On Saturday Clyde, Dean, Gary, Hazen and I did a tour of icebergs (here and here) near St. John's. As I paddled under Signal Hill I could see people up on the hill checking out the bergs from up on high. I wondered if they could see us.
Yesterday evening Hazen mail to say there was a picture of us on the local website of the CBC, Canada's national broadcaster. When I saw it, it was an instant WOW.
The picture was accompanied by the following comment: "One does not truly appreciate the size of an iceberg until you have something to compare its' size. From Ft. Amherst Saturday morning, 5 kayakers were observed paddling near the iceberg. Check the size of this iceberg against the kayakers! (Dave Armstrong)"
I called David and he was kind enough to mail me a copy.
Click to enlarge the picture to see the true scale of the berg relative to the five of us next to the berg. I am one of the two to the right followed some distance behind by the other three.
Thanks for telling us there is paddlers in the photo... Or else I would never have noticed... ;) Awesome!
ReplyDeleteDavid Armstrong, who took the photo, didn't notice at first as we were hidden at times in the swell. I was really surprised by the size of the iceberg in the picture because it looked different from the water.
ReplyDeleteTony :-)