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ABOUT NORTH STAR PORT
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority produces this
quarterly magazine. Jayson Hron is the publisher.
Editorial assistance provided by Julie Zenner.
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Port Passings
Tools of the Trade
In Focus
Logbook
Printed on 10% post-consumer waste paper.
ON THE COVER: Port photographer
Adam Bjornberg captured this photo of
Nordy, mascot for the NHL's Minnesota
Wild, in Duluth aboard the Mesabi Miner.
Nordy and the Wild visited Duluth during
their 2023 preseason training camp.
N O RT H S TA R
PORT
NORDY, MASCOT
FOR THE NATIONAL
HOCKEY LEAGUE'S MINNESOTA
WILD, DISPLAYED HIS OWN
ARRAY OF FALL COLORS
ABOARD THE MESABI MINER
DURING A PRESEASON STOP
AT DULUTH'S CN IRON
ORE DOCK.
F A L L
2 0 2 3
F A L L 2 0 2 3 / V O L . 5 6 , N O . 4
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Season
Update
N O R T H S T A R
PORT
Seasons of Yore
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