I would almost guarantee that they’re SURTASS cables
Undersea hydrophones for tracking submarines.
Canada has some undersea cables along Hudson's Bay. This is an extremely remote area with an incredibly low population... what is the purpose of these cables
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JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 56 minutes ago
PragmaticOne@lemmy.world 39 minutes ago
Oh that’s a good shout. Never thought about that.
JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 35 minutes ago
The only reason I thought about it was because I was a SONAR tech in the Navy and had friends in IUSS and SURTASS. Long-range passive SONAR like that is fascinating.
Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 2 hours ago
Connecting tiny, remote populations to the rest of the world, perchance? That sounds like a good enough use of my tax dollars on its face.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Cheaper than poles?
one_old_coder@piefed.social 1 hour ago
Obviously, they want money and pierogi all the time.
dhork@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It looks like that peninsula is a national park with very rugged terrain, and that route might be the only way to get the towns connected at all.
eurodyne@piefed.world 2 hours ago
Because Internet, dumbass
PragmaticOne@lemmy.world 39 minutes ago
Low pop or not people still need to be able to communicate and that includes sea vessels and aircraft.