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18/t Hornbjargsviti reported an iceiield 6—
7 miles off extending towards ENE.
M/s Síldin reports: Dense ice sorne 30—50
miles NE of Grímsey.
A ship reported much driit ice in pos. 6730/
2036.
22/r Coast Guard vessel reports: Consider-
able ice driíting slowlv into Húnaflói from 12
miles NE of Horn to Eiríksgrunn. Navigation
is impeded on ordinary shipping route off Oð-
insboði. Coverage 3/10. Fog.
Hlaðhamar: No ice in Hrútafjörður.
23/t ji/s Dísarfell reports: We sailed through
considerable drift ice 2 miles N of Oðinsboði.
A rather broad belt of ice seems to extend
across Oðinsboði.
Ship at 6736/1906 reports: Edge of ice ob-
servecl 6—8 miles N of the ship, orientation
E—W.
25/7 Meteorological station Kjörvogur ob-
served some floes and strips far off Reykjar-
nesströnd, drifting oflshore. This was the last
ice observation of the season from a meteoro-
logical station in Iceland.
2°/7 Ships reported drift ice in pos. 6718/
2006 and 6730/1912.
27-28/7 \ ship reported much clrift ice at
pos. 6912/1500 and navigation only possible
lör strong steamers. The ice edge was 2—4
miles SE of the ship. The same ship also re-
ported drift ice at pos. 7200/0330W.
81/t M/s Reykjaborg reports: We came to
an ice edge at pos. 6725/1500 and have sailecl
22 miles from there with course 20.7° true. Be-
tween these positions there are scattered floes
and strips as far as seen towards NW. Visibility
15 km. Sea temperature 3.5° C.
A ship reported drift ice at pos. 6654/2300,
but navigation unobstructed for steamers.
AUGUST 1968
No sea ice was reported in lcelandic waters.
°/8 m/b Óskar Magnússon reports: We came
to the south edge of an icefield at 7112/0350W
and followed it to 7050/0230W where it ended.
Trawler Austfirðingur: We have sailed
through ice from 6740/1745 to 6755/1700.
10/s m/b Loftur Baldvinsson: Arrived at the
SE corner of an icefield at pos. 6850/1010. The
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ice extends as far N and NW as seen. Good
visibility.
SI/B Súlan at pos. 7112/0008W: Drift ice,
difficult to sight by radar. Direction 248° from
7057/0058W.
11/s Research vessel Arni Friðriksson at
1850: Pos. 6830/1105, direction 57° true. Con-
siderable ice sighted 3—5 miles N of the ship.
Same ship at 2100: Another clense ice belt
observed at 6845/1000 and some brash south
of it.
SEPTEMBER 1968
No ice was observed near the coasts of Ice-
land.
2/u m/b Guðrún Guðleifsdóttir: No ice sight-
ed en route from Jan Mayen to Horn.
APPENDIX
List of places frequently mentioned in ice
reports and their coordinates
Akureyri 6541/1805
Ásmundarstaðaey 6629/1554
Barði 6603/2348
Blönduós 6540/2018
Brimnes 6537/1352
Dalatangi 6516/1335
Deild 6612/2329
Digranes 6603/1441
Drangatangi 6611/2145
Fagurhólsmýri 6353/1639
Flatey in Breiðafjörður 6522/2255
Flatey in Skjálfandi 6610/1752
Fontur 6623/1432
Galtarviti 6610/2334
Geirólfsgnúpur 6616/2158
Gerpir 6505/1330
Gjögur at Húnaflói 6659/2121
Gjögur, east of Eyjafjörður 6610/1816
Glettinganes 6531/1337
Grímsey 6632/1801
Giiltur 6609/2336
Haugavík 6628/2252
Hjaltabakki 6538/2018
Hjalteyri 6551/1812
Hlaða 6444/1356
Hlaðhamar 6516/2110