Canada CHS update in the Marine GeoGarage

1316 Québec harbour

5 charts (12 including sub-charts) have been added and 117 charts have been updated (October 11) :

• 1202 CAP ETERNITE TO SAINT-FULGENCE
• 1203 TADOUSSAC TO CAP ETERNITE
• 1236 POINTE DES MONTS TO ESCOUMINS
• 1313 BATISCAN TO LAC SAINT-PIERRE
• 1315 QUEBEC TO DONNACONA
• 1316 PORT DE QUEBEC
• 1317 SAULT-AU-COCHON TO QUEBEC
• 1320 ILE DU BIC TO CAP DE LA TETE AU CHIEN
• 1350A SOREL - TRACY TO RUISSEAU LAHAISE
• 1350B RUISSEAU LAHAISE TO SAINT-ANTOINE-SUR-RICHELIEU
• 1350C SAINT-ANTOINE-SUR-RICHELIEU TO ILE AUX CERFS
• 1350D ILE AUX CERFS TO OTTERBURN PARK
• 1433 ILE ST.REGIS TO CROIL ISLANDS A-B
• 1434 CROIL ISLANDS TO CARDINAL B-C
• 1438 GRINDSTONE ISLAND TO CARLETON ISLAND
• 1509A RIVIERE DES PRAIRIES/ ILE BIZARD TO PONT-VIAU
• 1509B RIVIERE DES PRAIRIES PONT-VIAU TO ILE BOURDON
• 1510A LAC DES DEUX MONTAGNES
• 1510B LAC DES DEUX MONTAGNES
• 1514A CARILLON TO L'ORIGNAL
• 1514B L'ORIGNAL TO PAPINEAUVILLE
• 2047 CLARKSON HARBOUR
• 2077 LAKE ONTARIO/LAC ONTARIO - WESTERN PORTION
• 2085 TORONTO HARBOUR
• 2086 TORONTO TO HAMILTON
• 2243 BATEAU ISLAND TO BYNG INLET
• 3419 ESQUIMALT HARBOUR
• 3447 NANAIMO HARBOUR AND DEPARTURE BAY
• 3456 HALIBUT BANK TO BALLENAS CHANNEL
• 3458 APPROACHES TO NANAIMO HARBOUR
• 3459 APPROACHES TO NANOOSE HARBOUR
• 3463 STRAIT OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN PORTION
• 3473 ACTIVE PASS PORLIER PASS AND MONTAGUE HARBOUR
• 3489A PATTULLO BRIDGE TO BARNSTON ISLAND
• 3489B PATTULLO BRIDGE TO CRESCENT ISLAND
• 3494 VANCOUVER HARBOUR CENTRAL POSITION
• 3495 VANCOUVER HARBOUR EASTERN PORTION
• 3512 STRAIT OF GEORGIA CENTRAL PORTION
• 3513 STRAIT OF GEORGIA NORTHERN PORTION
• 3535 PLANS MALASPINA STRAIT - PENDER HARBOUR
• 3538 DESOLATION SOUND AND SUTIL CHANNEL
• 3539 DISCOVERY PASSAGE
• 3541 APPROACHES TO TOBA INLET
• 3546 BROUGHTON STRAIT
• 3646 PLANS BARKLEY SOUND
• 3724 CAAMANO SOUND AND APPROACHES
• 3726 LAREDO SOUND AND APPROACHES
• 3728 MILBANKE SOUND AND APPROACHES
• 3737 LAREDO CHANNEL - INCLUDING LAREDO INLET AND SURF INLET
• 3742 OTTER PASSAGE TO McKAY REACH
• 3743 DOUGLAS CHANNEL
• 3800 DIXON ENTRANCE
• 3807 ATLI INLET TO SELWYN INLET
• 3825 CAPE ST JAMES TO HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
• 3855 HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
• 3931 SMITH INLET BOSWELL INLET AND DRANEY INLET
• 3938 QUEENS SOUND TO SEAFORTH CHANNEL
• 3941 CHANNELS VICINITY OF MILBANKE SOUND
• 3958 PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
• 3974 DEAN CHANNEL
