I have been laboring under a misconception! We're headed for the north end of New Brunswick and the port at the north end is St Anthony. All of my references to St Johns should have been St Anthony.
I had the morning watch today, 8 to 12.30 pm. Coming on to the bridge we discovered that the fierce southwesterly winds of yesterday had abated taking the seemingly warm 11 C temperatures with it and leaving us with a very dense fog and moderate, but cold 6 C instead. The night watch had reported a low of 4.5 C, a bit colder than the Artic Circle was. This means that we are on the famous Grand Banks and in the Labrador Current, which runs right down from Greenland bringing ice with it.
We implemented the ice procedures I've previously outlined except for hoving to over night. Instead, we've been motoring through the fog, eyes glued to the radar and extra lookouts vigilantly scanning ahead. So far, so good.
It looks like we will make land fall at St Anthony tomorrow and all of these emails sitting in my outbox with arrive. We plan to clear Customs there. Oh Canada, how nice it will be to see you!
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