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Voting closed: August 06, 2020, 05:22:01 PM
How to "tie break" between those two though?
Are openings of the NW-passage recorded somewhere?
Yesterday's Worldview seems to indicate that Route 6 is open (barely).That's the one through Belloit Straight
Quote from: NACK on August 06, 2020, 11:12:21 AMYesterday's Worldview seems to indicate that Route 6 is open (barely).That's the one through Belloit StraightHowever see my Sentinel 1 image above.
The Canadian Ice Service have extended their daily coverage....The Northwest Passage is still not “officially” open!
Wondering what's up?
The map also shows an arrow indicating a WSW-ward drift of 2nm/day
No joy with today's Queen Maud mapes a narrow strip of dense cloud right over the area of interest :-(. Maybe tomorrow, yet again.
I believe we have a winner today.
...I've settled on the earliest date range and route 6 on the above map. I could see a number of routes opening at virtually the same time, though, particularly since the maps are only updated weekly.
rt. 6 is now closed again, at least for now, according to CIS.
Did it open on August 16?
Quote from: Juan C. García on August 17, 2020, 05:39:31 AMDid it open on August 16?The passage re-opened on August 15th Juan:https://GreatWhiteCon.info/2020/07/the-northwest-passage-in-2020/#Aug-16According to the CIS charts at least!
A spokesperson said the Canadian Coast Guard will “monitor the vessel’s transit out of the region.” If Smith is indeed found to have broken the law, they wrote, the agency “will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action,” including penalties of up to $5,000.
It appears the main northwest passage would be passable