Category Archives: Ice

Icing

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Tim

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 →

Posted in Beer, Cork, Engineers, From Sweden, From the ship, Ice, Scotland, accident, as gaeilge | 2 Comments

North Pole

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Tim

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Posted in Books, History, Ice, environment | 1 Comment

Ice, ice baby……

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Tim

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 →

Posted in Ice, On the ship, Russia, St. Petersburg, the weather | 2 Comments