26-G-6057
January 1962. Original caption: “A crew member takes a bearing on an iceberg in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland from the bridge of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Evergreen during a recent International Ice Patrol. From the beginning of the U.S. Coast Guard’s formal undertaking of International Ice Patrol operations in 1914 until World War II, the tracking of icebergs and warning of ships passing through the dangerous ice zone in the North Atlantic was performed solely by Coast Guard cutters. Since 1946, the operation has relied mainly on aerial reconnaissance flights of Coast Guard planes operating out of Argentia, Nfld. Cutters still play a role in the Ice Patrol operations; however, in emergencies, when icebergs drift too near the shipping lanes, and require constant monitoring. Also, when the patrol places are grounded because of dense fog or foul weather. Another exception is the cutter Evergreen, which has performed much of the Ice Patrol’s oceanographic surveys during every patrol season.” NARA 26-G-6057