Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have a vocabulary for ice that rivals the legendary Inuit lexicon.
Photo: Don Lane,
Lane Photographics Ltd.,
St. John's
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Feature Articles ...
Ice By Patrick Carroll.
Drift, open drift, compact, close pack, fast, brash, blocky, dome, drydock, tabular, wedge, pancake, floe. Lolly, glitter, sish, pummy, nilas, shuga, frazil and, finally, glim: a glow seen over a distant ice field. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.[ read online ]
The Flying Set By John Lewis.
In the summer of 1947 and again in 1950 I witnessed over and over performed with skill and daring, the spectacular manoeuver of the Flying Set.
Archbishop Howley and Placentia Bay By William Kirwin
A century ago, in October 1901, Bishop Michael Francis Howley began writing a series for the Newfoundland Quarterly on
place-names of Newfoundland.
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