Icing a Giant Cake. With the failure of thermite to produce any marked demolishing effect on this iceberg in Cape Bonavista Bay, Nfld., the Ice Patrol tries another experiment. Three Coast Guard officers begin spreading 100 lbs. of lamp black (carbon) over half the area of the 75-ft. width and 150-ft length of the tabular iceberg. The basic theory here is that the carbon with its potential powers of holding the heat from sun rays can hasten the melting of the berg. The iceberg boarders are (l to r) Ensign Robert W. Dudley, USCGR, of Liverpool, NY., Lieut Commander Robertson P. Dinsmore, I
Icing a Giant Cake. With the failure of thermite to produce any marked demolishing effect on this iceberg in Cape Bonavista Bay, Nfld., the Ice Patrol tries another experiment. Three Coast Guard officers begin spreading 100 lbs. of lamp black (carbon) over half the area of the 75-ft. width and 150-ft length of the tabular iceberg. The basic theory here is that the carbon with its potential powers of holding the heat from sun rays can hasten the melting of the berg. The iceberg boarders are (l to r) Ensign Robert W. Dudley, USCGR, of Liverpool, NY., Lieut Commander Robertson P. Dinsmore, ISCG, of Falmouth, Mass, who is Executive Officer of the International Ice Patrol, and Lieutenant (jg) Thomas F. Budinger, USCGR, of Springfield, Ill. A lifeboat from the Ice Patrol oceanographic vessel Evergreen stands by.
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