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Article: IT TAKES MEN OF STEEL TO BREAK RIVER OF ICE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 11, 1996
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Byline: DARRYL CAMPAGNA Staff writer
By February, the ice on the Hudson River carries the story of the winter in its layers and colors and textures.
Heavy rains and thaws will turn ice that forms in the next freeze a distinctive taupe, grainy with trapped silt. In stretches of pristine cold, fresh crystals give the ice a glassy polish. The layers keep building for months. To someone who knows the ice, its history can be read like sedimentary rock as the bow of the Coast Guard's icebreaker Penobscot Bay cuts through it.
On Thursday morning, as the boat pulled away from its mooring at West Point, the ice carried the creamy colors of marble, ...
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