ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA man-made island and a method for constructing the same in anice covered body of water using portions of the ice sheet as integral partsof the island. The island is formed by placing fill material, such as sandor gravel, on a portion of the ice sheet to ground that portion. Thegrounded ice sheet is cut free from the surrounding ice sheet and matter,such as fill material, blocks of ice, etc., is placed on the groundedportion of the ice sheet to construct an island in the body of water.Additional portions of the ice sheet can be separated and grounded on topof previously grounded portions prior to placing matter on the stack ofgrounded ice pieces to construct the island.-1-
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