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Canada have more than one problem these days:


Typical Mackenzie River tow. Author’s collection

She is presently in her home port Tromsø and offered for sale or for TC:

She has long and varied history, both as a fish vessel, coast guard vessel, offshore vessel and and crabber:

PS> The historic are not entirely correct, but she did have a stint as a “filmstar”.


Stålbas when it operated as a coast guard ship in 1994. Photo: FRM / NTB

I spent a total of four months in a handful of Black Sea ports during the mid-70s, hauling grain cargoes from New Orleans and other terminals along the Mississippi. Your average Soviet citizen was a kind, welcoming, and generous person. Having said that, the greatest harm done to the world by the Soviet regimes downfall was the dispersal of criminal elements throughout the planet. Of course, this is a personal opinion, and they’re certainly not alone in spreading criminals about.

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Picture showing the result of Ukrainian attack on Arctic strategic airbase near the Norwegian-Russian border:


Satellite images published by AviVector show at least four Tu-95 strategic bombers completely destroyed. Photo: courtesy of AviVector

It is not the first Ukrainian attack on this air base:

Source: The Russo-Ukrainian war's expansion into the High North poses electronic warfare challenges for NATO

Not directly relevant, but a valid comment me think:


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