Theory of happenstance

Paddling out to the iceberg grounded in Mobile, New- foundland

We get icebergs that calve from the Greenland icesheet along the east coast of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland every year. They can be seen sometimes far out at sea from the tops of cliffs. It takes wind from the right direction at the right time to blow an occasional berg into the small coves and bays along the coast. An act of randomness, otherwise the bergs would just continue on their drift south.

While bergs can be seen from vantage points on land, seeing them from the seat of kayak at water level is awe-inspiring. They seem to have their own micro-environment, say nothing of the danger. This one was grounded but we still kept our distance.

Stan and I took advantage of a chance to paddle to this berg on Saturday because not all bergs are accessible and then on top of that, there's the randomness of the weather cooperating to allow us to get on the water. Hopefully there will be more happenstance yet this spring.

Tony :-)

There was a small cove in the berg on this side. It was noticeably cooler around the berg and I just had a different sense of the swell washing onto the berg here than against a rocky shoreline. It seemed more threatening.

Another angle. I found it amazing how different this one berg looked from different vantage points.

Take-out was through a rock garden.