• 4002 GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
• 4003 CAPE BRETON TO CAPE COD
• 4011 APPROACHES TO BAY OF FUNDY
• 4012 YARMOUTH TO HALIFAX
• 4022 CABOT STRAIT AND APPROACHES
• 4023 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT
• 4024 CHALEUR BAY TO ILES DE LA MADELEINE
• 4047 ST PIERRE BANK TO WHALE BANK
• 4049 GRAND BANK NORTHERN PORTION TO FLEMISH PASS
• 4114 CAMPOBELLO ISLAND
• 4115 PASSAMAQUODDY BAY AND ST CROIX RIVER
• 4116 APPROACHES TO SAINT JOHN
• 4118 ST. MARY'S BAY
• 4124 LETETE PASSAGE LETANG HARBOUR AND BLACKS HARBOUR
• 4141A SAINT JOHN TO EVANDALE
• 4141B GRAND BAY TO EVANDALE INCLUDING BELLEISLE BAY
• 4210 CAPE SABLE TO PUBNICO HARBOUR
• 4227 COUNTRY HARBOUR TO SHIP HARBOUR
• 4233 CAPE CANSO TO COUNTRY ISLAND
• 4237 APPROACHES TO HALIFAX HARBOUR
• 4242 CAPE SABLE ISLAND TO TUSKET ISLANDS
• 4307 CANSO HARBOUR TO STRAIT OF CANSO
• 4320 EGG ISLAND TO WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND
• 4335 STRAIT OF CANSO AND APPROACHES
• 4374 RED POINT TO GUYON ISLAND
• 4381 MAHONE BAY
• 4396 ANNAPOLIS BASIN
• 4404 CAPE GEORGE TO PICTOU
• 4405 PICTOU ISLAND TO TRYON SHOALS
• 4406 TRYON SHOALS TO CAPE EGMONT
• 4420 MURRAY HARBOUR
• 4447 POMQUET AND TRACADIE HARBOURS
• 4448 PORT HOOD
• 4452 HARBOURS AND ANCHORAGES - NORTH SHORE
• 4470 BLANC-SABLON TO MIDDLE-BAY
• 4485 CAP DES ROSIERS TO CHANDLER
• 4486 CHALEUR BAY
• 4491 MALPEQUE BAY
• 4522 TILT COVE AND LA SCIE HARBOUR (APPROACHES LA SCIE HARBOUR)
• 4541 SOPS ARM
• 4617 RED ISLAND TO PINCHGUT POINT
• 4619 PRESQUE HARBOUR TO BAR HAVEN ISLAND AND PARADISE SOUND
• 4624 LONG ISLAND TO ST. LAWRENCE HARBOURS
• 4652 HUMBER ARM - MEADOWS POINT TO HUMBER RIVER
• 4722 TERRINGTON BASIN
• 4728 EPINETTE POINT TO TERRINGTON BASIN
• 4821 WHITE BAY AND NOTRE DAME BAY
• 4825 BURGEO AND RAMEA ISLANDS
• 4826 BURGEO TO FRANCOIS
• 4846 MOTION BAY TO CAPE ST FRANCIS
• 4851 TRINITY BAY - SOUTHERN PORTION
• 4853 TRINITY BAY - NORTHERN PORTION
• 4855 BONAVISTA BAY SOUTHERN PORTION
• 4856 BONAVISTA BAY WESTERN PORTION
• 4865 APPROACHES TO LEWISPORTE AND LOON BAY
• 4911 ENTREE ENTRANCE TO MIRAMICHI RIVER
• 4912 MIRAMICHI
• 4921 HAVRE DE BEAUBASSIN
• 4980 BLANC-SABLON
• 5001 LABRADOR SEA
• 5023 CAPE HARRISON TO NUNAKSALUK ISLAND
• 5043 QUAKER HAT TO CAPE HARRISON
• 5044 CAPE HARRISON TO DOG ISLANDS
• 5045 DOG ISLANDS TO CAPE MAKKOVIK
• 5058 NORTH HEAD TO MURPHY HEAD
• 6218A KENORA RAT PORTAGE BAY
• 6218B KENORA RAT PORTAGE BAY
• 7127 APPROACHES TO KOOJESSE INLET
• 7220 LANCASTER SOUND EASTERN APPROACHES
• 8048 CAPE HARRISON TO ST MICHAEL BAY

