Comments on: Oh geez. Gonna need more scrapers.

Oh geez. Gonna need more scrapers.

mandolin conspiracy — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:50:25 -0800

"The barge-tug combo Great Lakes Trader-Joyce L. VanEnkevort arrived in Duluth on Tuesday morning to pick up a load of iron ore pellets. It already was carrying a cargo of ice". Alternate YT link (ambient sound only, no narration). On Monday of this week, the US Coast Guard began ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes. Here in photos.

By: heurtebise

heurtebise — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:54:09 -0800

Don't forget the sea smoke. I could watch ships go in and out of Duluth all day...

By: Artful Codger

Artful Codger — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:01:57 -0800

That barge/tug looked like something out of a John Carpenter film.

By: mrzz

mrzz — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:07:15 -0800

Thanks! I love this stuff. If it weren't for the Blue I'd never know what Lakers were. Happy holidays all.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:24:58 -0800

Well, at least this murderous year hasn't resulted in "The Wreck of the Joyce L. VanEnkevort", which is good, because it doesn't quite scan.

By: biffa

biffa — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:38:27 -0800

That barge/tug looked like something out of a John Carpenter film. They actually did something very similar on World War Z, where they covered a ship in wax so it looked like ice. Apparently it was supposed to be a ghost ship coming out of icy fog at some point but it didn't make it into the final cut. The waxed up ship was in my local harbour for 2 weeks.

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:59:45 -0800

Looking at the barge coming in and thinking "THE ICE MUST FLOW"

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:27:39 -0800

I wonder how many people on the Coast Guard icebreaker are Metafilter members.

By: ezust

ezust — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:00:33 -0800

I love this stuff, what a lovely post to come across.

By: edeezy

edeezy — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:00:50 -0800

Looking at the barge coming in and thinking "THE ICE MUST FLOW" must floe, surely

By: tommyD

tommyD — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:18:05 -0800

Gotta go put on a sweater.

By: suelac

suelac — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:18:44 -0800

I wonder how many people on the Coast Guard icebreaker are Metafilter members. no idea, but I can tell you that metafilter is one of the few social-media type sites not blocked by DHS webmonitoring...

By: mandolin conspiracy

mandolin conspiracy — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:23:55 -0800

Want to know where the Joyce L. VanEnkevort is now? Here you go.

By: tobascodagama

tobascodagama — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:48:58 -0800

Sometimes, I think it'd be cool to trade my cushy office job for a life on the seas. This is not one of those times.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:41:16 -0800

no idea, but I can tell you that metafilter is one of the few social-media type sites not blocked by DHS webmonitoring... Watch closely for the removal of this comment.

By: joecacti

joecacti — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:22:48 -0800

Wait, so what is the purpose of that bridge thing over the entrance to the harbor? Does it prevent ice from pushing in? That sea smoke is amazing!

By: joecacti

joecacti — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:13 -0800

Aerial Life Bridge. Answered my own question I'll be going now.