Excerpt from Report of the International Ice Patrol in the North Atlantic: Season of 2005
During the second half of January, the southward advance of the ice edge continued at a rapid pace, but the eastward expansion slowed significantly. By month's end, the southern ice edge reached Cape Bonavista. The arrival of the southern ice edge at Cape Bonavista was slightly ahead of normal but well ahead of the cis preseason sea-ice forecast. On the other hand, the eastward extent of the ice edge on the northeast-newfoundland shelf was well below normal. At St. Anthony, the eastern ice edge was approximately 70 nm offshore, while in a normal year it would be over 140 nm.
On 27 January 2005, Ice Patrol deployed its preseason Ice Reconnaissance Detachment (ird) to St. John's, Newfoundland. The intent of the ird was to monitor the progress of icebergs toward the Grand Banks and help determine the start date for the 2005 season.
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