Province/Territory: Newfoundland and Labrador
Take a boat tour along Iceberg Alley
Take a boat tour along Iceberg Alley
- 12000-year-old chunks of Greenland glaciers
- 90 per cent of an iceberg's mass is underwater
- 50 stories is height of biggest icebergs
Here in "Iceberg Alley", towering slabs of 12,000-year-old ice float past the tip of Labrador and along Newfoundland's northern coastline, dotting the horizon like so many mountain peaks. These glittering white monoliths are chunks of Greenland glaciers that break or "calve" off as the weather warms, and it's fun to hop on a boat for a closer look. Whether your tour takes off from the pretty coastal fishing village of Twillingate, or starts from the harbour in downtown St. John's, you'll cruise past little growlers and bergy bits to circle the biggest bergs, some as tall as a downtown office tower. Watch rivulets of icy water pour from crevasses and catch the blue-green flashes of the submerged corners of these icy giants just below the water line. Even if ice bergs aren't around, look for seals bobbing in the blue water, colorful puffins and murres nesting on steep cliffs, or the many whales found in these northern waters.
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