We recently saw a 63-foot wave off the mouth of the river in the ocean, recorded by a data buoy offshore. While this is a big wave for us, it’s also within the parameters of a set of wave parameters called “significant wave height.”
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We’ve got a bit of stormy weather coming in, and so a good time to answer a listener question about the Columbia River Bar and how sthip traffic is affected by weather.
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Today we have a Military Sealift Command cargo ship headed to Portland to the shipyard at Swan Island for repairs and maintenance. We’ll learn a little today about this interesting military vessel.
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Today we have an abundance of anchored ships on the river, so many that a couple are waiting offshore. We’ll talk about how that can happen.
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A look at today’s ship traffic on the Columbia.
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Each year the USCG heavy icebreaker Polar Star heads to Antarctica to spend the Northern Hemisphere winter opening a channel through the ice during the Antarctic summer.
The ship has just completed her mission and is heading home to Seattle. We’ll talk about why this unique ship was there, and why her mission is so important.
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