Thickening ice in the Beaufort Sea taken on board the suction hopper dredger Geopotes X (1969) at sea. The photographer is standing on the port side of the bridge deck, looking to slightly to port and aft. The lifeboat is secure in its davits in the foreground. The aft goalpost mast is in the middle ground on the left hand side of the image. The ice sheet is in the background. This is Slide 44 of a lecture titled "World Wide Ship Delivery" given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Chief Officer for the suction hopper dredger Geopotes X (1969), owned by Volker Dredging Co Ltd, from 24 June 1980 to 14 July 1980. The lecture also details his service with the same ship as Second Officer, chartered by Dome Petroleum Company, Canada, from 4 August 1980 to 11 September 1980. The lecture consists of 56 slides.