1. Were do the most iceburgs on earth come from?

2 What is Northing

3. What is Ice Blink

4. What is happening to a vessel when it is nipped

5. Whats a Bergy bit

"Joe" wrote in message

1. Were do the most iceburgs on earth come from?

It's icebergs..... and though a lot come from the arctic, I would assume
many more are cleaved from the antarctic pack


2 What is Northing

A UTM Coordinate...


3. What is Ice Blink

Never heard of it....


4. What is happening to a vessel when it is nipped

That could decribe many things.... but I've heard the reference used to
describe ice pack pressure on a vessel.


5. Whats a Bergy bit

A floating portion of an iceberg that has cleaved from the main structure

Now... what's a Growler?

CM

1. Wrong
2.Wrong
3.N/A --Wrong
4. half right
5. Correct

A growler is a small bergy bit. Small but still large enough to hole a
vessel.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message

1. Wrong
Prove it.... .

2.Wrong
Prove it

3.N/A --Wrong
I didn't answer... how can it be wrong

4. half right

Hah ha ha

5. Correct

You can't even denote the mass required to differentiate between a bergy bit
and a berg?


A growler is a small bergy bit. Small but still large enough to hole a
vessel.

Wrong! a growler is an iceberg or bergy bit that contacts the seafloor...
thus the name.

What's a Ice ridge?

What is the minimum depth of ice required to land a Hercules aircraft fully
loaded?

What is candle ice

CM

A growler get its name from the noise it sometimes makes as it bobs up
and down in the sea, not because it is scraping bottom.

A bergy bit is about the size of a house. Both the bergy bit and the
growler are usually calved from icebergs.

I would guess an Ice ridge is were to masses of ice meet and the
pressure forms a ridge.

You got me on the candle Ice.

What is sea ice,
fast ice
shelf ice
ice islands
ice cake
pancake ice
Ice Floes
Ice fields
bending ice
tenting ice
rafting ice
pressure ice
Hummocked ice
weathered ice
pack ice
and last but not least rotten ice

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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A growler get its name from the noise it sometimes makes as it bobs up
and down in the sea, not because it is scraping bottom.

That is incorrect....


A bergy bit is about the size of a house. Both the bergy bit and the
growler are usually calved from icebergs.

That is incorrect....


I would guess an Ice ridge is were to masses of ice meet and the
pressure forms a ridge.

That is incorrect...


You got me on the candle Ice.

"What is rotten ice".... candle ice sounds like glass wind chimes.

What is sea ice, - self explanitory
fast ice - coarse structure
shelf ice - self explanitory
ice islands - self explanitory
ice cake
pancake ice
Ice Floes - fractured pan ice
Ice fields - self explanitory
bending ice
tenting ice
rafting ice
pressure ice
Hummocked ice - the above are all tidal ice formations
weathered ice -self explanitory
pack ice - self explanitory
and last but not least rotten ice - see candle ice

Oh... and the Hercules need 36 inches of ice to land fully loaded.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...
Oh... and the Hercules need 36 inches of ice to land fully loaded.

Joe


Q: What's the second most stupid thing to discuss after icebergs on a sailing newsgroup?

A: Sailboats made from steel that are so heavy they are only good as icebreakers up where
icebergs live which is where no sane sailor goes in the first place. If you don't live south
of latitude 25N, you don't live, and that's the truth.

CN

Great questions Joe!

"Joe" wrote

3. What is Ice Blink

I remember reading about this, but forgot what it was.
Thanks for the reminder. I looked it up.

http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/basics/ph...water_sky.html

Water sky refers to the dark appearance of the underside
of a cloud layer when it is over a surface of open water.
(i.e. clouds underside would be light if over ice)

Ice blink refers to a white glare seen on the underside of
low clouds indicating the presence of ice which may be
beyond the range of vision.

When other means of reconnaissance are not available,
water sky and ice blink can assist travelers in navigating
the ice of the polar seas, since they give a rough idea of
ice conditions at a distance.

Well one asa point for you Bart.

Joe