Icebreaking & the U.S. Coast Guard

Historical Bibliography

Articles

Anderson, David B. "Breaking the Ice on Arctic Shipping." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 40 (Aug 1983), p. 206.

Bailey, C.W. "Some Notes on Icebreaking." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1971), pp. 13-26.

Baker, H. Charles. "Voyage of the Manhattan." Ocean Industry (Aug 1969), pp. 32-33.

"Bering Sea Operation - 1948." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (July 1948), pp. 94-97.

"Bering Sea Patrol [1939 season]."  Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1939), p. 11.

Boyer, Dwight. "Had Enough Ice?" Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine (Mar 14, 1971), pp. 18-22.

________. "Longer Season." Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine (Jan 30, 1972), p. 407.

Braatz, George. "Operation Coal Shovel." Lorain, Ohio Blade Sunday Magazine (Feb 28, 1971), pp., 16, 18-19, 22-24.

Camp, Henry W. "Icebreaking Procedures on the Upper Chesapeake Bay." Marine Weather Log XXV (Mar-Apr 1981), pp. 71-78.

Castagnera, James O. "Icebreaking on the Great Lakes, Winter 1971." Inland Seas: Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society XXVII (Spring, 1971), pp. 46-49.

Chappell, Jeff. "'Breaking Up' is Hard to Do." Commandant's Bulletin (May 1991), p. 4.

Charleston, Maxwell S. "Moments on Ice." Officer Review 39, No. 3 (Oct 1999), pp. 4-6.

"Cities Warm, Ships Moving Thanks to Coast Guard Crews: Coldest Winter in Decades Freezes East Coast and Great Lakes..." Commandant's Bulletin (Apr 1994), pp. 2-5.

"Coast Guard Cutter Breaks Heaviest Ice in Scientific Tests." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Apr 1948), p. 27.

"Coast Guard Cutter [Northwind] Probes Siberian Waters." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1962), pp. 54-55.

"Coast Guard Will Operate All U.S. Icebreakers." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1965), p. 382.

"Cruising with the Mackinaw." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1949), pp. 29-31.

"Cutter [Mackinaw] Breaks Heaviest Ice..." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1948), p. 39.

Gallagher, Paul A. "MSC Ships Deliver Vital Supplies to Men on 'Ice'--Coast Guard Cuts Pain for Ships." Sealift (Mar 1971), pp. 7-9.

Gamp, Henry W. "Icebreaking Procedures on the Upper Chesapeake Bay." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 36 (Dec 1979), pp. 210-216.

Gaskill, Amy. "From Ice Comes Steel: Keeping Great Lakes Industries Running During the Harsh Midwest Winter."Coast Guard (Apr 1998), pp. 14-17.

"Good Things Come in Small Packages [USCGC Escanaba]." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1933), p. 9.

"Heavy Ice with the Chesapeake." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1936), p. 32.

Howes, Connie B. "They Race the Ice." Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine (Nov 4, 1962), pp. 30-34.

"Icebreaker [Mackinaw] Battles to Free Great Lakes of Heavy Ice Jam..." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1946), p. 51.

"Icebreaking [Great Lakes]." Commandant's Bulletin (May 1992), pp. 44-47.

"Ice-breaking Operations." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1930), pp. 26-27.

"Ice Breaking Test on the USCC [sic] Sundew (WAGL-404)." Coast Guard Engineer's Digest 87 (Jul-Aug, 1954), pp. 48-49.

Imlay, Miles H. "First Exploration of Seward's Icebox." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1968), pp. 40-45.

"In the Cold with the Escanaba." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1937), p. 15.

"It's Nice in the Ice." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1936), p. 26.

"Lighthouse Tenders Assist in Breaking Ice." Lighthouse Service Bulletin II, No. 1 (Jan 2, 1918), p. 7.

"Mackinaw Tackles Ice Jam on Great Lakes." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1952), pp. 12, 14.

