Jökull - 01.12.1957, Qupperneq 64

3/o Pack boundary from 6955/1901 to 6700/
3000 to 6730/3130 to 6700/3200. To small
polynya were obs. at 6805/2610. Fifteen small
icebergs were at 6715/3108.
From M/S Ægir of the Coastal Guard Service
the following reports were received:
5/o 2400 z: Approaching close drift ice at
6550/3000.
7/6 1200 z: Reaching an icebelt at 6642/
2704. Seems to be extending 310° to 120° true.
7/o 2115 z: Have been sailing along the ice
edge from 6643/2700 to 6625/2652 to 6644/
2610 to 6637/2542 to 6643/2515.
w/o 0530 z: Ice edge at 6654/2242, 32 miles,
336° true from Cape Kögur. Followecl the
edge 7 miles eastward where we encountered
considerable drift ice extending southward to
a point 25 miles N of Kögur.
11/a 1500 z: Just north of pos. 6800/1930
sighted a 10 miles long icefield extending from
W to E.
15/o S/T Tálknfirdingur, 1645 z: Consider-
able drift ice encountered at 6754/2142 extend-
ng from WNW to ESE.
16/g M/S Ægir 1200 z: Pos. 6730/2306. Are
approaching an ice edge extending from NE
to SW.
18/a British trawler: Heavy drift ice and
bergy bit dangerous to navigation encountered
6608/2655.
18/a S/T Ingólfur Arnarson, llOOz: A big
iceberg and several smaller sighted at 6651/
2355.
20/6 Ice pack boundary on 6937/1900 to 6700/
2723 to 6535/3200. Numerous icebergs at 6910/
2130 and 6925/2030.
2e/o Ice boundary from 6845/1845 to 6825/
1920 to 6800/1930 to 6815/2005 to 6755/2020
to 6755/2115 to 6805/2155 to 6740/2325 to
6850/2500 to 6835/2600 to 6730/2400 to 6715/
2400 to 6635/2530 to 6700/2820 to 6730/3100.
Concentration ranged from 2/io to 8/io- The
entire ice pack was very loose and navigable
by small boats. Fifteen icebergs were sighted
at 6840/2530 and four bergs at 6735/3120.
JULY 1957.
The ice margin seems to have been about
120 miles from Straumnes. No ice was reported
from coastal stations or fishing ships off the
NW-coast of Iceland.
8/7 The boundary of ice pack was running
from 7155/1800 to 7100/2000 to 7045/1930 to
7000/1920 to 6740/2800 to 6745 /3030 to 6620/
3200. Concentration averaged 8/io and con-
sisted principally of block ice. Numerous ice-
bergs in the vicinity of 6750/2900 and 6930/
2200.
AUGUST 1957.
No definite pack boundary. The coverage of
ice was í/io to s/io and consisted mostly of
block ice.
9/s Scattered icebergs were observed as fol-
lows: Sixty-five icebergs at 6800/2500, 85 at
6750/3000, 20 at 6650/3300 and 10 icebergs at
6610/3100. Brash extended from 6730 to 6630
and block was from 7000/2120 to 6925/2230.
21/s Six icebergs were sighted at 6930/2300
of approximately two hundred feet in hight.
Thirty or thirty-five growlers were sighted near
6900/2430 and eighty to eighty-five at 6600/
3300.
SEPTEMBER 1957.
7/s M/T Svalbakur, 1045 z: A big iceblock
at 6644/2107.
7/o M/B Helga: A big iceblock 12 to 14
miles magnetic east of Cape Horn.
13/9 Látravik, 1800 z: A big iceblock sighted
ENE of the lighthouse, 10—12 miles offshore.
Seems to drift slowly westward.
14/o S/T Karlsefni, 0045 z: A big iceblock
at 6636/2424.
14/o Látravik, 1800 z: The iceblock seems to
have approached the coast a little since yester-
day.
14/o M/S Godafoss, 1900: An iceblock 12.7
miles due east from Cape Horn.
15/a Látravik: Small, single iceblocks drift-
ing towards the shore. The nearest ones ab.
3 miles east of the lighthouse. The mainblock
remains at the same distance.
18/o Látravík: Several small bits of ice have
drifted ashore. Two big blocks 8—10 miles off
the lighthouse.
17/o M/S Hvassafell, 1730 z: Passed three
icebergs and several iceblocks, 80° ancl 8.5
miles off Cape Horn.
24/9 M/S Arnarfell, 1900 z: Four rather small
icebergs sighted 5 to 7 miles to the NE of Sel-
sker, Húnaflói. At 1930 z one big berg sighted
96° true, 24 rniles frorn the lighthouse Cape
Horn.
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