Chill out!!!

Idaho Jarhead · Mar 3, 2009

Saw something pretty cool today. 8 icebergs washed up on shore just down the street from my house.

Maybe spring is coming...it gives me hope anyways.

Nevertheless, I was able to chip off "the tip of the iceberg" for some evening cocktails. Nothing like a million year old icecube to teach you the true meaning of cold. :thumbup:

Jerry Busse · Mar 3, 2009

Now there's something you don't see everyday!!!. . . At least not in Ohio!

Very cool . . . . Literally ! ! ! !

Jerry

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DowntownDM · Mar 3, 2009

gorgeous. nature kicks so much ass...

LMT66 · Mar 3, 2009

You live in a beautiful state!

TurnerIII · Mar 3, 2009

Now that would help make some very memorable drinks!!

Very Cooooool indeed!!:thumbup:

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G19G26 · Mar 3, 2009

Minds think alike. My first thought was 'Who brought the vodka?'

TurnerIII said:
Now that would help make some very memorable drinks!!

Very Cooooool indeed!!:thumbup::thumbup:

Dennis in MA · Mar 3, 2009

Global warming!!!!!

dobywon · Mar 3, 2009

Dennis in MA said:
Global warming!!!!!

Exactlly, which is actually not cool.

GregS · Mar 3, 2009

Idaho Jarhead said:

This one looks like it's hailing a taxi^^^.

Taxi driver: Where too sir?
Iceberg: Somewhere cold please!!! And step on it!!!!

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TVICK · Mar 3, 2009

Real nice scenery and the icebergs are Beautiful but sad.

abchopper · Mar 3, 2009

The pic above looks like master yoda swinging a club at nemo the fish with a snorkel.

TurnerIII · Mar 3, 2009

dobywon said:
Exactly, which is actually not cool.

It would not be cool .... if it wasn't the biggest boondoggle to come around since the 70s. Back then the hype was .... Global Cooling - because of all the evil man was doing to goddess earth........

Actually the temps have been cooling since 1989. Lack of sun spots suggests global cooling....

So Lets Drink!!!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

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P-Easy · Mar 3, 2009

Wow, the land where you live is beautiful! Good call on chipping of a lil piece for your drinks!!!

Bufford · Mar 3, 2009

Than you for sharing these with us. This reminds me of a fishing trip to Baffin island near Pangniurtung, we stood on the ice burgs on the shore and caught arctic char- back in 1985.

Dark Nemesis · Mar 3, 2009

awesome pics!!!! Would love to have seen those in person....

RussMo · Mar 3, 2009

Hey Bro, that stuff is good to fill the coolers with when ya go fishing. We never buy ice or take it from the house if we go to Prince William Sound.

Lil' Foo · Mar 3, 2009

Cool pics... pun intended.

Love the blue colors you get with icebergs too.

Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

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Dennis in MA · Mar 3, 2009

This reminds me of something.

One of my fav. shows in the 80's was Northern Exposure. I remember the episode where Joel finds the Woolly Mammoth in the glacier. He spends the episode convincing folks he's seen it. Goes back and it's GONE.

The old hermit guy took the whole thing home and cooked it. ROTFL!!!!

BTW - Janine Turner FTW!

Idaho Jarhead · Mar 3, 2009

Hey, thanks for the kind responses gents. Russmo, we use that same idea when we fish out toward the glacier. Actually, this town was founded where it was in part because the close proximity to the glacier made it easy for the fishing fleet to keep their catch cool and fresh. We are the biggest salmon producing port on the Pacific Ocean!!

I moved back to my childhood hometown just last spring after being gone for 15 years (hence Idaho Jarhead is residing in Alaska

) While I haven't done enough of my own research to make up my own mind about how I feel in regard to global warming, I can tell you it was shocking to see how far the glacier has receded in that time.

With that being said though, it is natural for the glaciers to calve off ice; even in global cooling. :thumbup:

UDDwaine · Mar 3, 2009

I was on a trip of Newfoundland on the other coast a couple years back. We took the Ferry from Lewisporte to Goose Bay Labrador. While in Nfld we took a boat trip to see some 'bergs.

Here are a few pictures.