Moberg, Phillip B. "Domestic Icebreaking." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Mar-Apr 1962), pp. 70-75.

Morehead, Bob. "Ice Ops: Winter Comes Early to the 9^th District." Commandant's Bulletin (Mar 1996), pp. 4-5.

"On the Lakes Crunching Ice: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw." Time CXIII (Mar 19, 1979), p. 10.

"Only Two Polar Icebreakers Left!" Naval Institute Proceedings 115 (Oct 1989), pp. 84-88.

"Operation Ice Watch." Safety Maintenance XIII (Apr 1963), pp. 22-23, 25-26.

"Operation Nanook 52." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Nov 1952), pp. 174-177.

"Ossippee at Work." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1934), pp. 2, 14.

"Polar Sea Breaks Ice Record." Commandant's Bulletin (14 Jan 1980), p. 3.

Prina, L. Edgar. "The Cold Coast: The Coast Guard Faces Wintry Test on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System." Sea Power XX (Jan 1977), pp. 13-19.

Rodgers, G.F. "Loaded For Polar Bears." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Aug 1948), pp. 111-136.

Shea, Richard. "The Coast Guard's Tough Enemy: Ice." Transportation USA IV (Winter 1978), pp. 16-18.

Sherer, P.E. "Icebreaking on the Great Lakes." Coast Guard Engineer's Digest 182 (Jan-Feb-Mar 1974), pp. 38-47.

"Spring, the Great Lakes, the Ice Breaker Mackinaw." Coast Guard Magazine (July 1953), pp. 20-22.

"Springtime Chore for the Coast Guard: Opening the Great Lakes." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1956), pp. 15-21.

Stivenden, S.L. "The 'Might Mack,' Queen of the Great Lakes, Plays a Vital..." Coast Guard Magazine (July 1955), pp. 16-18.

"[USCGC] Storis Passage." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1958), pp. [???]

Thiele, E.H. "Need for Icebreakers in Support of Maritime Commerce." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 16 (Dec 1959), pp. 236-239.

"USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282): Seattle Washington." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1964), pp. 62-67."

Venzke, Norman C. "Nobody Asked Me, But...Should the Coast Guard Stay in the Icebreaking Business?" Naval Institute Proceedings 118 (Dec 1992), pp. 97-98.

Waesche, R.R. "Cruise of the Northwind." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1961), pp. 53-55.

________. "A Report from the Arctic." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Mar-Apr 1962), pp. 70-75.

Wagner, D. "Winter Operations [Mackinaw]." Commandant's Bulletin (May 1992), pp. 48-49.

Waters, Harold. "Hell From the Heavens." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1966), pp. 363-371.

White, Lawrence A. "The Most Bitter Winter." Naval Institute Proceedings 104/5 (May 1978), pp. 158-169.

Zimmerman, Dwight Jon. "Maritime Mobility." The United States Coast Guard: The Shield of Freedom [ A Government Services Group periodical ] (2004), pp. 148-155.

Books and Government Publications

Congressional Research Service. United States Coast Guard: Domestic and Polar Ice Operations Program. Report by Robert E. Morrison. Prepared for the Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, United States Senate. Washington, GPO, 1982.

Polock, Arthur. Red Flannels and Green Ice. New York: Random House 1949.

United States Coast Guard. Domestic Ice Operations/Polar Ice Operations Program Plan: Fiscal Years 1982-1992. G-OMI. Washington: GPO, 1980.

________. Operations Division. Research and Statistics Section. Coast Guard Ice Breaking on the Great Lakes, 1942. Washington: U.S. Coast Guard, 1942.

Dissertations, Theses & Other Unpublished Sources

Jaeschke, Brian S. "Black Angels of the Ice: The History of Chartered Ice Breaking on the Great Lakes by the Rail Ferries Sainte Marie and Chief Wawatam"; MA Thesis, East Carolina University, 2003.