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No backs, no spouts, not even the shadow of a tail. Zero, zip, zilch. \u201cNo whales this week,\u201d a number of observers have confided to me.\u00a0 So, instead of talking with me about cetaceans, those who keep their eyes on the River are commenting about the ice. Over the past few weeks, a white sheet has formed on the waters of the St. Lawrence and continues to spread thanks to successive cold waves.<\/p>\n

In Franquelin<\/strong>, \u201cThe ice stretches for kilometres; I can’t even see where it ends,\u201d points out one of the locals. And as long as there is ice, I won\u2019t be able to see anything offshore!\u201d A little farther downstream, one observer points out: \u201cThis is the first time since the start of winter that Baie Sainte-Marguerite between Sept-\u00celes<\/strong> and Port-Cartier<\/strong> is completely locked in ice.\u201d Gasp\u00e9 Bay<\/strong>, too, has practically come to a complete standstill in Old Man Winter\u2019s stranglehold. It seems that this significant ice cover stretching all along the shores of the St. Lawrence was to be expected, if we go by the report published in early December by the Canadian Ice Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No backs, no spouts, not even the shadow of a tail. Zero, zip, zilch. \u201cNo whales this week,\u201d a number of observers have confided to me.\u00a0 So, instead of talking with me about cetaceans, those who keep their eyes on the River are commenting about the ice. Over the past few weeks, a white sheet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":56654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWinter Doldrums - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No backs, no spouts, not even the shadow of a tail. 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