ICE-BREAKER MOVES HUGE ICE FLOE.—The United States Coast Guard ice-breaker Eastwind (in circle) pushing a 25-square-mile ice floe which threatened to close the channel leading to McMurdo Station. The ship was able to push the floe north 10 miles into the open water of McMurdo Sound in two days. The floe, four to five feet thick, was estimated to weigh between 80 and 90 million tons—about 150,000 times the displacement of the Eastwind. -Official United States Coast Guard photograph.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30677, 17 February 1965, Page 1
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79ICE-BREAKER MOVES HUGE ICE FLOE.—The United States Coast Guard ice-breaker Eastwind (in circle) pushing a 25-square-mile ice floe which threatened to close the channel leading to McMurdo Station. The ship was able to push the floe north 10 miles into the open water of McMurdo Sound in two days. The floe, four to five feet thick, was estimated to weigh between 80 and 90 million tonsabout 150,000 times the displacement of the Eastwind. -Official United States Coast Guard photograph. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30677, 17 February 1965, Page 1
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