Comments on: Would You Like Some Ice With That? http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: oggoe http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10316 oggoe Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:43:00 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10316 he he: "...Zooming in further it seems that the ‘icebergs’ are made of hundreds of thousands of smaller chunks of ice, clinging together like massive swathes of frozen dust." <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/" rel="nofollow">.</a> he he:
“…Zooming in further it seems that the ‘icebergs’ are made of hundreds of thousands of smaller chunks of ice, clinging together like massive swathes of frozen dust.”

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]]> By: Heather http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10313 Heather Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:39:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10313 The phenomenon shown in the satellite photo is pack ice, not icebergs. Pack ice is made up of frozen seawater, and every spring it comes to eastern Canada from more northerly waters due to the ocean currents. Icebergs are chunks of glaciers, and would never be found in such large concentrations. The Newfoundland Provincial Heritage website has a more comprehensive picture of springtime pack ice at: http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/satellite.html. The pic online is probably from late in the spring, when the pack ice melting. The "darker areas" you mentioned are likely giant pools of slush. It's neat how they show the local sea currents. Strange but totally true fact: in eastern Canada when the pack ice comes ashore in spring teenage boys sometimes play the sport of "scushing" or "clamper hopping", which involves running over a stretch of pack ice and trying not to fall into the ocean. They claim it's fun, but I'm not so sure... The phenomenon shown in the satellite photo is pack ice, not icebergs. Pack ice is made up of frozen seawater, and every spring it comes to eastern Canada from more northerly waters due to the ocean currents. Icebergs are chunks of glaciers, and would never be found in such large concentrations.

The Newfoundland Provincial Heritage website has a more comprehensive picture of springtime pack ice at: http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/satellite.html.

The pic online is probably from late in the spring, when the pack ice melting. The “darker areas” you mentioned are likely giant pools of slush. It’s neat how they show the local sea currents.

Strange but totally true fact: in eastern Canada when the pack ice comes ashore in spring teenage boys sometimes play the sport of “scushing” or “clamper hopping”, which involves running over a stretch of pack ice and trying not to fall into the ocean. They claim it’s fun, but I’m not so sure…

]]> By: Luke http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10309 Luke Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:57:16 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10309 Wow, that truely beatifull. I wonder what those darker shapes are? Perhaps the sea is just starting to freeze up, but there are no ice flows large enougth to be seen? Wow, that truely beatifull. I wonder what those darker shapes are? Perhaps the sea is just starting to freeze up, but there are no ice flows large enougth to be seen?

]]> By: luhcyglcuyh http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10290 luhcyglcuyh Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:07:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10290 you want fries with that? you want fries with that?

]]> By: Nigerachie http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10272 Nigerachie Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:40:05 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10272 there is the one that sunk the titanic there is the one that sunk the titanic

]]> By: BM of M http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10266 BM of M Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:12:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10266 must be a pic from spring/summer as the sea ice is breaking up. must be a pic from spring/summer as the sea ice is breaking up.

]]> By: alame http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/10/would-you-like-some-ice-with-that/#comment-10264 alame Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:50:26 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=820#comment-10264 Best sight ever! Best sight ever!

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