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Jökull - 01.12.1953, Page 50

Jökull - 01.12.1953, Page 50
Fig. 3. Scattered drift ice 70 miles N of Cape Horn 31 May 1953. A bank of Strato-Cumulus in the upper right hand corner. Aerial phot. bv J. Eythorsson. 18/s Ice flow 6730/2000. Ice pack 6630/2400 - 6610/2440 to 6600/2600. s/g Extended drift ice field 30 miles off the NW-coast. Border of ice from W—E. 6/r A close ice field extending W—E 15 miles NNW of Deild (66.2N/23.5W). S/T Elliðaey. 5/e Position 6636/2412: Much drift ice within sight. JULY. 13/i Open drift ice from 6800/2230 to 7000/2230. Big ice floes with many leads and broken drift ice in between off the Liverpool Coast. Ice edge ab. 7000/1900 to 7245/1600. (TF—ISE en route Reykjavík — Mestersvig). AUGUST. 26/8 0600 z. A big growler was sighted ca. 3 miles NE of Cape Straumnes. (M/S Heiðrún). 26/8 1325 z. A growler sighted 2.5 miles N 25° E from Kögur. (D/S Þyrill). 27/8 Ice pack is concentrated in the area of 6707/3300 —6620/3500. Ice floes extend 50 miles off the coast of Greenland, and scatterd ice has been reported as far out as 70 miles. — An iceberg is reported at 6625/2313, moving at a speed of appr. 1 knot, and an ice floe at 6630/2305. 2S/a The main ice flow containing numerous icebergs and extending 100 miles out to sea was located between Kap Hodgson (appr. 7000/2135) and Kap Beaupre (6850/2500). From Kap Beaupre south to Kap Edvard Holm (appr. 6650/3000) the ice flow extends some 50 miles out to sea and contains icebergs, estimated 100 every 15—20 miles. Icebergs have been sighted as follows: On 29 August at 1625 z one 200' (feet) high and 300' wide at 6655/2404; on 30 August between 1042 and 1640 z concentrated icebergs within a 50 mile radius of 6806/2330 with a large ice floe one mile S; on'31 August at 1755 z one ice floe at 6718/2200. SEPTEMBER. 2/g An iceberg was sighted at 6657/2135. 4/g An iceberg sighted 35 miles N15E off Hornbjarg. 6/9 At 1217 z concentrated icebergs (150 feet high 100—200 feet wide) were observed at 6854/2231. At 1340 z an icepack appr. 3 miles wide, 12 miles long and 25 feet high was seen at 6810/2620. On the same date scattered icebergs were sighted from Kap Brewster (7010/2202) to Kap Gustav Holm (6635/3400) extending 70 miles out to sea from the Greenland Coast. 11 /g At 1725 z an iceberg sighted at 6700/2015. 12/a A survey of ice along the Geenland Coast showed scattered icebergs out to 50 miles offshore at 6912/2250 and thinly scattered ice- bergs out to 80 miles offshore at 6755/2704. 13/9 At 1643 z an iceberg (50—60 feet high, 100x50 wide) was sighted at 6700/2230. 24/9 Warning of ice[berg] 14 miles E by S of Hornbjarg at 1700 z. (S/T Northern Prince). 25 / 9 At 1400 z a ice floe is sighted in the sailing route 12 miles ESE of Hornbjarg. — On the same date scattered ice was observed ex- tending out 80 miles from the Coast of Green- land between Kap Brewster (70° 08' N) and Kap 48

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