tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post5140176391596499968..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: That Time of Year AgainRussell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-16816789421594145932012-08-25T02:02:19.520-07:002012-08-25T02:02:19.520-07:00Not necessarily ... the last weeks of August can o...Not necessarily ... the last weeks of August can often be ideal, and some years the new ice doesn't start to form until a week or two into September. It's "predictably unpredictable," one might say!Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-75745459755472655902012-08-25T01:44:19.528-07:002012-08-25T01:44:19.528-07:00...and the season is a little bit advanced, isn´t ......and the season is a little bit advanced, isn´t it?Andrés Paredeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283802897907742244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-76388179031021578552012-08-24T16:12:07.891-07:002012-08-24T16:12:07.891-07:00Your thoughts are spot on Russell.
On the issue o...Your thoughts are spot on Russell.<br /><br />On the issue of search areas and challenges - <br />After now having flown several times over these specific areas of ocean, I again cannot stress enough how vast these areas of water really are. Unless you have some secret clue on a micro spot of just a few square miles, it is as you say, the proverbial needle in a haystack.<br /><br />Truth be told, no sugar coating - a 5 day properly executed grid sonar search would only cover less than 1/100th of the ocean bottom - of JUST the PROBABLE search areas.<br /><br />I read something about what someone wrote on their Facebook associated with this team, and you would think that it's a given that they will find one of the ships this year. Please. This has to be a publicity stunt.<br /><br />We can all hope that they get lucky tho. At the end of the day, I want to just see those ships someday up close in a museum.<br /><br />It's interesting to see the sovereignty issue associated with the ships in the limelight. No surprise, but it is very official now.Ron Carlson, RA ILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586299249570301685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-42386681429505329022012-08-24T11:57:31.886-07:002012-08-24T11:57:31.886-07:00Indeed, they are fond of throwing around the term ...Indeed, they are fond of throwing around the term "sovereignty"....Jaeschylushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204972787032135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-8236012927851488402012-08-24T11:44:06.537-07:002012-08-24T11:44:06.537-07:00And the summer after that ... and the summer after...And the summer after that ... and the summer after that ...<br />Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-21384188348433478832012-08-24T11:40:22.055-07:002012-08-24T11:40:22.055-07:00I must be extremely cynical, but not finding the s...I must be extremely cynical, but not finding the ships gives them a reason to go again flag waving and speaking about Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic next summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com