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The inside of Mills Hall. I lived there for two years, so I thought i would be fun to hand out some Icebreakers there.
Icebreakers in Helsinki harbor. Some of these powerful ships are equipped to use both low-sulfur diesel and liquified natural gas. Polaris has 3 azipod thrusters. The ships were designed to operate in the 5-foot thick ice sheet that historically formed in Finland's Baltic shipping lanes. Prior to the development of ice-beaking ships in the 20th century, Finland's ports were ice-locked all winter. Some of these vessels were designed to carry out other operations during the warmer 9 months of the year, such as oil-spill containment and clean-up. The necessity of icebreakers in a future influenced by global warming is uncertain.
(26 August, 2019)
On the ferry from Québec City to Levis during the winter carnival. The chateau frontenac is in the background.
Now a museum, by Mackinaw City's old railroad ferry dock.
Since we were in the neighborhood, we stopped to pay our respects to this wonderful old lady. A fine tour; highly recommended.
WAGB-83 was built during WW II, launched in 1944, and spent over six decades breaking ice and doing other necessary chores, mostly in or near the Straits of Mackinac. Her main job was extending the Great Lakes shipping season, so ore could make its way to the steel mills around Pittsburgh and Gary. She's been replaced by a very different icebreaking ship with the same name, working out of Cheboygan.
The U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw (WAGB 83) passes under the Bluewater Bridge after a stop in Sarnia.
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