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and finally, from Trace again. Beautiful Lumsden, on the Straight Shore Route 320.
It’s officially spring according to the calendar and the sideways snow in Gander as I write this post. Welcome to Newfoundland!
The two peaked pinnacle iceberg and huge flat tabular iceberg have been hanging out up in Bonavista for two months and now are joined by a third iceberg as proven by the ever smiling Eric Abbott.
Thanks Puffinman for all you contribute to the group. I’ll let your pictures speak for themselves.
With bergs still hanging out in Bonavista and Maberly we might manage a few more posts before they move off land. Stay tuned or check out facebook page for current posts.
This all started with word from the Straight Shore of a huge iceberg seen on January 14, 2016.
By January 19, it had moved to the Bonavista area and decided to hang around. We drove out from Gander to see it on January 24 and it was spectacular.
Grounded off the community of Elliston for a month the berg is now on the move again!
Eric tells us she measures about the same size as Green Island, Bonavista or 0,5 of a mile in length or a bit over 0,8 of a kilometre. That’s big, no matter how you measure it. She’ll be missed in Elliston now that she’s taking her leave.
Visible in Port Union and other communities, we’re hoping for more sightings as it moves along the coast.
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Iceberg season 2016 started with a bang when Darlene Hillier shared her iceberg photo taken in Cape Freels with the local weatherman’s page.
Hello?
Darlene, can you please join our Facebook page?
And she did!
Darlene’s friend, Trace also got some shots of this berg and by the time it made it to Cape Bonavista and then Elliston, Eric Abbott was on the case. In addition to iceberg shots, Eric did some exceptional photography with the Sealer’s Memorial in Elliston.
The Sealer’s Memorial represents a father and son found frozen during the S.S. Newfoundland Sealing disaster. Documented by Cassie Brown in the novel, Death on the Ice, this tragedy and the loss in the same storm of the Southern Cross impacted a whole generation of Newfoundland families.
Eric’s capture of the snow-covered statue and an iceberg in background is stunning.
Eric Abbott photography. When you get over the lovely house, notice the massive iceberg!
After seeing Eric getting amazing pictures for a few days, we took a chance on Sunday, January 24 and drove to Elliston and then Maberly to find this. I apologize for the quality of the video but you can see how far our and how huge this berg is.
First attempt at filming the iceberg.
This was so exciting to see!
The berg is huge and moving towards Grates Cove area next but is very far out at sea so photos will be hard to get.
This shot with a ship in the background gives an idea of the size of this tabular giant.
Still hanging around on January 28 in Maberly. We’re assuming this berg is grounded and might hang out a bit longer.
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