International Ice Patrol - 1948. Here an aviation radioman aboard a Coast Guard B-17 on Ice Patrol is shown reporting the positions of icebergs. Bergs sighted, whether visually or by radar, are reported to the International Ice Patrol Office at Argentia, Newfoundland where their positions are plotted and, twice daily, broadcast to shipping interests. Combined air and surface operations 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 con
International Ice Patrol - 1948. Here an aviation radioman aboard a Coast Guard B-17 on Ice Patrol is shown reporting the positions of icebergs. Bergs sighted, whether visually or by radar, are reported to the International Ice Patrol Office at Argentia, Newfoundland where their positions are plotted and, twice daily, broadcast to shipping interests. Combined air and surface operations 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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Keywords: 17-a2-187, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
