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four feet in a day. IceDergs-sum* larger than American states-are broken off from the shelf’s edge by the action of the sea.
In 1956 the Navy icebreaker Glacier skirted a tabular iceberg 208 miles long, 60 miles wide and about 1,000 feet thick. The 12,000-square-mile mass nearly equaled Connecticut and Massachusetts combined.
Tugboat Risks Disaster
Icebergs found in the Arctic usually are mountainous rather than tabular, and frequently assume fanciful shapes.
These floating castles and cathedrals sometimes become top-heavy as they melt. A ship attempting to tow one would risk being crushed if the iceberg capsized.
As many as 20,000 Arctic icebergs can form in a single year, primarily from glaciers pushing into the sea. Where the seabed drops away sharply from the land, the sea I eats into the overhanging ice until it breaks off as an iceberg.
Winston Chutchill suggested towing icebergs in World War II, but not for water. A British historian quotes him:
“Let us cut a large chunk of ice from the Arctic icecap and tow it down past Cornwall, fly on our aircraft and tow it to the point of attack.”
District Mgr. Appointed _ For 1970 Census
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Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren. Also the independent cities of: Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Staunton, Waynesboro and Winchester.
On January 26, following
90.6%