Re: FRAM in the ice.....Winter Holiday


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Posted by Ross Cossar on October 15, 2004 at 13:35:13 from 204.92.62.133 user rlcossar.

In Reply to: FRAM in the ice.....Winter Holiday posted by Bruce_A_Clarke on October 15, 2004 at 07:57:45:

Interesting observation Bruce. Where do you live that you've never seen a boat frozen in. I think in the Frams case in WH that the lake froze but not to the point of ice crushing movement. At minus 10 degrees C or about 16 degrees F the lake could be, barring currents like at the north pole, be putting on an inch of ice per night. Three inches of ice is more than plenty to have supported all that the kids are doing. How thick did the ice get when they found the frozen fish? Invaribly the ice next to the hull would have been weaker due to the suns warmth picked up by the hull but not significantly enough to make it unsafe to walk on.

Here in Ontario, I know of several steel hulls that are left in each year with a foot or more of ice without damage. I also know a person with a fibreglass boat that he has lived on through the last two winters. He uses a bubbling system which keeps the water next to the hull from freezing.

I have not read about the real Frams exploits except to know that it was heaved around and moved by the ice. A couple of winters ago I was in the Canadian Arctic and we had seven feet of ice on the ocean. In todays global warming, thats probably only half of what Nansen had.

Can you tell I'm Canadian. I use Imperialmetric to measure things.

Ross

I know we've covered this before, but at minus 10 C I wouldn't be playing outside all day with only shorts on!!!! And if the weather wasn't that cold , say only a balmy minus 2 C, I don't think the
lake would have got enough ice in the time allotted.


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