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	The ship tied to a floe for one of the drifting stations. The word on the side of the ship, Kystvakt, is Norwegian for Coast Guard, and is the source of the KV in KV Svalbard.
	The ship was tied to the floes by drilling a four-inch-diameter hole about one meter into the ice, then putting a steel I beam, with a shackle on one end, into the hole and then filling the hole up with water, which froze the I beam in place. The ropes were then attached to the shackles. When tied to the ice we weren't stationary, but were drifting with the ice, which usually moved south at about 1 mph.
	The helicopter and aft decks late one night.
	Some people enjoying a "warm," sunny day by reading on the helicopter deck.

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