Iceberg towing system

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B - Operations, Transporting

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114/46.3

B63B 21/56 (2006.01) B63B 38/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1044079

Abstract of the Disclosure A method of towing an iceberg comprising paying out a floating tow line from a vessel as the vessel approaches and passes around an iceberg, the tow line having a length of negatively buoyant load line and a length of yieldable line shorter than the load line attached together in parallel as an intermediate section of the tow line, catching the end of the tow line initially payed out, bring the length of the yieldable line into contact with the rear of the iceberg, by drawing both ends of the two lines, while allowing the load line to sink against a submerged portion of the iceberg, pulling the ends of the tow line in a direction away from the iceberg to cause the yieldable line to yield, and drawing the load line after yielding of the yieldable line tautly against the submerged portion of the iceberg, so as to tow the iceberg by a force exerted from the tow line via the load line to the iceberg.

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