A Mooring Ball Gone with the Floe
February 3, 2020
It was a dark and stormy night. Actually it was a cold and windy mid-February afternoon. We were into our fifth or sixth day of
It was a dark and stormy night. Actually it was a cold and windy mid-February afternoon. We were into our fifth or sixth day of
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