Monday, December 9, 2013

Paul R Tregurtha Arrival

With a temperature of 0F and wind chill of -17, you may prefer this video over being here for the arrival this evening of the 1000ft Paul R Tregurtha. ( Turn up your speakers to here the boat and bridge)


Winter Shipping

Ice is forming quickly in the harbor and shipping is getting difficult.  There will be two ice breakers working in the harbor this week to help things out.
Here is the Arthur M Anderson arriving this morning.--- the beauty of boats, ice, wind, and water never gets tiring to photograph.

Arthur M Anderson

Duluth Harbor Boat traffic for Sunday 12/08/2013

Sorry, boat traffic was not recorded on Saturday and Sunday due to Internet outages.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Friday, December 6, 2013

Philip R Clarke Departure

The -30 wind chill makes for a beautiful scene as the Philip R Clarke makes it's way into the Lake Superior sea smoke.
Philip R Clarke

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Thursday 12/5/2013

American Century departed at 01:13
Great Republic arrived at 06:43
Alder departed at 14:50
Philip R. Clarke arrived at 16:30
Orla arrived at 19:10
Cornelia departed at 19:20
American Mariner arrived at 21:50

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Camera Update

Update: 21:00 Wednesday-----Camera icing has cleared and the snow is moving out-----nice to see the harbor again.



Most of the cameras are now ice covered and unable to see.  There are small heaters in each one, however, as long as the snow falls and off-lake winds stay high, it will be difficult for the small camera heaters to melt the ice.

This is a classic winter storm for this time of year and once the skies clear, there should be some fantastic photo opportunities, either with the web cameras or out in the cold and snow.

By the weekend, there should be some cool views of ice covered boats arriving off Lake Superior.

I will turn the cameras back into place once the ice has melted off.

Stay warm,
Dennis

p.s. My wife won't let me use her hair blower to speed up the melting.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Sunday, December 1, 2013