News
1.No Offshore Oil
BP is giving up Half its NS Exploration licenses. Earlier this year shell returned them all. this suggests very limited returns in Nova Scotia’s Offshore. the CNSOPB recently listed 2 parcels off sable island for bid. these are neighbors to the Sable Gas and Deep Panuke projects which recently shutdown.
2.Magnetic Pole
the Magnetic north pole – the point at which all compasses actually point is moving alot faster all of a sudden, and is leading to problems with Charts. The movement is known as variation, and is typically x degrees per year.
3.misdeclared Cargo
Maersk will begin spot checking contents of containers at some ports in a bid to weed out mis declared cargo. HNS Cargo can be misdecalered through oversight, or in a bid by shippers to save money.
4.This week in the Herald
this week in the Herald, I talk about places of refuge. The Yantain Express has requested a place of refuge (Halifax) from the Government of Canada.
Interesting
1.this is pretty.
What markings on ships mean. this is interesting, and beautifully photographed.
2.Wheel of..
Clear seas assembled this wheel of maritime law.
3.Old ship voyages
a dataset of old voyages has been compiled form old ships logs.
To get an impression of the geographical scope of my #prizepaper dataset, here I ‘walk’ you through it. Every line represents the journey of an 18th century merchant ship. As you can see the main connections are intra-European and Transatlantic. #dataviz #DH #twitterstorians pic.twitter.com/299DOQjyuG
— Jelle van Lottum (@jellevanlottum) December 30, 2018
History
Jan 16, 1917 – Canadian government hydrographic survey ship Acadia transferred to RCN. HMCS ACADIA carries out anti-submarine patrols off Nova Scotia & Gulf of St. Lawrence during First World War.
Jan 12 1876 – Jack London, author of countless tales of bravery and adventure, including The Sea Wolf, was born in San Francisco.
Jan 10 1919 – the great molasses flood in Boston kills 21 when a tank ruptures. Apparently the adage “slower then Molasses in January” isn’t true.
Jan 9 1806 – Funeral for Horatio Nelson, who was killed at Trafalgar. His body was preserved in a Cask of rum, which led to rum being referred to as a Drop of Nelsons Blood
