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le/s Meteorological stat.ion Hjaltabakki:
Some scattered í'loes drifted into the bay with
a strong NE-erly gale but disappeared the fol-
lowing clay.
ts/3 m/b Ólafur Bekkur reports: Some small
floes sighted 6 miles NE of Grímsey. Poor
visibility.
le/3 Trawler Hafliði reports: Considerable
drift ice 1 mile magnetic NW of Straumnes.
20/3 Scattered floes and strips were reported
on shipping route from Ritur to Horn ancl
from there 25 miles toward ESE. Single floes
were reported near Grímsey and 15—17 miles
NE of Siglunes.
2í-23/3 Many reports were received of in-
creasing ice off the N coast, especially near
Hornstrandir and Grímsey and off Melrakka-
slétta. An aircraft reported continuous ice from
Scoresby Sound to Horn on the 22nd, coverage
7/10. On the 23rd M/s Esja reported shipping
route blockecl by ice off Kögur and M/s Jökul-
fell reported considerable ice on shipping
route off Melrakkaslétta and a strip ashore at
Rauðinúpur.
21/3 The ice drifted closer to the N coast
and ice was now reported from the meteoro-
logical stations Hornbjargsviti, Hraun, Siglu-
nes, Grímsey, Húsavík, Mánárbakki, Raufar-
höfn and Skoruvík. Many reports were also
received from ships and boats.
The Coast Guard Aircraft SIF investigated
the ice conditions ancl the resulting ice chart
can be seen on Fig. 5. Open pack extendecl
to the shore at Hornstrandir and Melrakka-
slétta and the boundary of close pack was 25
miles NE of Horn, 30 miles N of Skagi and
Siglunes, 15 miles NE ancl NW of Grímsey
and 10 nriles off Hraunhafnartangi.
25-26/3 Winds at the N coast were mainly
between S and E and the ice moved gradually
somewhat offshore and navigation was easier.
29/3 Ice reconnaissance by SIF: The edge
of very open pack was approx. 8 miles NW
of Göltur, ashore from Straumnes to Kögur, 2
miles N of Horn, 20 miles N of Skagi, 9 miles
N of Siglunes, 5 miles N of Flatey in Skjálf-
andi, 15 miles N of Tjörnes, 6 miles N of
Rauðinúpur, 3 miles NE of Hraunhafnartangi
and 10 miles N of Fontur on Langanes.
Numerous floes were observed between the
edge and land but visibility was poor due to
snow. Tongues of open pack were 5 miles N
of Kögur, 5 miles N of Geirólfsgnúpur, 15
miles N of Reykjarnes, 25 miles N of Hraun-
hafnartangi and 20 miles N of Svínalækjar-
tangi. Close pack was observed 45 rniles NW
of Straumnes, 20 miles NE of Horn and 35
miles N of Rauðinúpur.
30-si/g N and NE-erly winds brought the ice
closer to the N coast, and on the 31 st clense
ice extended to Melrakkaslétta and Horn-
strandir and stopped navigation. Ingólfsfjörð-
ur and Ófeigsfjörður were full of ice. Increas-
ing ice belts were along the shores of Skagi,
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