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46 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News FEATURE OFFSHORE ANNUAL The 'Direct Design of Polar Ships' (DDePS) spreadsheet program--used to evaluate ice loads in a variety of ship- ice interactions. Design drawing of the large double-pendulum ice impact apparatus. The appa- ratus is 12 feet tall and capable of impacting ship structural panels with a 1- meter diameter ice mass. (photo: Memorial University of Newfoundland) Students assisting with proof tests of the IOT/NRC Ice Impact Module in a high- capacity steel frame at Memorial's Structures Laboratory (photo: Rober t Gagnon) Series of high-speed images taken from the small double- pendulum ice impact test with 25-cm diameter ice cone. (photo: Claude Daley) • Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada • Husky Energy, Inc. • American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) • Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd • Rolls-Royce Marine • BMT Fleet Technology Parnters in the (STePS2) Project