The supertanker Hellespont Alhambra enters US waters for the first time on 16 May 2002. Now renamed the TI Asia, she is one of four TI class supertankers, the largest ocean going ships in the world as of 2008, since 2004. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a map showing the location and delineation of Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait, and Dixon Entrance. I, Pfly, made it with ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hecate Strait, BC (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hecate Strait, BC (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Map of the coast of the Pacific Northwest --- Islands and major straits of the northern American pacific coast showing Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada), Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, Baranof Island, Chichagof Island, Juneau Icefield, Stikine Icecap and other (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
watching the mainland recede behind us as we sail off to the queen charlotte islands. can i still use the verb "to sail" if there is no sail on our boat? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Enbridge Northern Pipeline and Supertankers On Our Northern Coast, INSANE!
Hecate Strait
Marine Forecast
Winds
Issued 04:00 PM PST 22 November 2012
Tonight and Friday
Storm warning in effect.
Wind southeast 40 to 50 knots diminishing to southerly 35 to 40 early this evening.
Wind southeast 40 to 50 knots diminishing to southerly 35 to 40 early this evening.
Waves
Hecate Strait - northern half
Issued 04:00 PM PST 22 November 2012
Today Tonight and Friday
Seas 7 to 9 metres subsiding to 4 to 6 near midnight and to 3 to
4 early Friday morning.
Waves
Hecate Strait - southern half
Issued 04:00 PM PST 22 November 2012
Today Tonight and Friday
Seas 7 to 10 metres subsiding to 4 to 6 near
midnight.
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With Tanker traffic of almost 1 supertanker
per day...These winds on our North coast blow for days, that means these
super tankers would either risk the wind and waves, or sit idle costing
nothing but money for Enbridge...
Hurricane force winds today around Haida Gwaii, gusts 133 kilometers per hour, and just how would oil spill response teams be able to operate in that, they couldn`t..
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