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Monday, April 24, 2023
A 40ft swing in sea ice as the tide goes out in northern Canada.
I worked in Iqaluit on Baffin in the mid '80s. When the ice went out of the bay in late June, sealift began. Cargo ships came into the harbour at high tide, were carefully positioned over a prepared spot of the harbour bottom and then everyone waited. At low tide the ship would be high and dry and the cargo of construction supplies would be hurriedly lowered from the deck onto waiting trucks. The company I worked for would receive one or two crew cab pickups every sealift. Al_in_Ottawa
I remember hiking out to see the Flowerpots in the Bay of Fundy years ago.... we almost got caught (cut off) by the rising tide. It really had us running to get back to the access point.
The Minas Basin is a bay off the Bay of Fundy with a choke point that makes the tides even more unique. When the tide comes in you have to step right along to stay ahead of it!
I worked in Iqaluit on Baffin in the mid '80s. When the ice went out of the bay in late June, sealift began. Cargo ships came into the harbour at high tide, were carefully positioned over a prepared spot of the harbour bottom and then everyone waited. At low tide the ship would be high and dry and the cargo of construction supplies would be hurriedly lowered from the deck onto waiting trucks. The company I worked for would receive one or two crew cab pickups every sealift.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
I remember hiking out to see the Flowerpots in the Bay of Fundy years ago.... we almost got caught (cut off) by the rising tide. It really had us running to get back to the access point.
ReplyDeleteThe Minas Basin is a bay off the Bay of Fundy with a choke point that makes the tides even more unique.
ReplyDeleteWhen the tide comes in you have to step right along to stay ahead of it!