Icebreaking

Articles:

Anderson, David B. "Breaking the Ice on Arctic Shipping." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 40 (Aug 1983), p. 206.

Bailey, C.W. "Some Notes on Icebreaking." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1971), pp. 13-26.

Baker, H. Charles. "Voyage of the Manhattan." Ocean Industry (Aug 1969), pp. 32-33.

"Bering Sea Operation - 1948." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jul 1948), pp. 94-97.

Boyer, Dwight. "Had Enough Ice?" Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine (Mar 14, 1971), pp. 18-22.

________. "Longer Season." Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine (Jan 30, 1972), p. 407.

Braatz, George. "Operation Coal Shovel." Lorain, Ohio Blade Sunday Magazine (Feb 28, 1971), pp., 16, 18-19, 22-24.

Camp, Henry W. "Icebreaking Procedures on the Upper Chesapeake Bay." Marine Weather Log XXV (Mar-Apr 1981), pp. 71-78.

Castagnera, James O. "Icebreaking on the Great Lakes, Winter 1971." Inland Seas: Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society XXVII (Spring, 1971), pp. 46-49.

Chappell, Jeff. "'Breaking Up' is Hard to Do." Commandant's Bulletin (May 1991), p. 4.

Charleston, Maxwell S. "Moments on Ice." Officer Review 39, No. 3 (Oct 1999), pp. 4-6.

"Cities Warm, Ships Moving Thanks to Coast Guard Crews: Coldest Winter in Decades Freezes East Coast and Great Lakes..." Commandant's Bulletin (Apr 1994), pp. 2-5.

"Coast Guard Cutter Breaks Heaviest Ice in Scientific Tests." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Apr 1948), p. 27.

"Coast Guard Cutter [Northwind] Probes Siberian Waters." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1962), pp. 54-55.

"Coast Guard Will Operate All U.S. Icebreakers." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1965), p. 382.

"Cruising with the Mackinaw." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1949), pp. 29-31.

"Cutter [Mackinaw] Breaks Heaviest Ice..." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1948), p. 39.

Gallagher, Paul A. "MSC Ships Deliver Vital Supplies to Men on 'Ice'--Coast Guard Cuts Pain for Ships." Sealift (Mar 1971), pp. 7-9.

Gamp, Henry W. "Icebreaking Procedures on the Upper Chesapeake Bay." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 36 (Dec 1979), pp. 210-216.

Gaskill, Amy. "From Ice Comes Steel: Keeping Great Lakes Industries Running During the Harsh Midwest Winter."Coast Guard (Apr 1998), pp. 14-17.

"Good Things Come in Small Packages [USCGC Escanaba]." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1933), p. 9.

"Heavy Ice with the Chesapeake." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1936), p. 32.

Howes, Connie B. "They Race the Ice." Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine (Nov 4, 1962), pp. 30-34.

"Icebreaker [Mackinaw] Battles to Free Great Lakes of Heavy Ice Jam..." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1946), p. 51.

"Icebreaking [Great Lakes]." Commandant's Bulletin (May 1992), pp. 44-47.

"Ice-breaking Operations." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1930), pp. 26-27.

"Ice Breaking Test on the USCC [sic] Sundew (WAGL-404)." Coast Guard Engineer's Digest 87 (Jul-Aug, 1954), pp. 48-49.

Imlay, Miles H. "First Exploration of Seward's Icebox." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1968), pp. 40-45.

"In the Cold with the Escanaba." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1937), p. 15.

"It's Nice in the Ice." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1936), p. 26.

"Lighthouse Tenders Assist in Breaking Ice." Lighthouse Service Bulletin II, No. 1 (Jan 2, 1918), p. 7.

"Mackinaw Tackles Ice Jam on Great Lakes." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1952), pp. 12, 14.

Moberg, Phillip B. "Domestic Icebreaking." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Mar-Apr 1962), pp. 70-75.

Morehead, Bob. "Ice Ops: Winter Comes Early to the 9th District." Commandant's Bulletin (Mar 1996), pp. 4-5.

"On the Lakes Crunching Ice: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw." Time CXIII (Mar 19, 1979), p. 10.

"Only Two Polar Icebreakers Left!" Naval Institute Proceedings 115 (Oct 1989), pp. 84-88.

"Operation Ice Watch." Safety Maintenance XIII (Apr 1963), pp. 22-23, 25-26.

"Operation Nanook 52." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Nov 1952), pp. 174-177.

"Ossippee at Work." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1934), pp. 2, 14.

Prina, L. Edgar. "The Cold Coast: The Coast Guard Faces Wintry Test on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System." Sea Power XX (Jan 1977), pp. 13-19.

Rodgers, G.F. "Loaded For Polar Bears." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Aug 1948), pp. 111-136.

Shea, Richard. "The Coast Guard's Tough Enemy: Ice." Transportation USA IV (Winter 1978), pp. 16-18.

