The musical version of the
North Atlantic Drift continues to bring a stream of roots musicians from the USA and Canada to the region.
Sound It Out Records, TRACY HYMAN There was a couple of references to back catalogue in playing the stirring opener to Paul's first album, Margins,
North Atlantic Drift and then the more playful, While You're In The Bath.
The answer lies in the tail of the Gulf Stream (the
North Atlantic Drift) which wraps around this green land on the western edge of Europe.
He was among the first, if not the very first, to identify a layer of relatively warm water beneath a colder surface layer, the warmer water representing the northernmost branches of the Gulf Stream, or more properly, the
North Atlantic Drift. Having called at the old Dutch whaling settlement of Smeerenburg, Leigh Smith worked his way east along the north coast of Spitsbergen despite difficult ice conditions, then south down Hinlo-penstretet as far as Wilhelmoya, back north again and east along the north coast of Noraustlandet to within sight of the cape later named Kapp Leigh Smith, the easternmost point of Nordaustlandet.
Three major currents (the West Greenland, Labrador, and
North Atlantic Drift), met in "aqueous mountains", just below Cape Farewell, Greenland, situated longitudinally between about 40[degrees] and 50[degrees] West?
Yet we enjoy more clement weather because of the Gulf Stream that is brought to us courtesy of the
North Atlantic Drift. This ensures we get warm summers and mild winters.
We have no idea the direction his disease will take: Labrador Current or
North Atlantic Drift or Equatorial Countercurrent.
And for the hardy and intrepid, Vardo has its charms: a bleak but beautiful landscape, beguiling vernacular architecture, abundant birdlife, a cautiously expanding tourist industry and a sheltered port that does not freeze in winter thanks to the benign effect of the
North Atlantic drift.
Winters can be mild, too, thanks to a warm sea current known as the
North Atlantic Drift, which originates in the Caribbean.
He explains about the importance of the
North Atlantic Drift and what will happen if it stops, as predicted.
The Banffshire coast also has its own micro-climate, created by the warmth of the
North Atlantic Drift and the shelter of the Grampian Mountains.
I can reveal Ocean Colour Scene are recording the follow up to their superb 2003 album
North Atlantic Drift in a converted barn near Dundee.