What causes ‘sea smoke’?

Maine is back in the deep freeze this week, with temperatures at dawn a few degrees either side of zero. Along the coast, we’re seeing a phenomenon over the waters of Penobscot Bay that often coincides with that frigid air, known locally as sea smoke. “It’s actually called Arctic sea smoke,” explained meteorologist Ken McKinley

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Dragging the line Downeast

Captain Milton Chute and his crew, Roger Wright and Roger’s nephew Justin Wright, left Lubec at 6 a.m. in late December to be out on the waters of South Bay in time to drop their drag at sunrise 7:03 am. Dragging can’t begin until sunrise, according to state regulations. Cobscook Bay regulations limit the daily

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