Since 2017, there hasn’t been any sea ice in St. John’s

A panoramic shot of the St. John's skyline. The ocean is filled with chunks of ice.1 of 8

This week, people in St. John’s woke up to a strange sight in the harbor: the blue of the Atlantic Ocean and the Narrows had been covered with white sheets.

Ashley Brauweiler, a meteorologist with CBC Newfoundland, says that a layer of sea ice moved into the harbor between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. This was caused by an east-southeasterly wind.

The Canadian Coast Guard says that Wednesday was the first time since March 31, 2017, that icebreakers had to work in the Narrows.

Mike Rossiter, a producer for CBC Newfoundland, took pictures of the harbor while he was there. Check out the pictures in the photo gallery up top.

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