So 790 charts (1671 including sub-charts) are available in the Canada CHS layer. (see coverage)

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Title wave carries Slater to record-breaking heights

From SydneyMorningHerald

Sschumacher, Federer, Woods and Armstrong are surnames synonymous with world domination.
But a 39-year-old surfer by the name of Robert Kelly Slater staked his claim for the right to be labelled the greatest athlete of all-time, clinching a record 11th world title on Wednesday, 19 years after his first.
While Schumacher (last formula one title in 2006), Federer (last grand slam win 2010) and Woods (last major win 2008) have all seemingly been surpassed by the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Novak Djokovic in recent years, Slater has comprehensively dominated world surfing throughout three decades.

He has reinvented himself and the sport on countless occasions and, today, 99 days short of his 40th birthday, remains the best surfer in the world, while his decorated world sport counterparts battle for placings among their respective chasing packs.
"And I can't see him slowing down either," said two-time world champion Mick Fanning, the only other surfer to have won the world championship since 2005."
I definitely think some of the surfing he's done in the past 24 months is some of the best surfing ever seen. And definitely in competition.

"Eleven world titles . . . he's a freak.
Most of us grew up watching him and he's still here, still getting better.
"If anything, he's definitely gotten faster and more nimble in the last two years than say 2007 or 2009 when I beat him."
"He just doesn't seem to age and there's something in him that just keeps inspiring. He hasn't let anyone know exactly what it is yet."

At 20, Slater was the youngest surfer to ever win the world title in 1992 and almost 20 years later, he is also the oldest to hold the crown.
"Part of it is people always talk about my age and you know I'm 39, almost 40, and to me that's literally just a number," Slater said when celebrating his win.
"You can prove people wrong and stay super healthy. I don't see why at 50 I can't be in better shape than I am now. If anything, I'd like to try to represent that to people. I eat well and I talk about it and I walk the walk and it shows in my ability physically."

From one world champion to another, four-time women's title holder Stephanie Gilmore considers Slater not just an inspiration to surfers but to people the world over.
Gilmore was three years old when Slater won his first title and now sits alongside him as a Quiksilver ambassador and world champion.
He's still an idol.
"It's amazing at his age and it's amazing for any type of human being to see progression of a human being well beyond what should have been their peak age," Gilmore said.
"He's setting new limits. I don't know if anyone in such a competitive world sport has been so dominant for so long."
Eleven world titles . . . it makes four world titles, even seven world titles look silly. It's unbelievable. He must be immortal."

Australian 21-year-old Owen Wright was the only competitor capable of upsetting the historic title before Slater's third-round win on Wednesday over Yamba product Dan Ross.
Many, including Slater, have labelled Wright, from Lennox Head, a future world-title winner. But despite an 18-year age advantage – and spending much of his 21 years aspiring to be as good as "The King" – Wright is yet to unseat arguably the most dominant force in world sport.
"Last year from Kelly was unbelievable but this year it's kind of gone out of this universe," Wright said.
"I don't know if anyone actually comprehends what he's doing and how he's doing it."
He started on tour the same year I was born and he is still the best surfer in the world.
"He's a champion and there's a lot of guys looking at him trying to watch and learn. And the younger generation are really going to pick up on some of his tricks. Jordy [Smith], myself and Julian [Wilson] and the other young guys keep pushing him and it's a good thing for him, maybe not so much us, because why would you want to compete somewhere when you're not getting pushed."
He took surfing to the next level in the 1990s and he's done so every decade since.
Kelly is surfing.
He has to be one of the greatest athletes of all time.
And there are no signs of him stopping yet.

