A bird's-eye view on Labrador climate change, as drones inform on ice
Rigolet's Eldred Allen and his drone company Bird's Eye Inc. are keeping tabs on changing ice conditions, and helping keep people safe.
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Posted: Apr 07, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 7
Sea ice moves into the Labrador coast each fall, but it was five weeks later than normal for the 2020-21 season.(Eldred Allen/Bird's Eye Inc.)
From the ground, an ice highway near Rigolet looked as it always did to Eldred Allen: newly frozen over, with excited snowmobilers heading over it to their cabins, or on hunting and fishing trips.