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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| A critical situation might be in the making on the Northern Sea Route |
| 2021-11-15 |
| [The Barents Observer] An early freeze has taken shippers by surprise and a big number of vessels are in danger of getting stuck in thick sea-ice. More than 20 vessels are either stuck or struggling to make it through increasingly thick sea-ice on the Northern Sea Route. Over the past years, shipping along the Russian northern coast has proceeded rather smoothly in late October and early November. But not this year. Large parts of the remote Arctic waters were in late October covered by sea-ice. And the white sheet is quickly getting thicker and harder to navigate. Ice maps show that major parts of the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea are covered by sea-ice that is more than 15 cm thick. In the eastern parts of the East Siberian Sea are areas with up to 70 cm thick one-year ice, as well as 2 meter thick multi-year ice. Among the ships that now are located on the eastern part of the route are two oil tankers and a significant number of bulk carriers. Among the latter are three ships bringing iron ore from the Canadian Milne Island to China, and two vessels carrying iron ore from Murmansk. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #8 Aaarrr, The seafaring man's world has gone to H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS since dem modern ship builders stopped applying Neptune's wooden angels at the bow! Too many landlubbers been messing with our world of the sea 🌊 confusing them selves (only 2 sexes, knot 35) and the fishes that be. See ❄ Ice, come about and chart the course to warmer waters... Keel hall the crazies, and the world will be set straight.  |
| Posted by: Captain Hupoque4405 2021-11-15 18:51 |
| #7 Other things satellites don't track well: VP Kamala Harris Asks NASA if It Can Track Trees by Race for ‘Environmental Justice’ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-15 15:54 |
| #6 time series of the extent of the Arctic Ice Pack from late Oct to present is available here but it doesn't show thickness because thickness can't be measured well by satellite |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-11-15 14:58 |
| #5 Otherwise known as the highly technical, double-secret code word: Winter. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-11-15 14:35 |
| #4 It's climate change, you guys. C'mon. Get with it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-11-15 13:46 |
| #3 AlGore on a north passage cruise? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-15 11:49 |
| #2 It's the gerbils. They need worming. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-11-15 11:22 |
| #1 ...I blame global war- no, no, I can't do it. It's too easy. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-11-15 06:07 |
