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no ice is to be seen except what had drifted coast, especially Straumnes, Kögur, Horn and
ashore. From Horn considerable ice was re- from Langanes to Gjögur. The main ice was
ported at 1100 IMT, especially N ancl E of probably not very far off, on the fourtli, trawler
the station, but at 1700 most of it had dis- Kaldbakur at 6548/2642 reported dense ice 4—6
appeared. M/B Siglfirðingur reported at 1700 miles NE from the ship with the ice edge
en route from Siglunes to Langanes: Some ice orientated SE—NW, ancl on the 5th, the light-
from Siglunes to 6622/1750 but considerable housekeeper at Horn reported seeing consider-
from there to Axarfjörður, then scatterecl ice able amount of ice near the horizon.
to Rauðanúpur, after that consiclerable ice to 8/4 Ice reconnaissance by SIF: Characteristic
6630/1530. No ice fartlier east. The ice was points of the ice edge were at the following
drifting rapidly eastward. coordinates: 6705/1950, 6635/2055, 6712/2125,
6712/2240, 6705/2215, 6652/2235, 6610/2325,
6700/2420. East of this last point the density
APRIL 1967 was generally 4/10 to 6/10, or less. Then the
Scattered drift ice was frequently reþorted edge continued SW-ward, witli 7/10—9/10
near the north coast, especially in the vicinity coverage to 6650/2505, 6635/2507, 6610/2620.
of Horn and Langanes. Except for the first Very scattered ice floes were observecl from
few days however, the rnain ice edge seerns Kögur and Horn NE-ward to the ice edge.
lo have been 30—40 miles north of Horn, 25— 17/4—18/4 Grímsey reported a few floes 14
35 miles north of Grímsey, but considerably mile NE ol’ the island, drifting rapidly to SE.
closer to Rifstangi and Langanes. Horn reported the ice edge 20—30 miles away
1 /4—7/4 During tliis period very scattered ice to NE and E witli very few scattered floes
was reported around peninsulas on the north closer.
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