Category Archives: Ice

Icing

I’m the one in the lovely orange suit, the deck cadet is in blue, he is the computer expert and it’d his fault I got into wordpress, however he was not the one complaining about the wireless internet. Anyway, we … Continue reading

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North Pole

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Ice, ice baby……

Frozen St. Petersburg, and the locals do a spot of ice fishing. Good idea to park the Lada when you’re fishing, wonder what insurance policy covers sinking due to cracked ice? The ice smashed up from all the shipping traffic. … Continue reading

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