Sea-Ice Removal Techniques for Winter Quarters Bay, Antarctica.

During the winter months of DF-73 an artificial ice wharf was constructed in Winter Quarters Bay, Antarctica, to serve as a temporary docking facility. In January 1974, the artificial wharf cracked at several locations during ice breaker maneuvering to clear annual sea ice from the Bay. Subsequent d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brier,F. W., Vaudrey,K. D.
Other Authors: CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB (NAVY) PORT HUENEME CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Civil Engineering
*Sea ice
Removal
Trenching
Machines
Excavation
Ice formation
Docks
Antarctic regions
Cold weather operations
Antarctic
Breaker
Winter Quarters Bay
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA018950
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA018950

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