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were then put over and secured. This procedure of placing the bow 

 against the ice may not be considered advisable for large vessels. If 

 the commanding officer prefers, the line-handling party may be sent 

 to the ice by boat and the ship held off until the "dead men" are planted 

 and all preparations made to receive the mooring lines. Then the 

 ship can be bmught alongside in the normal manner of tying up to 

 a pier. 



Plant "dead men" well in on the ice shelf so that an almost hori- 

 zontal pull will be made on the mooring lines when hauling the ship 

 alongside. A trench for a "dead man" should be dug about 4 to 6 

 feet deep with sides at a slight angle as shown in figure 14 in 

 order to give better holding power and to avoid the tendency to pull 

 the "dead man" out before it is well frozen into place. The "dead 

 man" with the manila strap attached is buried in the hole and covered 

 over with ice. A few buckets of water thrown on top of the fill will 

 help freeze it in place in a few minutes. The mooring line is passed 



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STRAP 



BETWEEN EYE SPLICES 



DEAD MAN 3" x IO"x 6' 



BURYING DEAD MAN 



EYE IN MOORING LINE WITH 

 TOGGLE ATTACHED 



FIRST POSITION 

 \ OF SHIP ' 



> / 



SHIP IN PLACE \ 





MOORING 



Figure 14. — Mooring ship to the Antarctic ice shelf. 



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