Talk:Fletcher's Ice Island

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Observation[edit]

I was the Navigator, with the 55 Air Rescue Squadron out of Thule AB, Greenland, that located Fletchers Ice Island in May of 1955. As I recall it was slightly Northwest of Alert, Canada. It was about 180 to 200 NM from Alert on a North by North West bearing. It took 5 missions in our SB17 to locate the Island, for the civilian scientists to occupy for the duration of summer. Roger E. Hammerli 66.127.213.173 21:17, 11 December 2008‎

I just headed, dated, and signed this for the IP. I will leave it as it may eventually assist in the improvement of this article. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:30, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some fresh references[edit]

Some link-rot noted. Here are some fresh refs for possible article enhancement.

A Study of Mail from Ice Islands; featuring T-3 Fletcher's Ice Island, Drift Station Bravo, et al. Retrieved: 6 April 2015

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project

US Arctic Drifting Stations (1950s-1960s) Retrieved: 6 April 2015

Firebirds Support Fletcher’s Ice Island Retrieved: 6 April 2015

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings - The T-3 Incident By RADM C.O. Holmquist, USN. September 1972 Volume 98/9/835

Retrieved: 6 April 2015

Fletchers Ice Island - KF3AA - The K8CX Ham Gallery. Retrieved: 6 April 2015

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SCIENTIFIC WORK ON “FLETCHER’S ICE ISLAND”, T3 By A. P. Crary*, R. ;D. Cotell”, and T. F. Sexton” Retrieved: 6 April 2015

Science 2.0 The Oldest Arctic Ice By Patrick Lockerby, April 24th 2011 Retrieved: 6 April 2015

Inertial oscillations of Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3)

Journal of Geophysical Research By Kenneth Hunkins Volume 72, Issue 4, pages 1165–1174, 15 February 1967

Retrieved: 6 April 2015

Semper Paratus Tjlynnjr (talk) 09:04, 5 April 2015 (UTC) .[reply]

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Saddest sentence ever written on Wikipedia?[edit]

It is estimated that sometime after July 1983, the iceberg eventually worked its way to the outside of the Arctic ice pack, where it caught a southern current, drifted off into the Atlantic Ocean, and finally melted away.

Well done. I shed a tear. Viriditas (talk) 07:33, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The 1970 murder (by bear-rifle) is not mentioned in this article[edit]

At the time I'm typing this, this article does not mention a murder by firearm that took place on Fletcher's Ice Island in 1970, and the resulting quandary over jurisdiction, since apparently it's not a settled issue that a drifting ice-island is the same thing as a ship moving under some nation's flag, where jurisdiction would be well-settled. The island often moved between Canadian territorial waters and international waters.2600:1700:6759:B000:E894:BFCC:705D:880 (talk) 17:18, 4 May 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson[reply]