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Great Lakes Pilots – Tackling dramatic waters and winter ice with precision navigation

A downbound bulk carrier pushes through a snow-covered ice field on the St. Marys River in December 2025.
A downbound bulk carrier pushes through a snow-covered ice field on the St. Marys River in December
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WhaleSpotter’s thermal detection unit, roughly the size of a shoebox, uses infrared imaging and AI to detect whale spouts and body heat up to 4 nautical miles ahead of a vessel. Mounted high on the vessel with a user interface modeled on a radar display, the system can be installed in under an hour without drydock, providing crews with nighttime and low-visibility whale detection along busy shipping routes.Next PostAI tool helps ships avoid whale strikes, now leading cause of whale mortality

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