Into the Storm is a photograph by Gales Of November which was uploaded on December 4th, 2014.
Into the Storm
Launched in October of 1983, the Prairie Harvest was the last straight deck bulk carrier built for Canada Steamship Lines. Named for the location... more
Title
Into the Storm
Artist
Gales Of November
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Launched in October of 1983, the Prairie Harvest was the last straight deck bulk carrier built for Canada Steamship Lines. Named for the location and cargoes she was built for, this Caribbean Class bulk freighter cost roughly $35 million.
Designed from the beginning to be converted to a self-unloader, she obtained the mechanism in 1988. Unlike her fleet mates, the boom is painted red instead of white. In November 1989 she once again set sail, this time as the Atlantic Huron. This also allowed her to carry other cargoes. After testing the new unloading apparatus she sailed to the Atlantic Ocean where she hauled iron ore on the Orinoco River in Venezuela. She would carry this from the pickup point to be loaded onto the ocean freighters that could not navigate the Orinoco River.
In 1992 she returned to the Lakes carrying iron ore from Superior, Minnesota to Hamilton, Ontario before returning to the Atlantic to carry salt and other minerals in the Bahamas. During one of these trips the Atlantic Huron was caught in the �Storm of the Century� and suffered internal damage due to the severe seas.
1994 saw her renamed Melvin H. Baker II in honor of one of the founders of National Gypsum when CSL signed a new contract with them.
When she received a refit in 1997 the name Atlantic Huron was restored to her. She spend time delivering magnetite ore to the Hibernia oil platform off the coast of Newfoundland, then returned to the Great Lakes.
Her bow is designed to work in conjunction with her bow thruster so as to act as an icebreaker. In 2000, she collided with CCGS Griffon which was servicing the Pelee Light. The Griffon was heavily damaged, while the Atlantic Huron received superficial damage to her bow.
Her length of 736.5 feet and beam of nearly 76 feet along with a depth of just over 46 feet give her a cargo capacity of 34,600 tons of material.
Here the Atlantic Huron enters Lake Huron at Port Huron heading into a November storm.
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December 4th, 2014
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Comments (9)
Fiona Kennard
This is such a strong and powerful image....
Gales Of November replied:
Thank you, Fiona. It was the only time that day that the sun came through the clouds.
Deb Halloran
Chris, The colors and light in this image are incredible....nicely done. v/l
Gales Of November replied:
Thank you, Deb. The light didn't last long. It was a stormy, overcast day.
Aaron Whittemore
Powerfully dramatic image, Chris. Really great photography. V/F
Gales Of November replied:
Thank you, Aaron. The wave action along the shore was fantastic. They undercut the railroad tracks that run along the river behind where I was standing.
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