International Ice Patrol - 1948. A senior Coast Guard Ice Patrol pilot briefs his men prior to taking off on Ice Patrol survey. These are the pilots who fly the converted B-17's often for 8 to 10 hours a day, without seeing land or any fixed markers. The value of radar and loran to these icemen of the air is readily understood. Their observations and reports contribute mightily toward maintaining an accurate check on ice conditions. Combined air and surface operation and the effective use of radar and loran by Coast Guard patrol units contributed to the success of the 1948 International Ice Pa
International Ice Patrol - 1948. A senior Coast Guard Ice Patrol pilot briefs his men prior to taking off on Ice Patrol survey. These are the pilots who fly the converted B-17's often for 8 to 10 hours a day, without seeing land or any fixed markers. The value of radar and loran to these icemen of the air is readily understood. Their observations and reports contribute mightily toward maintaining an accurate check on ice conditions. Combined air and surface operation and the effective use of radar and loran by Coast Guard patrol units contributed to the success of the 1948 International Ice Patrol. It was the mission of the 1948 patrol to locate and report ice conditions constituting a menace to navigation, to determine set and drift of icebergs, to collect weather information and surface and sub-surface oceanographic data, and to keep all interested parties and commercial shipping informed thereof. The importance to mariners of "ice broadcasts" is evidenced by the fact that practically all commercial radio transmission ceases during these broadcasts. The International Ice Patrol along the steamer lanes of the North Atlantic is conducted by the United States Coast Guard. Coast Guard cutters and planes assigned to the patrol are based at Argentia, Newfoundland.
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