Jökull - 01.12.1972, Blaðsíða 8

1950-59
JAN FEB MAR APR MAÍ JÚN
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Fig. 4.
Sea ice in the
vicinity o£ Ice-
land January—
June 1950—’59.
4. mynd.
Hafís við strend-
ur íslands janú-
ar—júní 1950—
’59.
reached the shores of Iceland in any great
quantities.
There were a few persons in Iceland how-
ever, who considered that this situation was
very unsatisfactory. One of them was Jón Ey-
þórsson, chief of the forecasting section of the
Icelandic Meteorological Office. Fle was of the
opinion, that our knowledge of the ice condi-
tions east of Greenland was much too poor,
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and that it was very vital to increase the ob-
servations and utilize them for ice research,
which would be extremely important if the sea
ice increased again.
Due to his efforts the observational pro-
gramme was strengthened in several ways. Jón
Eyþórsson then compiled and published these
observations in Jökull from 1953 to 1967. The
report for 1967 was under preparation at the