Icebreaker slideshows online
Sometimes I tell people I spent 17 days on an icebreaker and their first question is “What’s an icebreaker?”
This is a good question because it is pretty much an invitation to tell, in more detail, about my time on the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent in the summer of 2007. Since 1969 and until 2017 (when it is decommissioned and replaced by the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker), it has been, and will be the largest icebreaker in Canada.
How does someone describe this massive ship?
“It’s the icebreaker that rescues other icebreakers.”
What happens when it gets stuck?
“You gotta call the Russians.”
I’ve had some photos I shot on the ship online here and at CBSNews.com for a while but I’m happy to announce that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have published some slideshows I produced in June (in addition to using some of the images in the Science division’s 2006-07 annual report).
My gratitude to have had the chance to spend time on the Louis is endless. Risking frostbite while sampling water is nothing compared to the sight of a polar bear and her cub chomping on a seal.
So few people get to experience something like this that I fail to see how anyone could refuse to appreciate the opportunity.
Seriously, I’m tempted to make a thank you list of all the people that continue to enrich my memory of those days but I hope they already know they are appreciated.
Without further ado, three slideshows.
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