Sherer, P.E. "Icebreaking on the Great Lakes." Coast Guard Engineer's Digest 182 (Jan-Feb-Mar 1974), pp. 38-47.

"Spring, the Great Lakes, the Ice Breaker Mackinaw." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1953), pp. 20-22.

"Springtime Chore for the Coast Guard: Opening the Great Lakes." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1956), pp. 15-21.

Stivenden, S.L. "The 'Might Mack,' Queen of the Great Lakes, Plays a Vital..." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1955), pp. 16-18.

"[USCGC] Storis Passage." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1958), pp. [???]

Thiele, E.H. "Need for Icebreakers in Support of Maritime Commerce." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 16 (Dec 1959), pp. 236-239.

"USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282): Seattle Washington." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1964), pp. 62-67."

Venzke, Norman C. "Nobody Asked Me, But...Should the Coast Guard Stay in the Icebreaking Business?" Naval Institute Proceedings 118 (Dec 1992), pp. 97-98.

Waesche, R.R. "Cruise of the Northwind." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1961), pp. 53-55.

________. "A Report from the Arctic." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Mar-Apr 1962), pp. 70-75.

Wagner, D. "Winter Operations [Mackinaw]." Commandant's Bulletin (May 1992), pp. 48-49.

Waters, Harold. "Hell From the Heavens." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1966), pp. 363-371.

White, Lawrence A. "The Most Bitter Winter." Naval Institute Proceedings 104/5 (May 1978), pp. 158-169.



Books & Government Publications:

Congressional Research Service. United States Coast Guard: Domestic and Polar Ice Operations Program. Report by Robert E. Morrison. Prepared for the Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, United States Senate. Washington, GPO, 1982.

Polock, Arthur. Red Flannels and Green Ice. New York: Random House 1949.

United States Coast Guard. Domestic Ice Operations/Polar Ice Operations Program Plan: Fiscal Years 1982-1992. G-OMI. Washington: GPO, 1980.

________. Operations Division. Research and Statistics Section. Coast Guard Ice Breaking on the Great Lakes, 1942. Washington: U.S. Coast Guard, 1942.




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International Ice Patrol

**Our thanks to Duyane Alexander for his assistance in updating this section on the International Ice Patrol!

Articles:

Agnew, David. " Latest Equipment Can 'See' Through Fog But Technology Still Not Accurate Enough." THE TELEGRAM, St. John's Newfoundland Edition, June 1976.

"Airborne Oceanography", NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY COMMAND NEWS (U. S. Navy Publication), November/December 1985, p. 13.

Alexander, Duyane, "Indestructible Icebergs", MARINERS WEATHER LOG, December 2001, Volume 45 Number 3, pp. 4-7.

Alfultis, Michael, "Looking For Icebergs", MARINERS WEATHER LOG, April/May/June 1989, Volume 33, Number 2, pp. 2-6.

Allaire, Paul E. "Stability of Simply Shaped Icebergs." THE JOURNAL OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM, 1972, pp. 21-25.

"Artist Records Coast Guard Iceberg Patrol." LIFE Vol. 8 (1940), pp. 130-131.

Arzt, Frederick, "Legal Chronology of International Ice Patrol", THE BULLETIN (Coast Guard Alumni Association). May 1952, pp. 4-11.

Associated Press, "Titanic Loss Greatest Ship-Iceberg Disaster", THE EVENING TELEGRAM, St. John's Newfoundland Edition, January 31, 1959.

"Atlantic Patrol Hunts Icebergs." ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta GA, March 19, 1976.

Baglole, Joel. "Iceberg Cowboys: Protecting Oil Rigs from Titanic's Fate." WALL STREET JOURNAL (May 16, 2002), pp. A1, A10.

Bamberger, Werner. "Large Group of Icebergs a Peril to Shipping in North Atlantic." THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York NY, May 11, 1972.

Barnes, Howard T. "Experimenting with Icebergs." MARINE OBSERVER No. 4 (1927), pp. 93-98.

________. "Ice Destruction." MARINE OBSERVER V, No. 59 (Nov 1928), pp. 234-237.

Bennett, Al, "Ice Patrol", COMMANDANT'S BULLETIN , June 1996, 10-13.

"Berg Holes Vessel", THE EVENING TELEGRAM, St. John's Newfoundland Edition, May 27 1959.

"Berg Shepherds." REPORTER, Wellsville NC, May 3, 1976.

"Berg Shepherds." EVENING NEWS, Bridgton NJ, April 28, 1976.

"The Berg That Started Ice Patrol", THE BULLETIN (Coast Guard Alumni Association), January/February 1967, p. 46.

"Berg Watchers Forecast Another Record Season." SOUNDINGS. August 1973.

Billard, F.C. "Where Are The Icebergs?" COAST GUARD MAGAZINE , September 1931, p. 3.

Bisset, J.G. "Detecting Icebergs." ST. NICHOLAS (Nov 1938), pp. 44-45.

