We live next door to iceberg alley. This time of year I always start to anticipate the arrival of icebergs off of our shores. The iceberg map shows a considerable number of bergs that are waiting to drift our direction. For them to come within reach we need a sustained period of northeast and northerly winds to drive them on shore. Otherwise they drift south further offshore in the Labrador current.
Last year was not a good year. We managed to check one out in Torbay.
It was only a single berg and I thought it might be the only one I'd see for the year but ...
... as luck would have it, I bagged two more on a solo trip in White Bay later in June.
It was slim pickings compared to the year before when I was among more than 25 bergs near the community of Keels.
So, fingers crossed for this year and a banner crop.
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