Ice Mooring
![A large wooden peg with a rope wrapped around it lying on the ice A large wooden peg with a rope wrapped around it lying on the ice](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/exploration-and-technology/antarctica-operation-deep-freeze-i-1955-56/icebreaking-the-way-through-the-bay/ice-mooring/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1488998594813.jpg)
"The approved method of fastening a ship to the Antarctic Continent is to moor it to a 'deadman' buried in the ice. Symbolically, [the mooring line] might represent man's tenuous and probably temporary hold on Antarctica." --Commander Standish Backus
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- Exploration, Expeditions and Voyages
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Wars & Conflicts
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