Iceberg Boarders Drill Hole to Set Thermite Charges. In Cape Bonavista Bay, north of St. John's on the east coast of Newfoundland, Ice Patrol men are mining a tabular iceberg 75 ft. wide and 150 ft. long to begin dangerous thermite destruction tests. Using a gasoline powered ice drill they bore a hole to pocket the charge. Wearing waterproofing exposure suits, the men boarded the iceberg from a lifeboat with the aid of crampons (shoe spikes), ice axes, and lifelines attached to pitons driven into the ice as they crawled singly as mountain climbers to the planting spot. Standing guard nearby fo
Iceberg Boarders Drill Hole to Set Thermite Charges. In Cape Bonavista Bay, north of St. John's on the east coast of Newfoundland, Ice Patrol men are mining a tabular iceberg 75 ft. wide and 150 ft. long to begin dangerous thermite destruction tests. Using a gasoline powered ice drill they bore a hole to pocket the charge. Wearing waterproofing exposure suits, the men boarded the iceberg from a lifeboat with the aid of crampons (shoe spikes), ice axes, and lifelines attached to pitons driven into the ice as they crawled singly as mountain climbers to the planting spot. Standing guard nearby for an emergency and to evaluate tests is the Ice Patrol oceanographic vessel USCGC Evergreen. The iceberg boarders are (l to r) Coast Guard officers Ensign Robert W. Dudley, USCG, of Liverpool, Lieut Commander Robertson P. Dinsmore, USCG, of Falmouth Mass., Executive Officer for Commander, International Ice Patrol; and Lieutenant (jg) Thomas F. Budinger, USCGR, of Winnetka, Ill.
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