Picture a scene where hundreds of bergs, some thousands of years old, are floating along the sea in an eye-catching ‘parade’. Andrew Eames heads to Iceberg Alley.
So here’s a riddle for the well-traveled … What’s bigger than a multi-story car park, calves ‘growlers’, sinks ships, and weeps gently as it comes sashaying down a spectacular ‘alley’ that runs for over 100 miles?
The answer, of course, is an iceberg, and the catwalk in question is the so-called Iceberg Alley off the coast of the island of Newfoundland in Atlantic Canada. Here, on a productive day in the heart of the season, as many as 300 bergs can be found whispering along the shore at any one time.
The waters in these parts have long been known for their big lumps of ice—ever since a famous one sank the Titanic near here, back in 1912. Most of these bergs break off from the edges of the expanding glaciers of western Greenland, 1,000 miles north, and the Newfie shoreline in the months of May and June is the last stage of a reluctant migration.
They parade past in a stately fashion, some sporting pinnacles, some arches, some table-topped and some—very occasionally—carrying polar bears. From the shore, they are mapped, watched and photographed, as if they’re in some kind of slo-mo art show. And they’re certainly mesmerizing when seen up-close, especially when you realize that some are as ancient as 10,000 years old.
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