Photo: Deceptive appearance
It may look like there are two icebergs here, but it’s really just one. Navigators call this berg with two tips a dry-dock iceberg, because it looks like you could sail your vessel right through its centre. But that wouldn’t be a smart move, said crew on the bridge of HMCS Charlottetown, as it sailed past the berg at the mouth of the Davis Strait on Aug. 28. While double-hulled, the 134-metre naval frigate is not strengthened for ice, so sailors keeping watch on the bridge are on the look-out for ice during their summer Arctic deployment. (PHOTO BY BETH BROWN)
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