Word: iced
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...maiden trip and sunk with the loss of 1500 lives. The British Government invited the nations of the world to a conference held at London where an agreement was drafted and later signed by which all the powers agreed to help defray the expenses of an International Ice Patrol in proportion to their respective shipping...
...cutters, the Tampa and Modoc, alternate in patrolling the ice region for 15 successive days, and at the end of that time one patrol vessel is relieved by the other which rests in Halifax. The oceanographic staff, however, is obliged to spend over six months without sight of land, changing from one cutter to the other by lifeboat. The duties of this staff are numerous and consist of broadcasting radio reports to all vessels in the vicinity, making charts of the behavior of the bergs and of studying general oceanic conditions. The Green-Bigelow bottle, invented by H. B. Bigelow...
...Grand Banks are one of the most treacherous spots in the world. Sudden fogs blanket the ocean for days, the sea is calm one hour out of every 360, and the huge green ice blocks are a constant threat to the fishing smacks which roam the Banks for weeks at a time...
...bergs about one year to drift down from Baffin Bay to the Northern area of the Banks. Their length at this time averages about five city blocks, while their height runs from 200 to 300 feet. It was calculated that there are usually some 100,000 tons of ice above the water, and since the bergs ride about seven-eights under water, the total weight of each is about 800,000 tons. Icebergs have a most mystifying habit of seeking cold pockets in the ocean. When a berg is traveling South at its serene and prescribed rate of half...
...methods whereby an iceberg is slowly disintegrated and destroyed by nature are varied. The pounding of the heavy seas, rain, and the warm Gulf Stream which meets the Labrador cur- rent on the Banks, all contribute to the gradual erosion of the huge ice mountains. Warm heavy fogs rising from the mixture of warm and cold water are a big factor in the slow decay of the bergs...