And that's a nice lead-in to the next slide. For those of that don't know, Captain Brigham in one way or another taught me how to break ice. He taught the people who taught me how to break ice. And I owe a lot of what I know about ice and icebreaking and much of my career to Dr. Brigham. Dr. Jeffress? MEMBER JEFFRESS: Yes. I had a question about the weather. Like, how often is it clear visibility and how often is it restricted visibility going through this strait? COMMANDER HOUCK: I would have to base my answer on my own experience and I would say that only about half the time are weather conditions ideal with visibilities greater than 8 miles. The non-ideal can vary between ice coverage, fog with visibilities down to where you can't see the bow of your ship to sideways rain to 40-foot seas. So, if there are no other
And that's a nice lead-in to the next slide. For those of that don't know, Captain Brigham in one way or another taught me how to break ice. He taught the people who taught me how to break ice. And I owe a lot of what I know about ice and icebreaking and much of my career to Dr. Brigham. Dr. Jeffress? MEMBER JEFFRESS: Yes. I had a question about the weather. Like, how often is it clear visibility and how often is it restricted visibility going through this strait? COMMANDER HOUCK: I would have to base my answer on my own experience and I would say that only about half the time are weather conditions ideal with visibilities greater than 8 miles. The non-ideal can vary between ice coverage, fog with visibilities down to where you can't see the bow of your ship to sideways rain to 40-foot seas. So, if there are no other
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