I'm from South Africa. It's 42°C I'm addicted to this channel. I'm 54 years old never get to their. We never ever see such big ships. I love this channel ❤. Bucketlist no1.
Thanks for posting this. Love the different angles of the ship and the winter scenes. I saw her leave Duluth once while visiting the area, and have been interested ever since! She is quite impressive!
WOW beautiful ship, great scene, nice to see a spirit of cooperation. Who has been in an aluminum boat late fall early spring and been chilled 🙋♂ Can not imagine floating around in that ice water?
I used to live on Klenk Island down at the end of Alter Rd in Detroit. I literally could be laying in bed watching the big boys slip silently past. My Dad taught me that the lakers had the wheel house up on the bow but it's not a written rule as the Tregurtha is back astern like a salty. Just something I remember! Stay warm everyone!
i thought it was too iced up to run the lakes, and they layed up for winter. or is that just on superior? I know its supposed to be the biggest on the lakes I heard, but I thought only icebreakers were the only ones to run in the winter for supplys or in front, No? and what is that huge plum that looks like steam I thought the ship was diesel electro, thats a heck of a lot of exaust if its not steam.
@@manga12 Superior’s shipping season runs from late march to early January, this was its last voyage before docking in Duluth for the winter. The other question is a little more complex but I’ll explain. So the Tregurtha is powered by four massive Diesel engines as to generate as much power as needed and after the diesel is burned in the engines, the exhaust then goes through a very impressive system of separators which remove impurities and especially harmful products from entering the air. The reasoning it comes out white is likely the temperature in this video
@@maxboerner3247 ah well its a ton of heat comming out, almost like a giant turbine, I mean its a large ship but I am not sure it has as massive as engines you find in something like the worlds largest engine the warzilla that powers the giant oceangoing container ships, seems this is putting out more emissions and heat then one of those.
If you pause the video in the minute 1:00, you will see an image that looks like Realism Painting, painted by Jules Brenton or any another Realism artists. For me that image is speechless, the lighthouse, the street lamps, the fog, the icy weather, the ship, the sky and many others elements are talking in silence in my mind.
I'm an Indian , not red ..regular brown from India...been to Duluth many time as a cadet right up to Master.....love the Great Lakes and love America ..🙏
This video was a random suggestion a few months ago.It started my now minor obsession with the Great Lakes,the freighters and all their history.I just used Black Friday promos to book 5 nights next May. 2 in Duluth,1 in Grand Marais and 2 in Lutsen.I wonder how many others had 1st time exposure through your channel and have gone down the same Lake Superior rabbit hole I have.
Amazing film! What are the whistle signals? 3 short blasts for 'operating astern propulsion' I get, but the subsequent higher pitched musical tones, what do they mean?
I am really confused. I thought they stopped shipping for winter. Wasn’t the Fitz trying to get in one last run before shutting down for winter, when she went down?
They generally stop at ice up. Remember the weather service is much better than when the sinking of the Fitzgerald happened, not to say it couldn't happen now but I think the odds are much better these days that they ships will avoid the truly bad weather.
All Great Lakes captains are fully qualified as pilots for the harbors, rivers, and canals. These huge ships (1,000 feet long) are maneuvered with the world's best skill in and out of harbors without the assistance of pilots and rarely use tugboats.
rode my bike to work this morning in Minneapolis without checking the temp before I left. Got to the office and saw it was -17°F 🥶 think I might've stayed home and worked remote if I'd known beforehand 😂
