"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

Well well. A Texan has to teach the iceman about what a growler Iceberg
is.

I said

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

Than Iceman said

That is incorrect..

So lets look at what the USCG Ice Patrol says about Growlers

http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/FAQ/FAQ_Icebergs.shtml

Q. What is the extreme range of iceberg locations?

A. The grey shaded area is the normal range of iceberg distribution.
The extreme icebergs/growlers are indicated. Some of the notable
extreme icebergs a

In 1926, the southernmost known iceberg (a growler) reached 30-20 N,
62-32 W (about 150 nm from Bermuda).
In 1883, a growler was located about 200 nm south of the Azores.
In 1907, an iceberg was sighted about 100 nm southwest of Fastnet,
Ireland.
In 1912, a growler was seen about 75 nm east of Chesapeake Bay, USA.
In 1912, the iceberg that the R.M.S. Titanic collided with was located
at 41-46N, 50-12W.

So Mooron are you telling me growlers are over 1100-over 3000 feet deep
dragging across the bottom of the Atlantic?

I dont think so.

Rotton ice is ice that is honeycombed and very easy to fall apart with
little temp change.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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Well well. A Texan has to teach the iceman about what a growler Iceberg
is.

I said

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

Than Iceman said

That is incorrect..

So lets look at what the USCG Ice Patrol says about Growlers

USGC.... Bwahahahahahahahahaaaa

BTW - Growlers are bergy remaments..


http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/FAQ/FAQ_Icebergs.shtml

Q. What is the extreme range of iceberg locations?

[snip useles and irrelevent data to the subject discussed]

So Mooron are you telling me growlers are over 1100-over 3000 feet deep
dragging across the bottom of the Atlantic?

You ignoramus.... they were originally called growlers because of their
small size and subsequent shoreside accumulations that did indeed cause
noise on the rock beds prevelent in the arctic seabed. They are smaller than
bergy bits.... and yes icebergs routinely scour the ocean bed...

Do icebergs hit the bottom?

Yes. Icebergs often "ground" or contact the seabed and get stuck. This is a
frequent occurrence along the coast where icebergs are brought into shore by
irregular tidal currents or strong winds. Sometimes icebergs "scour" the
seabed creating irregular troughs that may be several kilometers in length.
The edges of the Grand Banks are criss-crossed with old and new iceberg
scour marks.

I dont think so.

Try thinking again....

Rotton ice is ice that is honeycombed and very easy to fall apart with
little temp change.

It is most certainly not honeycombed.... I've used rotten ice as you call
it in the US... which we refer to as candle ice.... for drinks.

Tell me when you next get a frost and try to pass it off as snow!

Difference is Joe... I've been to Texas... you've never been to the Arctic!!

CM

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

Q. How many ice cubes should one put in a 18 oz. glass of rum & coke?

Scotty


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"Joe" wrote in message
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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