Iceberg - Last one

The Inlet is freezing here and people are already starting to walk on it.  Today some crazy person was flying across it on a snowmobile.  Crazy!

 

I realized tonight that I never put the last photos of icebergs on the blog.  The best for last.

 

The sun made a brief appearance at the end of the day for this the largest iceberg of the day.

 

Same berg from a different angle.

 

For scale.  That is a boat in front of the iceberg.

 

Sun Transit time

One of the things about living in the northern reaches of Canada is the satellite signals get interrupted when the satellites align with the sun.  Happens a couple of times a year.  See below for when and the lengths of disturbance.

 

Sun Transits for Fall 2012 for Qikiqtaaluk, Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions:

Iqaluit, Nunavut

Sun Transit Predictions

Fall 2012

Predicted Degradation

Outage Date	Start GMT (hh:mm:ss)	End GMT (hh:mm:ss)	Duration (Minutes)	Max C/N degrad. (dB)
OCT. 8	19:19:49	19:25:25	5.6	1.7
OCT. 9	19:16:57	19:27:45	10.8	3.02
OCT. 10	19:15:29	19:28:41	13.2	8.3
OCT. 11	19:14:26	19:29:14	14.8	13.43
OCT. 12	19:13:47	19:29:23	15.6	16.53
OCT. 13	19:13:21	19:29:21	16	17.36
OCT. 14	19:13:19	19:28:55	15.6	15.91
OCT. 15	19:13:42	19:28:06	14.4	12.28
OCT. 16	19:14:18	19:27:06	12.8	6.94
OCT. 17	19:15:30	19:25:30	10	2.47
OCT. 18	19:18:18	19:22:18	4	1.6

Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Sun Transit Predictions

Fall 2012

Predicted Degradation

Outage Date	Start GMT (hh:mm:ss)	End GMT (hh:mm:ss)	Duration (Minutes)	Max C/N degrad. (dB)
OCT. 8	19:15:39	19:18:51	3.2	1.56
OCT. 9	19:11:59	19:21:59	10	2.43
OCT. 10	19:10:19	19:23:07	12.8	7.07
OCT. 11	19:09:04	19:23:52	14.8	12.49
OCT. 12	19:08:25	19:24:01	15.6	16.06
OCT. 13	19:07:59	19:23:59	16	17.38
OCT. 14	19:07:57	19:23:33	15.6	16.41
OCT. 15	19:08:08	19:22:56	14.8	13.23
OCT. 16	19:08:44	19:21:56	13.2	8.18
OCT. 17	19:09:44	19:20:32	10.8	3.07
OCT. 18	19:11:56	19:17:56	6	1.73

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Sun Transit Predictions

Fall 2012

Predicted Degradation

Outage Date	Start GMT (hh:mm:ss)	End GMT (hh:mm:ss)	Duration (Minutes)	Max C/N degrad. (dB)
OCT. 9	19:10:02	19:15:38	5.6	1.7
OCT. 10	19:07:10	19:17:58	10.8	3
OCT. 11	19:05:43	19:18:55	13.2	8.24
OCT. 12	19:04:40	19:19:28	14.8	13.36
OCT. 13	19:04:02	19:19:38	15.6	16.49
OCT. 14	19:03:36	19:19:36	16	17.37
OCT. 15	19:03:35	19:19:11	15.6	15.99
OCT. 16	19:03:47	19:18:35	14.8	12.45
OCT. 17	19:04:35	19:17:23	12.8	7.19
OCT. 18	19:05:47	19:15:47	10	2.58
OCT. 19	19:08:13	19:13:01	4.8	1.64

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Still More Icebergs

I still have at least one more post with icebergs in it coming.

 

The texture of this one was nice.

 

Monster on the Horizon

Fooled you a little with the title? 

This big iceberg was on the horizon and to far away to go see with the time we had left.

Just a massive piece of ice.

Sunk Boat

We went to the store today and noticed one of the boats only had the nose still sticking out of the water.   Apparently it belongs to the Mayor of Cape Dorset.  The photos below were taken from our house.  I'm really missing my big zoom lens. 

Good thing the anchor and buoy held the boat in place.

A couple of guys to the rescuer.  The water is very rough at the moment. There were lots of white caps on the Inlet today.

Towing the boat back to shore.  The boat should be fine but the motor might not like the salt water.

3 for 1

It looks like three icebergs but it's just one big one with the most of it hiding under the water.

I know lots of iceberg photos. 

More to come yet.

:oP

Polar Bear Skull

While at the Thule sites we also came across this very old bear skull close to one of the dwellings.

Another Iceberg

I did take photos other than of icebergs.

Wish the lighting and weather had been better but the water was calm.

V is for Iceberg?

Kind of looks like the face from V is for Vendetta.

What is the iceberg looking at? Another example of pareidolia.

See more examples here and here.

Netting Arctic Char

So many char were caught the net had to be hauled back in before being fully deployed.  The fish were huge.

Timoon hauling in some Arctic Char from the net.