600 z: A big iceberg sighted
10—15 miles NE of the lighthouse. Another
berg seems to be stranded 3—4 miles off the
coast.
!«/o Látravík 1800 z: A big iceberg to the
NE, about 3 miles from the coast. drifting
rapidly towards west. Another very big iceberg
is seen ESE of the lighthouse, 10—12 miles off
the coast.
17/o Látravik 1800 z: One of the icebergs re-
ported yesterday is strancled ab. 2 miles ENE
from the Iighthouse. A lot of berg)r bits are
drifting about the sailing route off Cape Horn.
20/o M/g Jökulfell 1905 z: Two big icebergs
respectively 1 and 6 miles off Cape Horn. A
mediurn floe was sighted 13 miles ESE of Cape
Horn at 1930 gmt.
27/« The outer boundary of the ice was runn-
ing from 7000/1900 to 6830/2130 to 6800/2040
to 6745/2100 to 6800/2145 to 6720/2530. Con-
centration was ranging from 0.8 off Cape
Brewster in the north to 0.3 to 0.6 in the south.
JULY 1958.
No reports of ice off the. Icelandic coasts
received.
AUGUST 1958.
5/8 A big ice block sighted at 6650/2343.
Dangerous to navigation.
21/8 M/g Svalbakur 1900 z: A big iceberg at
6523/2600.
SEPTEMBER 1958.
Distance of drift. ice from Cape Straumnes
100—120 miles.
3/9 One iceberg sighted at 6535/3200.
5/g Thirty icebergs within 20 miles off posi-
tion 6518/3648.
2«/9 Aircraft TF-IST reports ice edge 27
miles S of C. Brewster, then open water for
several miles. The outermost limits of ice 43
miles off C. Brewster. Concentration 0.5 to 0.6
near the coast but 0.3 to 0.4 farther out.
Skarðatindur í Öræfum klifinn
Innst á rananum milli Morsárjökuls og
Skaftafellsjökuls í Öræfum rís Skarðatindur.
Þótt hæð hans yfir sjó sé ekki meiri en 1385 m
er þetta mjög reisulegur tindur og næsta erfið-
ur uppgöngu.
Þann 13. ágúst 1954 klifu tveir brezkir stú-
dentar, J. A. Exley og M. Meller, Skarðatind.
Þeir lögðu upp úr Morsárdal kl. 9.15, klifu
tindinn frá norðaustri og urðu að nota bönd
á dálitlum kafla. Á hátindinn komust þeir kl.
13.40. Samkvæmt upplýsingum Ragnars St.efáns-
sonar í Skaftaíelli mun þetta vera í fyrsta skipt-
ið, sem Skarðatindur er klifinn.
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