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| satellite image via european space agency |
For Hundreds of years now, around May & June more than 1000 icebergs break off the glaciers of the westcoast of Greenland down to the eastcoast of Newfoundland, Canada, decorating the bays and often blocking the harbours. This is where the bergs enter the shipping lanes thus giving the area the nickname Iceberg Alley.
The top picture here shows the Petermann's Ice Island which, when it broke from the Petermann's Glacier was four times the size of Manhattan.. when it arrived it blocked the harbour of Goose Cove NF. The satellite image shows the berg last year on it's journey (see it right in the middle?).
These icebergs, in their silent glory are time capsules -- sealed thousands of years ago, when snow fell on Greenland and compressed into glacial ice. One can only think *Global warming sigh.
ore than a thousand icebergs break off southern Labrador and northern Newfoundland
Source: Planetsave (http://s.tt/12uDT)
ore than a thousand icebergs break off southern Labrador and northern Newfoundland
Source: Planetsave (http://s.tt/12uDT)
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