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 APPENDIX A 



A PROPOSED ICE DOCK 



(From article Ice Dock by Engineer K. Zhukov in Tekhnika Molodezhi (Technics 



for the Young), 1944) 



The crew of the Russian vessel Temp (drawing 13 feet) carried 

 out repairs to the ship using an ice dock they had built themselves. 



In Tiksi Bay, where the crew of the Temp was carrying out its 

 work, the thickness of the ic€ cover reached 8.2 feet. Such a thick 



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Figure 27. — Immense ice cup serving as a drydock. The ship is supported by ice buttresses. 



While wintering in Tiksi Bay, the crew of the S. S. Temp carried out repairs of the underwater 



part of the ship, using a similar ice dock. 



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