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fjörðut to Streiti, closing Seyðisí'jörður and
Mjóiíjörður; Norðfjarðarflói, Reyðarfjörður
and Fáskrúðsfjörður being full of ice. Outside
there ;vas oj>en j>ack reaching south to some
miles off "ei'nir ancl extending f'rom 3 to 65
tniles E of Digones. South of that there was
a belt of very open pack extending to Hval-
nes.
°/g Coast Guard Aircraft SIF observed that
the ice had receded soniewhat at the N coast
W of Melrakkaslétta, but navigation was closecl
off Melrakkaslétta and in Þistilfjörður. The
ice edge was running approx. between the fol-
lowing coordinates: 6528/3030, 6528/2950,
6540/3027, 6606/2900, 6536/2825, 6543/2738.
6606/2743, 6638/2515, 6652/2250. Coverage N
of the edge 7—9/10. From the last position
open pack ice extended to 6634/2215 and from
there very ojjen ]>ack to Horn and along the
coast to Reykjarnes and to 6626/2120. Further
the edge lay to 6645/2036 and 6645/2020 with
close pack behind, then to 6627/2030, 6622/
2010, 6625/2010 open pack, to 6630/1922 and
6648/1840 close pack, to 6622/1758, 6634/1730,
6636/1640 ojren jrack, and from there to
RauÖinúpur close pack ice.
i°-i3/g N-erly winds brought the ice close
to the N coast of Iceland and southwards
along the W coast of the NW peninsula.
J1/g Hornbjargsviti reported increasing ice
and navigation closed in the Oðinsboði area.
Hraun: Much ice has drifted ashore today
and extends as far off as seen. Tliere are open
leads in the ice with E—NW-erly orientation,
but apparently they are narrowing. Navigation
is uncertain. Much ice has drifted into Skaga-
fjörður today.
Mánárbakki: Mucli ice drifted ashore last
night. Ice with narrow leads fairly evenly
distributed at sea.
12/5 Galtarviti reports: Ice sighted 15—20
km off extending from nortli into Isafjarðar-
djújj. Cttnsiderable ice drifting on sailing route
off the lighthouse.
13/ö lce flight by SIF along the N coast
W of Melrakkaslétta: Some scattered floes and
strijis were observed off the W coast of the
NW peninsula from Kópur northwards. The
edge of very ojien jiack was 5 miles off Deild
and 2 miles off Ritur and strips were extencl-
ing into Isafjarðardjúp. Ojien jiack ice was
ashore from Straumnes to Kögur and close
jiack from there to Steingrímsfjörður, at Skagi,
Siglunes, Tjörnes and in the western part of
Húnaflói, Skagafjörður, Skjálfandi and Axar-
íjörður. From Rauðinúpur to Hraunhafnar-
tangi there was very close pack along the coast.
Navigation to the N coast was closed.
Meteorological stations reported ice drifting
into Hrútafjörður, Miðíjörður and Eyjafjörð-
ur.
14/g Höfn in Hornafjörður reports: Ice is
ashore at Hornafjörður and extends as far
west as seen. Navigation is closed into the
fjord.
15/g Ice reconnaissance by SIF showed rela-
tively small changes at the N coast from jire-
vious observation on the 13th although the
coverage at Skagi, Siglunes and Tjörnes was
now less, or 4—6/10. At the W coast of the
NW jieninsula the ice had drifted off with E-
erly winds. E of Melrakkaslétta, Þistilljörður
was full of very close jiack and along the E
coast there was some 2—10 miles wide belt of
very close pack from Bakkaflói to Gerpir and
another 3—6 niiles wide from Hvalnes to W of
Hornafjörður, but from Gerjiir to Alftafjörður
there was a narrow belt of close pack. E of
those belts there was mainly close jiack north
of Glettinganes but mainly very open pack in
the southern part. The S edge of the ice was
running ajiprox. from 6411/1543 to 6410/1450
to 6435/1318 to 6455/1250 to 6522/1145.
10/g Aircraft from Icelandair at 1200: There
is a belt of ice along the SE coast to Kvísker.
The belt widens eastwards and extends some 8
miles from shore at Jökulsá on Breiðamerkur-
sandur. Coverage 9/10.
17/5 Hrútafjörður and Miðfjörður were full
of ice according to reports from the meteoro-
logical stations Hlaðhamar and Barkarstaðir.
18/5 The ice conditions as observed by SIF
are shown on Fig. 8.
20/g Ice flight by TF-F'SD showed mainly
somewhat increasecl coverage at the N coast
from previous observation on the 18th. Close
jiack ice in the western part of Húnaflói was
still closing Ingólfsfjörður, Reykjarfjörður,
Steingrímsfjörður, Hrútafjörður and Miðfjörð-
ur. The boundary of close pack was 12 miles
N and 3 miles E of Skagatá, 7 miles N of
Siglunes and Gjögur, ashore in Skjálfandi ancl
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