Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: General Terminology

• 1.1: Floating Ice
• 1.2: Stages of Development of Sea Ice
• 1.3: Stages of Development of Lake Ice
• 1.4: River Ice
• 1.5: Ice of Land Origin
• 1.6: Forms of Ice
• 1.7: Arrangement of the Ice
• 1.8: Ice Surface Features
• 1.9: Stages of Melting
• 1.10: Terms Related to Navigation

Chapter 2: Ice Observations

• 2.1: Aerial Ice Observations
• 2.2: Shipboard Ice Observations
• 2.3: Iceberg Observations
• 2.4: Shore Station Ice Observations
• 2.5: Ice Thickness Observations

Chapter 3: Observed Ice Charts

• 3.1: Preparation of Ice Charts
• 3.2: Dissemination of Aerial Ice Charts
• 3.3: Dissemination of Shipboard Ice Charts
• 3.4: The Egg Code
• 3.5: Symbols Used on Ice Charts
• 3.6: Supplementary Procedures for Indicating Total Concentration
• 3.7: Colour Coding Ice Charts
• 3.8: Examples of the Use of the Egg Code

Chapter 4: Canadian Iceberg Messages

• 4.1: Iceberg Coding and Message Preparation
• 4.2: Iceberg Coding Tables
• 4.3: Notes on Iceberg Coding Procedures
• 4.4: Examples of Iceberg Coding Reports

Chapter 5: Ice Analysis Charts

• 5.1: Daily Ice Analysis Charts
• 5.2: Regional Ice Analysis Charts
• 5.3: Image Analysis Charts
• 5.4: Daily Iceberg Analysis Chart
• 5.5: Colour Coding Ice Charts
• 5.6: Examples of the Use of the Egg Code

Chapter 6: Ice Thickness Measurement Reports

• 6.1: Weekly Ice Thickness Reports
• 6.2: Ice Thickness Monthly Reports
• 6.3: Examples of Ice thickness Reports