Jökull - 01.12.1963, Qupperneq 42

u/6 Pack boundary (block) from 6720/2300
to 6730/2200 to 6750/2100 to 6735/2010 to 6800
/2005, and from 6840/1700 to 6930/1500 to 7000
/1430 to 7140/1330.
12/e María Júlía 1430Z: An ice belt sighted
at 26.8 miles 40° true off Cape Horn. Seems to
extend from east to west.
13/6 Ægir 0900Z: An unbroken ice margin
extending from 6622/2550 to 6642/2415.
14/e Ægir 0900Z: Ice margin 6658/2241 to
6650/2155.
15/e Ægir 0900Z: Ice margin 6659/2121 to
6706/2018.
15/e A small iceberg sighted 5 miles E of
Cape Kögur and another one 1 mile off Hæla-
víkurbjarg.
18/6 Ægir 0900Z: From position 6740/2000
the ice margin extends 45° and 250° true as
far as sighted.
15-1.7/g A few small blocks sighted on the
sailing route off Cape Horn and Hælavíkur-
bjarg.
20/o Pack boundary (block) from 6710/2610
to 6900/2030. Brash and slush extended ab. 10
miles SE of pack boundary.
28/6 Pack boundary, concentration 0.7, ob-
served at 6635/2250 to 6643/2514 to 6657/2442
to 6725/2419 to 6749/2248 to 6810/2225 to 6809
/2218 to 6758/2055 to 6807/2054 to 6814/2120.
28/e Block and brash boundary from 6700/
2436 to 6730/2300 to 6819/2145 to 6900/2125
to 6941/2035 to 6940/1700 to 7010/1530.
JULY 1963
The distance of the pack boundary frorn Cape
Straumnes was 5—10 miles in the first half of
the month while loose drift ice invaded the
coastal waters off the northwestern promontor-
ies and inconvenienced shipping from the 5th
to 16th of the month.
5-17/7 Drift ice in coastal waters from Cape
Straumnes in west to Cape Horn to 6525/2145
to 6524/2115 to 6655/1955 turning NW to 6710
/2045.
10/7 The boundary of pack ice was running
from 6702/2217 to 6644/2457 to 6638/2550 to
6606/2721 to 6602/2900 to 6546/3010 to 6536/
3027 to 6636/3334 to 6529/3425 thence roughly
to 6432/3725 to 6401/3605 to 6341/3629 to 6338
/3942.
11 /7 Ice margin observed at 6558/2725 to
6607/2611 to 6620/2626 to 6617/2550 to 6632/
38
2517 to 6637/2517 to 6636/2507 to 6648/2402
to 6643/2339 to 6645/2231 to 6632/2200 to 6646
/2122 to 6655/2117 to 6700/2016 to 6722/2000
to 6709/2020 to 6733/2045.
16/7 Cape Horn 2400Z: Continuous ice field
6—8 miles off Cape Horn reaching East and
West as far as sighted. Visibility 20 km.
AUGUST 1963
Pack ice was not sighted from land but some
icebergs (probably 5 or 6) were repeatedly re-
ported off the northwestern coasts. The distance
of the pack ice boundary from Cape Straumnes
probably varied between 20 and 40 miles being
44 miles at the end of month.
Reports on icebergs:
4/g The Coastal Guard 1614Z: A big ice-
berg sighted 74° true 14 miles from Geirólfs-
gnúpur (about 6620/2130).
8/8 Air plane 1110Z: An iceberg 299° true
28 miles off Cape Kögur. Another one 14° true
19.5 miles off Cape Horn. Falling to pieces.
8/8 Litlafell 1800Z: Iceberg at 6638/2049
[Drifting NE-wards].
12/s Air plane 0845Z: Sighted two icebergs at
6700/2207 and 6712/2157.
ls/8 Skjaldbreið 1915Z: A big iceberg 352°
true 11 miles from Cape Hælavíkurbjarg.
18/a Hraun (á Skaga) 0900: An iceberg sight-
ed 6—8 miles off the lighthouse.
18/8 The Costal Guard 1300Z: A big iceberg
and a smaller one 360° true 14.3 miles off the
Skagatá lighthouse. Sorne blocks 1.5 miles farther
west.
18/s The Coastal Guard 1710Z: A big ice-
berg 94° true 19 miles off Cape Horn.
18/s The Coastal Guard 1915Z: A medium
sized iceberg 2° true 8 miles off Cape Kögur.
20/g Herðubreið 1515Z: Sighted two icebergs
317° true 6.2 miles off Cape Straumnes.
22/s Litlafell 0630Z: An iceberg sighted 15°
true 5.5 miles off Málmey.
23/s Látravík 1800Z: An iceberg sighted NE
of the lighthouse on the farout sailing route.
2i/s The Coastal Guard 1000: An iceberg
355° true 10.8 miles off Cape Horn.
25/s Árvakur 1200Z: A big iceberg 320° true
8 miles off Cape Horn.
27/s Látravík 0600Z: An iceberg 2 miles NE
of the lighthouse.
27/g Tröllafoss 0500Z: An iceberg 74° true
2.4 miles off Cape Horn.
JÖKULL 1963