Check out these photos of a current Canadian Coast Guard vessel on search and rescue in Arctic waters. Imagine how hard our Merchant Mariners's & RN etc did it during WW2 with none of the home comforts that are available now. http://tv-antenna.com/canadian-ice/ There are also some High Seas photos which would surely make me sick....how about you?
Check out these photos of a current Canadian Coast Guard vessel on search and rescue in Arctic waters. Imagine how hard our Merchant Mariners's & RN etc did it during WW2 with none of the home comforts that are available now. http://tv-antenna.com/canadian-ice/ There are also some High Seas photos which would surely make me sick....how about you? Barents Sea, North Cape and the convoys to Murmansk spring readily to mind.....
Like you say no creature comforts going on a two/three week or longer voyage - no choppers or rescue vessels. No GPS or distress beacons, and the other consideration that you had somebody trying to sink you by torpedo or shell.
I've never seen anything like that - for which i'm glad. How come those 'snow bathing' seamen aren't freezing to death out there? Marina
Bloody show offs!!!!!! actually there are are different kinds of cold, that is why, even in Britian, it is possible to walk in shirt sleeves during really cold weather!
actually there are are different kinds of cold, that is why, even in Britian, it is possible to walk in shirt sleeves during really cold weather! That is so true! Take out the wind chill factor and you could be in Blackpool.
You've hit it on the button with the wind factor. Humans can survive in temperatures below zero. Wind chill can lower the temperature by 10's of degrees. Water is a twenty five times more efficient conductor of heat - hence you could stand on the ship - in the polar seas minutes. Both wind chill and cold water drain the body heat.
actually there are are different kinds of cold, that is why, even in Britian, it is possible to walk in shirt sleeves during really cold weather! Very true. I can wander around Buxton in December in just a jumper, whilst all of my uni mates, including the 'hard' ones from north scotland are complaining it's cold. Come on! It's only minus 8! Those pictures are impressive. I know a lad who was a naval gunner on convoy PQ17. I think he suffered worse than that.
40 degrees - Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Scotland sunbathe. 35 degrees - Italian cars won't start. People in Scotland drive with the windows down. 20 degrees - Floridians wear coats, gloves, and wool hats. People in Scotland throw on a T-shirt. 15 degrees - Californians begin to evacuate the state. People in Scotland go swimming in the sea. 0 degrees - New York landlords turn the heat on. People in Scotland have a last barby before it gets cold. -10 degrees - People in Miami are extinct. People in Scotland lick flagpoles -20 degrees - Californians all now live in Mexico. People in Scotland throw on a light jacket. -80 degrees - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Artic. Scottish Boy Scouts postpone winter survival exercise until it gets cold enough. -100 degrees - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. People in Scotland wear a vest and pull down their ear flaps. -173 degrees - Ethyl alcohol freezes. People in Scotland are angry 'cos they can't thaw their whisky kegs. -297 degrees - Microbial life starts to grind to a halt. Scottish cows complain of farmers with cold hands. -460 degrees - ALL atomic motion stops. People in Scotland start saying " A bit hill billy ... eh? " -500 degrees - Hell freezes over. Scottish people support England in the World Cup!!
-500 degrees - Hell freezes over. Scottish people support England in the World Cup!! Oh look another jealous Jock. Hey we don't want yer support anyway. Give 'em Independence I say see how long they last.
The storms could be unbelievable in their force. Ships would point their guns to the stern as the sea would bend the guns. One British 6in Cruiser lost the entire roof of B Turret to the sea. Quite remarkable,
People in Scotland start saying " A bit hill billy ... eh? " -500 degrees - Hell freezes over. Scottish people support England in the World Cup!! You are one bunny fastard Morse!
-500 degrees - Hell freezes over. Scottish people support England in the World Cup!! ROFLMAO! That is so true! Thank god I'm an honory Scot.:icon-mrgreenbandit:
I named my daughter "Airlie" so I hope that counts. (not after the Angus mob of Ogilvy's but the Hospital where I was born however that was probably named after them or the castle)
