Icebergs are floating along the coast of Canada
Last year only one was spotted, this year there are already several dozen.
The coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the world's best places to see icebergs. From April to June, tourists admire the ice blocks and go up to them by boat. So that people can come to exactly where the icebergs will drift, their photos are posted on IcebergFinder.com, an interactive map.
In the illustration you see an iceberg photographed this spring near the town of Twillingate on Newfoundland Island. Judging by the bluish hue of the ice, this iceberg has been drifting for quite some time — only the pieces that have broken away from the shelf have a matte white color, but over time the air inside them is replaced by water.
The provincial government asks local guides and tourists themselves to be careful and enjoy the sight from a safe distance. It is equal to either the approximate length of the ice block or its height, whichever is greater. 90% of an iceberg is usually hidden by water, so a boat can hit part of it or get caught in a giant wave if it turns over or a piece of it breaks off. Icebergs turn over often because the underwater part melts faster than the surface part.
The most famous shipwreck that collided with an iceberg occurred near the coast of Canada. The bodies and wreckage were picked up by sailors from another port city, Halifax, the capital of the neighboring province of Nova Scotia.
