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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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From: Peter O'Brien4/22/2007 8:36:28 PM
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Washington Post article on THICK CANADIAN ICE:

washingtonpost.com

The ice is so thick and packed so tightly by an Arctic wind from the northeast that unless the wind changes, "it would be too severe even for the heavy icebreakers," said Capt. Brian Penny in St. John's Newfoundland. "We are having extreme difficulty getting our icebreakers through this large ice field."

The shifting icepack trapped nearly 100 "longliner" fishing boats, which range from about 35- to 65-feet long, as the crews were engaged in the annual hunt for seals on ice floes this month. The Coast Guard has delivered food and fuel by helicopter and removed about 55 non-essential crewmen from the boats, Penny said.
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