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26° 24° 22° 20° 18° 16° 14° 12°
Fig. 6.
Ice reconnais-
sance flight
TF-SIF,
April 7, 1968.
Akureyri reports: Considerable ice, both
small and large floes in Eyjafjörðúr inside of
Hjalteyri. The fjord has frozen inside of Sval-
barðseyri.
s/r Kambanes at 1200 z: Drift ice sighted
towards E from Skrúður to S of Hvalsbakur.
Very scattered in tlie southern part.
Mánárbakki reports at 1800 z: The lead W
of Mánáreyjar had closecl at noon. No open
water is now visible from here.
4/4 Ice flight by SIF: The ice edge was 41
rniles 276° true of Ritur and 20 miles N of
Kögur. North of Hælavíkurbjarg the edge turn-
ed southwards and close pack extended ashore
from Horn to Drangatangi. The boundarv of
close pack was 20 miles N of Skagi, 7 miles
N of Grímsey and ashore from Rifstangi to
Melrakkanes. South of this boundary there was
a belt of open pack extending to 7 miles N
of Skagi and 2 miles N of Siglunes. Between
the open pack ancl the coast there was very
open pack. AxarfjÖrður and Þistilfjörður were
full of consolidated pack, coverage 10/10. E of
Langanes the boundary of close pack was runn-
ing approx. from 6618/1420 to 6622/1340 to
6639/1326 to 6641/1235 to 6632/1205 and from
there at least 70 miles towards NE. At the E
coast Bakkaflói was mostly covered with open
pack which extended 60—70 miles off. Héraðs-
ílói was full of very close pack. Open pack
extendecl ashore at Glettinganes and Norð-
fjarðarhorn, and from there the ice edge lay
to Hvalsbakur and a narrow tongue of very
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open pack even reached some 20 miles S of
Hvalsbakur.
■®/4 Höfn in Hornafjörður reports: Appar-
ently dense ice 6—8 miles off Hvalnes, drifting
west.
7/4 Reconnaissance flight by SIF: The ice
conditions are indicated on Fig. 6. Navigation
was quite closed from Tjörnes to Bakkaflói
and considered very difficult even for power-
ful ships in other places off the N and E
coasts.
9/4 Ice reconnaissance by SIF showed that
ice was beginning to retreat slightly clue to
southerly wincls, although the situation in the
main was similar to that on the 7th. The
south edge of the ice at the E coast was at
Hvalsbakur but some brash and single floes
were as far south as Stokksnes. Navigation was
now considered fairly easy from Húnaflói to
Mánáreyjar 2—4 miles offshore. There was a
lead from Rauðinúpur to Langanes, but not
navigable in places. At the E coast there was
a lead from Digranes to Gerpir but navigation
was questionable.
10-12 Meteoroíögical stations ancl vessels re-
portecl the ice mainly drifting offshore.
12/i M/s Blikur reported navigation closed
off Rauðinúpur at 0800, but leads formed ancl
navigation was possible before noon. Single
floes were reported on sailing route from
Rauðinúpur to Húsavík.
13/4 Ice flight by SIF: The ice edge with
very close pack to the north was observed 56