The island\u0027s wild horses have survived 200 years of Atlantic hurricanes by sheltering in groups beside sand dunes
Adding to the horses’ ability to hunker down is that they’re well known as capable diggers; the Sable Island horses are often known to obtain freshwater by scratching out shallow wells.
During the worst of Hurricane Fiona, wave heights near the island were reaching as high as 30 metres. However, the Institute reported that the island’s large, sloping beaches were able to tame the worst of the waves and prevent them from swamping the “areas inland and between dunes” where the horses would have been sheltering.Article content1905 report
Sable Island is nominally uninhabited by humans. In large part because of its isolation and exposure to severe weather, Sable Island has only ever been fit for rescue stations and the occasional military outpost.Nevertheless, four people remained on Sable Island throughout the storm: Three Parks Canada staff members and one researcher took shelter in the low cluster of buildings forming Sable Island Station.
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