Links :

• HuffingtonPost : Kelly Slater will likely win his 11th World Title in San Francisco
• GeoGarage blog : Kelly Slater wins his 10th surfing world title
  

World's biggest marine protection zone proposed for Antarctic

The Antarctic Ocean Alliance has just launched calling for the world's largest marine reserve around Antarctica to protect this unique ecosystem for all time.

From TheTelegraph

A global coalition of scientists has called for the waters of the Antarctic to be turned into the world's biggest marine protection zone.

The Antarctic Ocean Alliance, made up of a number of conservation groups including Greenpeace, wants 19 parts of the southern seas to be declared "no take zones", where industrial fishing is banned.

The move would protect 10,000 species, including emperor penguins, minke and killer whales, seals, krill and colossal squid, in regions ranging from the Ross Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula to the Weddell Sea.

Adelie penguin as it lands on the Antarctic ice (photo John Weller, The Last Ocean)

Currently, the Antarctic land mass is protected under law, but the waters that surround it, which are teeming with rare marine life, are not.
The AOA has warned that as fishing stocks around the world were becoming increasingly depleted, fishing boats were heading south.
"The problem at the moment is that as fisheries resources around the world come under more and more pressure, there are going to be more distant water-fishing nations who want to go to the oceans around Antarctica to extract protein," AOA director Steve Campbell said.
"And they are going to do it either legally or illegally."
Mr Campbell said the alliance was calling for the creation of a reserve network "on a scale that hasn't been done anywhere else on the planet before because of the enormous value of the Antarctic wilderness to science and to humanity".

The 25-nation Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is set to decide on a network of marine reserves by 2012.
Antarctica is seen as a critical resource for studying climate change, with its ice cores providing valuable data on greenhouse gas levels and temperatures.

Links :

• HuffingtonPost : Antarctic Ocean Alliance Call For World's Biggest Marine Protection Zone In Antarctica
• Greenpeace : Protecting the wild south: Antarctica
  

The story of the captain who wrecked twice the same boat in the same place

Wreck of the 1952-built EVER PROSPERITY (e-UMA MARU)
The wreck of the former Liberty EVER PROSPERITY can be seen 45 mile to the SE of this one.

From Artificialowl

They might not be the most spectacular shipwrecks you have ever seen, but the story that lead those 2 ships to wreck on the reef coast of new Caledonia is pretty unusual.

The strange story of the two "Ever Prosperity".
They were twin ships ("Liberty ships"), they had same name and same base port in Monrovia, Liberia.

The first "Ever Prosperity" went straight up on the West Coast barrier reef in 1965.

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The second one did exactly same in 1970.

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It was the same captain, a Korean man, who had been commanding each ship at the time of her grounding!

Cute Creta

This Envisat image is dominated by the island of Crete separating the Aegean and Libyan Seas in the eastern Mediterranean.

At the top of the image we can see the southern portion of the Cyclades island group, including the islands of Milos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini.
This image is a compilation of three passes by Envisat’s radar on 11 December 2010, 10 January and 11 March 2011. Each is assigned a colour (red, green and blue) and combined to produce this representation.
New colours reveal changes in the surface between Envisat’s passes.
Credits: ESA

The largest and most populous of the Greek islands, Crete is home to numerous beaches, fertile plateaus, caves and high mountains.
Located at the centre of the island, Mount Psiloritis (also known as Mount Ida) towers over the others at 2454 m.
According to Greek mythology, the god of sky and thunder – Zeus – was born in a cave here.
While most of these islands are peaks of a submerged mountainous terrain, Milos and Santorini (the two backward-C-shaped islands) are volcanic.

Cute Creta from joerg daiber

Timelapse video with tilt-shift lens effect bringing back great memories of last summer holidays
Locations: Agios Nikolaos, Spinalonga, Kritsa, Katharo, Pitsidia and Matala on Crete, Greece.