Artic ice

[Ivan Cloherty]

Was that the milk bottle brass ones Ivan ? JS

Those are the ones John. we used to call them beer bottles

[James Curry]

James do you remember Dr David Bellamy ,he said quote Global warming is part of natural cycle and there's nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles. the world is now facing spending a vast amount of money in tax to try and solve a problem that doesn't actually exist .I share his opinion global warming is part of climate change and human intervention is like pissing into the wind.

But is mans abuse of the planet speeding climate change up? The amount of De Forestation world wide clearing land , altering river courses by removing natural bends in rivers. Also as has been mentioned the failure to continue with hedging and ditching, dredging etc! at least it would help to reduce flood risk. Builders building on land that locals if asked could say that is floodplain. Certainly telling everyone they have to buy an EV car will not help matters.

[happy daze john in oz]

When Prof. Bellamy said islands were sinking not tides rising he was laughed at, he claimed they had expunged the undersea fresh water reserves and that is why they were sinking.

Last year after extensive research the Un committee on such matters concluded that he was in fact correct, the islands are indeed sinking.

[James Curry]

Well there is also the possiblity that they are erroding due to wave action. See it all the time on the East coast of England Clay cliffs crumbling and houses tipping over onto the beach below.
Below are areas seriously affected.

Happisburgh, Norfolk
Kessingland, Suffolk
Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
Filey, North Yorkshire
Camber, East Sussex
Pevensey Bay, East Sussex
Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex
Bognor Regis, West Sussex

[Tony Taylor]

Well there is also the possiblity that they are erroding due to wave action. See it all the time on the East coast of England Clay cliffs crumbling and houses tipping over onto the beach below.
Below are areas seriously affected.

Happisburgh, Norfolk
Kessingland, Suffolk
Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
Filey, North Yorkshire
Camber, East Sussex
Pevensey Bay, East Sussex
Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex
Bognor Regis, West Sussex

I remember being told in geaography class at school that basically, the east coast is being eroded away and the west coast is having materials deposited. Sounds a bit too simplified but could have some truth in it.
In my last job I was on site numerous times at a gas plant in Bacton Norfolk, and the land near the beach didnt even look like clay, more like just soil, very crumbly,

[Allan Davidson]

An interesting shot when I was Second Mate of the M/V "Beechmore" off Newfoundland in 1964. The Icebreaker is the "John A.BeechmoreInIceSm.jpgBeechmoreInIceSm.jpg MacDonald"

[Ivan Cloherty]

Those are the kinds of decks and gear I used to enjoy working on and with, happy days, we had our own set of skills.

[Ralph Knowles]

Aye, the John A Macdonald was one of the two 'Breakers' that allowed the Troll Park into Stephenville in the mid seventies. I remember there was coms between the two ships which went like "How many crew aboard?" - Twenty eight, how many aboard the John A...? - One hundred and twenty four!! - " What the hell do they all do!!?" - Well, we have six navigators on the bridge at all times, fifteen catering crew, forty deck ratings, twenty four engineers, six radio officers, engine room ratings, meteorologists etc. etc. and of course the chief engineer has two clerks!!! Our C/E was very jealous!!

[j.sabourn]

What a name to give a ship . The word Trolling was used to describe a vessel fishing with baited lines as against trawling. However I fail to see this description on Google, Plenty of other descriptions however mostly on misuse of the internet. In the rule of the road trolling was changed in the mid 50s so if up for certificates had to get the head down and learn a new set of rules. Anyone wanting to advance their learning and knowledge just Google it. If up for a certificate at the time it was heads down and learn the new rules and regulations. Cheers JS

[J Gowers]

I sailed on the sister ship to the Troll Park the Arctic Troll great ships good runs for that time, the mid 70s, and for Engineers they were UMS.
The Arctic troll was the only one with a troll on the funnel the rest had the standard Wilhelmsons funnels black with two blue strips.
JS if you every worked the Treasure Seeker Semi in the North Sea (owned by Wilhelmsons) they also had Wilhelmson colours on their deck cranes.
The photos show both ships and the Treasure Seeker

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