Where has all the ice gone?

View south from the Joggins Fossil Centre over the Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO World Heritage Site and the spectacular Bay of Fundy

Last year, looking out of our offices, across the Bay of Fundy it looked for all the world like we could venture out with backpacks and a thermos of hot coffee and walk across the ice to New Brunswick.

This year, however we would have to swim...there is no ice and for February, that's unusual.

We've been experiencing above-average temperatures in Northern Nova Scotia and while we have had our fair share of snow, the water in the Bay is remaining warm enough not to freeze for long periods. The beach is still icy and we have some spectacular frozen waterfalls but the Bay remains fluid.