Jökull - 01.12.1953, Page 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.
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