A man from Patricia Bay is tracking the progress of the new Island-Class ferry bound for Campbell River as it makes its way through the Mediterranean, across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal and up the west coast of North America before arriving in Victoria.
ThereB次元官网网址檚 a lot to explore on Jay RansonB次元官网网址檚 website. While the position of the new ferry is interesting to people from Campbell River, people spending more than a few minutes on patbaywebcam.com can get lost in things like the rate of ice melt in Greenland, live lightning strikes in B.C., COVID-19 cases, freighters that are anchored in the Southern Gulf Islands, historical earth quakes and how to make sourdough bread in a day.
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To track vessels, Ranson uses data from public ship tracking websites. However, his subscription allows him to get more in depth than other people, which allows him to keep track of where the ships have been and to track them once they leave inshore areas. He also accesses live cameras of the Panama Canal when the vessel arrives in order to make a time-lapse video of the vessel as it passes from Atlantic to Pacific.
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The data is archived on the site for future reference.
Ranson started the site around 20 years ago after a friend asked him where Coast Guard vessels go after they leave the port near his home.
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Over the past few decades, he has amassed quite a following of people who want his data for some reason or another.
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Live tracking of the Island 3 vessel is available at .
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