"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
ups.com...
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