"Seven-eighths submerged, the great bergs endanger men and ships and must be constantly watched."
A 1946 news reel announces that the U.S. Coast Guard is "back at the important peace time job of hunting icebergs in northern waters." If you're a fan of icebergs, don't miss technology editor Alexis Madrigal's post, "The Many Failures and Few Successes of Zany Iceberg Towing Schemes."
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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is the former executive producer and general manager of Atlantic Studios at The Atlantic.