Why are we talking about icebergs?
The sight of melting icebergs in polar waters is nothing new. The result is not only rising sea levels (scary enough in itself), but the loss of real history – some of these floating ice mountains are nearly 10,000 years old. So the recent sighting of some unusually large ’bergs off the sub-arctic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, naturally peaked our interest and that of visitors, especially as they have arrived in time for the island’s Iceberg Festival this June.
So what happens at an Iceberg Festival?
It’s held in St Anthony and celebrates the coming of spring, when the icebergs emerge (though it takes place at the start of summer). This year’s programme (2–11 June) serves up some classic local fare, with seafood tasting, fleecing demonstrations and wood carving. But these are just warm-up acts (no pun intended) for the main star: the ice. Daily Zodiac tours glide St Anthony’s coastal strait, known as ‘Iceberg Alley’, to see these frozen monoliths up close. The festival is also timely; June puts it within a narrow window when you can spy Newfoundland’s big three all at the same time: icebergs, whales and puffins.
How else can I see them?
This story is from the June 2017 edition of Wanderlust Travel Magazine.
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