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Jökull - 01.12.1953, Side 49

Jökull - 01.12.1953, Side 49
Fig. 1. Ice conditions at the Liverpool Coast NE- Greenland 31 May 1953. A narrow lead extends along the sharp rim of winter fast ice. Off shore big drifting ice floes. Aerial phot. bv J. Eythorsson. MARCH. The average distance of ice edge from Straum- nes 80 miles, the nearest approach about 50 miles. s/3 Ice pack 6900/2100 to 6635/2700. 30/3 Ice pack 6900/2100 to 6800/2500 to 6700/2700 to 6700/3030. Ice flow extends south of pack in 20 to 40 mile „peninsulas“ and islets. 3°/3 Ice flow encountered at 6740/2030. Very loose scattered „ridge“ of ice 6600/3230 to 6510/3600 to 6500/3900. APRIL. The average distance of the ice edge frotn Straumnes 60 miles, the nearest approach of ics about 40 miles. 1/4 Ice flow 6955/1400 - 6825/1830 (all loose ice). Ice pack 6840/2200 to 6745/2530. 4/4 Ice flow extends from 6900/1830 to 6900/2000 generally SW to 6830/2210 to 6630/- 2620 to 6630/2900. 1/4 Ice pack 6743/1958. Ice flow widely dis- persed. Flowing ice with patches of congested ice flow. Solid ice with a few breaks 6843/1958 6728/2625. Many straddling blocks south of this point. 6645/2645 end of ice flow. 11/4 Ice pack 6830/2000 to 6800/2300 to 6700/2900 to 6500/3200. 13/4 Ice pack 6700/2130 to 6615/2700, thence W and NW. Break ab. 15 mile wide running E—W between 6645 and 6700 N. 15/4 Ice pack 6743/1952. MAY. The average distance of ice edge from Straum- nes 85 miles, the nearest approach of ice 22 miles (open patches of ice). 9/5—14 / 5 Ice limit, 0.6—1.0 coverage, 6940/1600 - 6815/1630 - 6750/2000 - 6755/2130 - 6655/2500 - 6630/2850 - 6600/- 3200 (Dr. I. Schell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Personal information). 13/5 Ice pack 6820/2000 to 6600/2830(?) to 6730/2030. 13/5 Close drift ice 6800/1900 - 6735/2200 - 6700/2500 (TF-ISE) Ice broken off Cape Barclay. The mouth of Scoresbysund open. Ab. 25% open water off Scoresbysund. 21/5 Ice pack extends from 6810/1930 to 6810/2500 to 6500/3500. 22/5 From position 67 N — 25 W: Drift ice seen extending E—W. (S/T Helgafell.) 25/5 From position 6648/2500: Close drift ice seen in the vicinity (Meejkatze). 31/b From position 6654/2224: Ice edge ex- tending ESE to WSW as far as can be seen (S/T Helgafell). 31/5 On 6652/2200 isolated strips of open ice; 6748/2212 to 6800/2200 3/io to e/io covered by small ice floes. Thence 8/io to 8/10 covered bv big floes to 6930 N. Open water betveen Cape Brewster and Cape Tobin and ice cover only about 5/io off the mouth of Scoresbysund to- wards SE. Ab. 3 mile broad solid winter ice along the Liverpool coast but broken, big ice floes off shore as far as could be seen towards E. (With TF—ISE from Reykjavík to Danmarks- havn. — J. Ey). JUNE. The average distance of ice edge from Straum- nes 25 miles, shortest 15—20 miles. 2/e Ice pack 7030/1330 - 6930/1635 - 6840/1530 - 6745/1840 - 6755/1925 to 6735/2010 - 6730/2230 - 6645/2320 - 6645/2420 - 6620/2440 - 6615/2510. 47

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