Database was a different approach, just loading accounts and checking who followed who. If they had "NAFO" in the bio, etc. Problem was: Who would pay for the db and rest api service?
I made the client for communicating with BSky, that was actually easy. But the logic on how to find and verify NAFO accounts was harder. One way to do it, was to verify NAFO accounts, based on how many NAFO followed an account, subtracted by how many blocked the same account.
Bloody hell... That's what it meant. On my card, it was a round number. I imagined I was among the first (round number) users. It was a "precise number". I want that card back to look at it again.
I recon, early july to mid-november. Maybe longer if they are lucky, then they need icebreaker escort. Read this article. LNG without icebreaker support in February 2018. That's mid-winter. gcaptain.com/photos-teeka...
Bermuda-based shipping company Teekay has taken delivery of the icebreaking LNG carrier Eduard Toll, which has now completed its first unescorted trip across the Northern Sea Route. Eduard Toll is...
Well, yes and no. 1. We don't want Russian export. 2. Russia can't alone remove the ice, that has the rich part of the world done. Russia is exploiting this "new future". 3. They can't do it for long. The ice will come back and it's hard to predict the wind direction at planning stage for a voyage.
Found this regarding 2024: A record-number of Arctic permits for LNG carriers, a total of 31 as of July 15, suggest the company is putting in place the logistics chain to begin deliveries this summer. Who can blame them, 18 days vs 6 weeks. Wind direction and speed is the key for a safe voyage.
That is not entirely true. In 2023 alone, LNG carriers made 37 deliveries to Asia via the Arctic, with 31 going to China. Right now, 5 is enroute to Asia.
Twitter reporting has changes in recent weeks. Uncertain exactly what it means, but we have closed several accounts, even I got some days in Twatter jail for a innocent offence.
I am still on Twitter. Hopefully, I will be more social on Bluesky in the future.