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APRIL 1956.
The average distance from Straumnes
was 95 miles.
5/4 The pack boundary extended from 6855/
1920 to 6728/2540 to 6704/2800 to 6708/2900
to 6642/3100 to 6611/3125 to 6553/3300 to
6536/3330. Concentration 5/i0 to 8/i0 up to 30
miles of the boundary. Dinstance from Straum-
nes 93 miles.
11/4 The pack boundary was observed from
6925/2045 to 6854/2105 to 6738/2525 to 6723/
2740 to 6530/3340. Concentration was 5/i0 to
8/10 20—60 miles off the pack boundary north
of 6815 and 7/io to 9/i0 up to 15 miles off the
boundary for the remainder of the area. Dis-
tance from Straumnes about 93 miles.
Ii Ice boundary: 6840/1917 to 6822/1937
to 6752/2525 to 6734/2920 to 6551/3249 to
6550/3400. The concentration of the pack
boundarv consisted of 2/io—8/io slush brash and
block up to 15 miles off the boundary. North
of 67-30 N a few bergs and bergy bits were
sighted up to 15 miles off the boundary. Dis-
tance from Straumnes 100 miles.
24/4 Pack boundary from 6940/1720 to 6800/
2400 to 6605/3100 to 6605/3352. Distance from
Straumnes ab. 95 miles. The concentration off
the pack boundary consisted of 7/i0 brash, block
and pancakes with many concentration of slush.
Many bergs were sighted at 6615/3330.
MAY 1956.
The average distance of the pack boundary
from Straumnes was about 85 miles, nearest
approach 60 miles, except for a strip of drift
ice about 14 miles N of Straumnes at the end
of the month.
9/5 The pack boundary was observed from
6920/1725 to 6755/2550 to 6655/2905 to 6655/
3030 to 6540/3435. Distance from Straumnes
110 miles.
le/5 The pack boundary extended from 6825/
2400 to 6743/2435 to 6651/2900 to 6652/3000 to
6625/3045. Distance from Straumnes ab. 90
miles. Many bergs were observed in the vicinitv
of 6930/ and in Scoresby Sound.
23/5 The pack boundary was observed from
6914/2100 to 6840/2018 to 6738/2100 to 6717/
2452 to 6620/2925 to 6656/2945 to 6656/3150
to 6602/3320 to 6556/3408. Distance from
Straumnes 65 rniles. Concentration off the
boundary was less than í/iq of slush, brash
and blocks. On May 19 two icebergs were ob-
served at 6736/2406. An ice floe by radar ex-
tended from 6730/1924 to 6654/2412.
2S/s From the top of Cape Straumnes a large
field of ice was sighted 60—75 miles towards N.
On the 29th a patrol plane reported ice pack
35 miles W-bearing 340° from extreme western
tip of Iceland (Látrabjarg), moving S.
31/ó Pack boundary from 7015/2200 to 6912/
2120 to 6715/2525 to 6630/3200. The concen-
tration off the pack boundary consisted of
brash, block and belts of slush. There tvas a
lead into Scoresby Sound. The coverage up to
150 miles of the Greenland Coast consisted of
from x/io to 5/io pack ice and ice fields. Many
puddles and small lakes of open water were
sighted.
JUNE 1956.
The average distance of the ice boundary
from Straumnes was 80 miles, t.he nearest
approach about 60 miles, but several fields and
strips were observed at 25—30 miles distance at
the end of period.
6/e The pack boundary extended from 6850/
1930 to 6725/2515 to 6615/2835 to 6625/3045
to 6517/3320 to 6615/3500. Distance frorn
Straumnes 75 miles. Many large patches of
broken ice were observed off the southern
portion of the pack boundary drifting south.
1116 The pack boundary was from 7000/1425
to 6900/1635 to 6800/1855 to 6737/2100 to
6712/2500 to 6714/2700 to 6717/2930 to 6700/
3100 to 6620/3130. Distance from Straumnes
ab. 60 miles. Along the pack boundary many
patches of brash ice belts and small floes were
seen. Some floes were sighted at 6900/1900 with
slush in open water. In Scoresby Sound open
water was observed just inside of the entrance
and many small fingers of open water led to-
ward the sound.
12/0 The ice edge observed from 6845/1900
to 6820/2200 to 6800/2400 to 6740/2500 (From
TF-IST).
25/g Ice boundary from 6635/3400 to 6550/
3200 to 6710/2910 to 6800/2500 to 7050/1830.
Distance from Straumnes 105 miles.
Drift ice near the NW-ern coasts of Iceland.
1 /5 M/S Ægir off the Coastal Guard Service
reports an ice margin extending from 6645/
2224 to 6738/2100.
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