1920 - January - February
From NYMR reports (except as noted):
- Jan 8 47o18'N
46o38'W a berg.
- Jan 16 48o57'N
47o08'W a large berg.
- Jan 24 46o30'N
47o40'W to 46o40'N 46o20'W steamed through
fields of ice and numerous growlers.
- Jan 25 46o58'N
45o39'W passed through field ice and loose ice flakes.
- Jan 25 SS
"Rotterdam" [cf above] 46o58'N 45o39'W
steamed for several hours through a field of ice which was visible on both
sides as far as the eye could see and was drifting from north to south.
- Jan 25 46o22'N
45o12'W a large berg.
- Jan 25 46o20'N
46o30'W to 45o17'N 48oW field ice and
small growlers.
- Jan 26 42o46'N
51o18'N a berg 200' high and 500' long with small bergs in vicinity.
- Jan 26 46oN
47o40'W a bergh of medium size.
- Jan 26 45o02'N
55o12'W a berg.
- Jan 27 from
45o50'N 48o20'W to 46o43'N 47o05'W
field ice.
- Jan 28 45o29'N
47o53'W several patches field ice extending in NE to SW direction.
- Jan 28 45o27'N
48o15'W encountered light field and snow ice and sailed through
it for 4 hours.
- Jan 30 45o58'N
44o24'W growlers and field ice for 3m.
- Feb 2 43o50'N
49oW passed through extensive field ice lying NE and SW for
~8m.
- Feb 2 47o30'N
50oW to 47o20'N 49o30'W field ice; 47o30'N
49o40'W a small berg; 47o58'N 47o32'W,
2 bergs.
- Feb 4 44o09'N
47o10'W a large berg.
- Feb 4 46o19'N
46o20'W a growler; 46o16'N 46o20'W a small
berg; 43o52'N 49o02'W field ice.
- Feb 6 45o32'N
44oW growlers and large quantities of ice.
- Feb 6 46oN
45o01'W a large berg.
- Feb 6 45o50'N
55oW several small growlers and some field ice.
- Feb 6 SS "Mercian"
44o03'N 48o40'W passed field ice for 25m.
- Feb 6 46oN
45o30'W to 45o10'N 46o40'W field ice.
- Feb 6-7 SS
"Galtymore" from 44o26'N 48o48'W to 43o48'N
49o19'W passed field ice extending to the NW as far as could
be seen. Clear water could be seen ~2m south of the line connecting the
above positions.
- Feb 9 44o04'N
50o38'W several small growlers and small broken ice.
- Feb 9 44o10'N
48o48'W field ice.
- Feb 9 44o49'N
47o23'W field ice.
- Feb 9 46o13'N
46o22'W a large field of ice; cleared it in 45oN
48o35'W; 45o45'N 47o48'W a large berg;
45o45'N 48o10'W a large berg; 45o40'N
48o25'W a large berg.
- Feb 10 45o10'N
47o59'W entered field ice. Steamed on a southerly course and
cleared the ice in 44o23'N 48o37'W.
- Feb 10 44o35'N
48o30'W encountered field ice ~5m in extent.
- Feb 10 44o13'N
48o55'W steamed north of a field of soft ice ~1,200' wide extending
southward as far as could be seen.
- Feb 10-12
47o14'N 47o10'W to 46o47'N 50o47'W
field ice from 6" to 12" thick.
- Feb 11 St.John's:
SS "Prospero" caught in the ice off the Fogo Islands.
- Feb 11 44o18'N
48o39'W to 44o05'N 48o56'W field ice.
- Feb 11 43o30'N
49o20'W a considerable amount of small ice.
- Feb 12 44o16'N
48o35'W field ice.
- Feb 12 46o34'N
53o04'W to 46o32'N 53o08'W soft field
ice.
- Feb 13 46o30'N
46oW encountered field ice, bergs and growlers.
- Feb 13 45o50'N
56o50' or 40'W to 45o37'N 57o16'W field
ice from 1" to 3" thick.
- Feb 14 46oN
46o30'W field ice, bergs and growlers.
- Feb 15 45o24'N
47o29'W growlers and bergs; some of the bergs were 200' high
and the growlers 5' to 10' high.
- Feb 15-17
SS "Tullamore" for Boston 45o20'N 48oW
saw 4 very large bergs; 17th, numerous growlers were ob served in the morning
in 46o45'N 46o30'W, she was again forced to steer
out of her course to avoid a large field of ice and several bergs.
- Feb 20 Lunenburg:
Vessels dragged anchors and damaged ashore and in the ice in hurricane
winds.
- Feb 20 US
Shipping Board SS "Orion" imprisoned for several days 200m off
the Newfoundland coast liberated by sealer "Thetis".
- Feb 25 Issue:
"Prospero" arrived Twillingate after being caught in the ice
for 8 weeks.