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The picture to the right is the starboard side of the Louis...the right side...that yellow thing sticking out at the top of the picture is the crane that is holding out towfish. The towfish is being "dragged" or towed along side about 25 meters down. You can just make out the tow cable fairing...that vertical black line to the right of the ship.
Above is another view of the crane. See the guy in orange on the A-frame? That's Doug Sieberg. I'm the short guy standing next to the tall guy in yellow; the tall guy is Bon van Hardenberg. We are all wearing anti-exposure suits...it is kinda cold out there on deck! The towfish is suspended off of the crane using the crane's block (the big orange thing hanging off of the crane) and a 28" sheave (pronounced shiv' as in shiver); the sheave is the grey wheel hanging off of the block. The tow cable runs through the sheave's grooved wheel and down to the towfish...it is anchored onto a winch that is off to the right of the crane (or to the port side of the ship - the left side). The crane-sheave assembly has to be able to handle upwards of 2000 pounds of downforce...that is the drag that the towfish creates!!
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How's this for a view? This is the entrance to Nanisivik , Baffin Island, Canada. |
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 This picture above and the small one below are of the loading dock at the Nanisivik mine. The Louis S. St-Laurent is moored at the pier for fueling. It costs about $1 Million US to fill up! Good thing she gets decent mileage!! |
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