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Ocelot II

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1. There's a very old photo in my family that looks a lot like that.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:42 PM

20 hrs ago

My grandfather was the captain of a Great Lakes ore ship in the '20s and '30s, and somewhere among the family photos is a picture of his ship almost completely covered with ice.

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.....A frozen ship covered in thick ice reaches Duluth after facing intense subzero temperatures [View all] riversedge 20 hrs ago OP

There's a very old photo in my family that looks a lot like that. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #1

Cool! Ellipsis 20 hrs ago #2

While not boat related.. In some past big Winters.... electric_blue68 20 hrs ago #3