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International Ice Patrol Articles, Books, and Websites

BOOKS

Anderson, Madelyn Klein. Iceberg Alley. New York: Julian Messner, 1976.

Bell, Kensil. Ice Patrol. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940.

Chapman, Allen. The Radio Boys with the Iceberg Patrol or Making Safe the Ocean Lines. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1924.

Flaherty, John J. White Terror: Adventures with the Ice Patrol. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1947.

Poole, Lynn and Gray Poole. Danger! Icebergs Ahead! New York: Random House, 1961.

Payzant, Charles, Shannon, and Terry. Ride the Ice Down: U.S. and Canadian Icebreakers in the Arctic Sea. San Carlos: Golden Gate Junior Books, 1970.

Shubow, Leo. Iceberg Dead Ahead! Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1959. United States Coast Guard. Public Information Division. International Ice Patrol, Washington: GPO, 1956.

 

ARTICLES

Newsweek “Americans Are Running Out of Water. A Towering Iceberg Could Be the Answer” (November 2022)

CBC NEWS “These iceberg hunters are on a mission to make sure there’s never another Titanic” (August, 2022)

Freethink “The dangerous job of the International Ice Patrol" (May 2020)

Guinness World Record “Longest running iceberg patrol” (January 2020)