Jökull - 01.12.1969, Page 95

Fig. 11.
Ice reconnais-
sance flight
TF-SIF,
June 26, 1968.
26“ 24“ 22“ 20“ 18“ 16“ 14“ 12“
ashore and now there is dense ice along the
coast Itut no ice sighted at sea.
26/e Ice flight by SIF: The ice situation is
shown on Fig. 11. Attention is drawn to dense
ice in Steingrímsfjörður, Hrútafjörður and
Miðfjörður, in the southwestern part of Skaga-
fjörður and the eastern part of Skjálfandi.
29/a Meteorological station Sandur reported
Skjálfandi practically free from ice.
JULY 1968
Ice was observed in the Hunaflói area until
the 25th.
3/7 Coast Guarcl flight by TF-ELL: The ice
edge was about 35 miles NNE of Horn, 70
miles N of Skagi and 27 miles NW of Kol-
beinsey, but a long and relatively narrov/
tongue reached southwards and extended
ashore between Smiðjuvíkurbjarg and Geirólfs-
gnúpur. fn the middle of the tongue the cover-
age was 4—6/10 but at the edges it was onlv
1—3/10. There was some very open pack south
of a line front the N coast of Steingrímsfjörður
to 3 miles N of Vatnsnes artd Hrútafjörður and
Míðfjörður were covered with close pack. Else-
where in Húnaflói some scattered floes were
observed, ancl there was some very open pack
in the southwestern part of Skagafjörður
around Sauðárkrókur.
4/7 Hornbjargsviti reports: There is much
ice and navigation clifficult on ordinary shipp-
ing route NE of Horn, but navigation seems
fairly unobstructed near the coast from Horn
to Geirólfsgnúpur.
u/7 Hjaltabakki: Much ice and fairly evenly
distributed as far as seen.
tf'j Ice reconnaissance by TF-FSD: The ice
edge was 34 miles NW ol' Kolbeinsey and a
tongue of very open pack extended to Horn,
but fog prevented detailed observation.
There was still much ice in Hrútafjörður
ancl Miðfjörður although sontewhat less tlian
before. Considerable drift ice was now in
Húnafjörður and a narrow belt off Blönduós,
coverage 5—7/10. Skagafjörður was practically
ice-free.
10/7 Report from aircraft: Drift ice cover-
age 3/10 was observed in the northern part of
Húnaílói. There was dense ice in Hrútafjörð-
ur and Miðfjörður.
13/7 M/s Europa reports: Extensive icefield
13 miles N of Horn.
1 °/7 M/s Europa reports: Extensive icefields
from 30 miles SE of Jan Mayen to 7040/0610
to 7210/0330, hence NNW.
ir>-iö/7 A ship reported much drift ice front
pos. 6724/2054 to 6724/2030.
17h m/b Keykjaborg: Scattered ice observed
in pos. 7100/0340W.
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