…not this year; click below to see the way it used to be (the old days)
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Coast Guard
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 Three views of the Duluth harbor this morning, Friday, March 2, 2012. Top, a crane barge, owned by Duluth Timber, sank in her Railroad Street slip yesterday. The Coast Guard is investigating any potential spills or other hazards that might be involved. Just off the slip, the Coast Guard cutter Alder was sitting still in the still water (note: I said water, not ice). Below, the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge was also pretty still (more water). |
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and this is now: For immediate release: Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Duluth, MN. —U.S. Coast Guard Station Duluth is issuing a warning that the unusually warm temperatures observed this year have greatly increased the possibility of weakened ice.
“Ice conditions are deteriorating rapidly, major wet cracks and ice breaks have been recognized the last few days, with forecasted temps climbing to the high 30’s, this will only accelerate weakening ice ” said Boatswains Mate Third Class Matthew Murphy, Coast Guard Station Duluth, MN.
The combination of warmer temperatures and shifting winds has caused extremely hazardous ice conditions in the St Louis River. The Coast Guard cautions those ice fishing and transiting on the ice due to the unpredictability of the ice breaking apart. (Picture taken on February 17th, 2007.)
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The Canadian icebreaker Samuel Risley had some time off last weekend, according to the Windsor Star. Not enough ice to keep the best ice breaker on the Great Lakes going seven days a week, their usual winter schedule. Not so in the above picture I took aboard the Sundew on April 5, 2003. Since the crew isn’t around here any more and are out of earshot, I can mention that at the time I took this picture, the Sundew was stopped in the ice, just off the Superior entry. On the other hand, that was the winter that the Duluth ship canal was clogged full of ice, probably because of a stiff east wind blowing Lake Superior’s remaining ice to Duluth. The Risley came down to break that up but took one shot at the ice pack, and bounced off. They called the Sundew reporting no can do. I lied about the Risley being the best Ice Breaker on the Great Lakes. She is second. Spring is in first place and we had to wait until April 19th that year before she could open up the ship canal.
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