Bonar, Samantha, "Ice Hunters", DISNEY ADVENTURES MAGAZINE, March 1994, pp. 52-54.

Bowerman, G.H., "Iceberg Hunt", POPULAR MECHANICS, April 1948, pp. 114-118, 284, 288.

Bowie, Edward H. "Ice Patrol Over the North Atlantic Ocean." MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW (Apr 1914), pp. 232-233.

Brewer, Brandon, "Icebergs", COMMANDANT'S BULLETIN , October 1997, pp. 18-21.

Brewer, Brandon, "A 'Titanic Job", SOUNDINGS, Hampton Roads VA Edition, February 25, 1998, pp. 24-25.

Brooke, James. "Patrol Keeps Vigilant Watch on Atlantic Icebergs." THE OREGONIAN. April 28, 1985.

Brooke, James. "Tracking Icebergs From Air Helps Save Ships and Lives." THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York NY, April 12, 1985, pp. A1, B2.

Brooke, James. "Patrol Saves Ships and Lives As it Tracks Icebergs by Air." THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York NY, April 12, 1985, pp. A1, B2.

Brown, Richard, "Big Bergs and Bergy-bits and Growlers from Baffin to Bermuda", CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC, April/May 1989, pp. 50-59.

Budinger, Thomas F., "Iceberg Detection By Radar", PROCEEDINGS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE COUNCIL, September 1960, Vol. 17 No. 9, pp. 152-156

Cason, Charlene, "The Iceberg Police", THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT AND LEDGER-STAR, Virginia North Carolina Edition, August 22,1995, pp. A1, A4.

Cason, Charlene, "1,500 Chunks of Ice Must Be Tracked Each Year", THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT AND LEDGER-STAR, Virginia North Carolina Edition, August 22,1995, p. A4.

Cavnar, John H., "Spotting the Big Ones", THE NEWARK NEWS SUNDAY MAGAZINE, Newark NJ, July 13, 1969.

Cheney, L.A. "Oceanography for Ice Patrol." THE BULLETIN (Coast Guard Alumni Association), May, 1951, pp. 61-63.

Christian, Michael, "The International Ice Patrol", MARINERS WEATHER LOG, Winter 1990, pp. 8-10.

Cicalese, Michael A., "The Mourning of the Titanic", PROCEEDINGS OF THE MARINE SAFETY COUNCIL, April 1982, Vol. 39 No. 4, p. 131.

"Close Call for Plane." THE EVENING TELEGRAM, St. John's Newfoundland Edition, April 15, 1975.

"Coast Guard Ice Patrol Marking 50th Anniversary", THE DAY, New London CT Edition, February 19, 1963, p. 12.

"Coast Guard Ice Patrol Wraps up 2001 Season", THE DAY, New London CT Edition, June 30, 2001, p. C3 (?).

"Coast Guard Launches Its Ice Patrol", THE DAY, New London CT Edition, April 7, 2001, p. B3.

"Coast Guard May Extend Iceberg Tracking Season." JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, July 6, 1973.

"Coast Guard Officer is Service Person of the Month", THE DAY, New London CT Edition, August 12, 1997, p. B5.

"Coast Guard Plans to 'Bomb' Icebergs", NEW YORK TIMES, New York NY, February 26, 1967.

"Coast Guard Puts a Patrol 'On Ice'", PROCEEDINGS OF THE MARINE SAFETY COUNCIL, January 1982, Vol. 39 No. 1, pp. 12-15.

"Coast Guard to Mark Loss of the Titanic." THE BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore MD Edition, April 14, 1972.

"Coast Guard Stalks Deadly Icebergs." PILOT. April 1976.

"Coast Guard Starts Ice Patrols." THE HERALD-NEWS, Passaic NJ, February 5, 1973.

"Coast Guard Starts Tracking Icebergs Earlier This Year." NORDISK TIDENDE DEN. February 8, 1973.

"Coast Guard Team Works to Avoid Repeat of Titanic Disaster." READING EAGLE, May 5 2002, p. A-13.

"Coast Guard Uses Cutters to Track Iceberg Locations." NORDISK TIDENDE DEN, Mars 29, 1973.

Cooney, John E. "Ice Patrol Tracking 'Bergs' Steers Ships Off Collision Course." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York NY, April 8, 1976, pp. 1, 24.

Cover Photo. GAZETTE , Governors Island NY, April 19, 1979.

Cover Photo, COAST GUARD , December 1999.

Dabney, Joseph. "Annual C-130 Iceberg Hunt Helps Avoid Another Titanic." SOUTHERN STAR, Lockheed-Georgia Company. September 1, 1983. Volume 33, Number 17. pp. 4-5.

Dabney, Joseph. "Seeing Icebergs With SLAR." COMMANDANTS BULLETIN. October 14, 1983. Issue 21-83. pp.