The winter-long buildup of ice was causing lots of problems in Newfoundland as spring approached in 1983.
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So much ice in Newfoundland
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2:31Ice was causing a lot of problems for Newfoundland in early 1983.2:31
There was nothing nice about all the ice, particularly for the people having to charter a helicopter to go anywhere.
"Pack ice and icebergs continue to imprison whole areas of Newfoundland," the CBC's Knowlton Nash told viewers on
The National on March 1, 1983.
"Ships and communities have been left stranded and food airlifts have started."
Nash explained that the ice-related problems extended to inland communities in some cases, where flooding had resulted.