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Tag Archives: ice-floes
Ice
In January and February this year, people living at Bowness and along the Upper Solway started posting photos of tidelines – not of drifts of hornwrack, kelp and driftwood, but of ice and snow. As the freezing weather continued, so … Continue reading
Posted in ice
Tagged art and science, ice-floes, razorshells, Solway viaduct, Wampool
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Snippets 13: “A hare in a fix”
The polar bear on the ice-floe is the iconic image of climate change and the warming of our seas. Here on the Solway Firth nearly 140 years ago, the climate had changed in the other direction – towards a bitter … Continue reading
Posted in Snippets, Solway Viaduct & Railway, Spring & Neap Tides
Tagged hares, ice-floes, sandbanks, Solway viaduct
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