Photo: Deceptive appearance

By NUNATSIAQ NEWS

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)


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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