Cool times: Where to chase - and drink - giant icebergs

Anyone for Iceberg Alley?

Any day now, these giant beasts will start drifting past the coasts of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Dozens, maybe even hundreds of them, local tourism authorities promise.

Newfound and Labrador is one of the best places in the world to go iceberg hunting - dramatic giant cubes of ice - with 90% of each one under the icy water.

Icebergs are edges of glaciers that have broken off and slipped into the ocean.

Roughly 90% of icebergs seen off Newfoundland and Labrador come from the glaciers of western Greenland, while the rest come from glaciers in Canada's Arctic.

Icebergs are so plentiful that locals put them to good use.

You can drink iceberg water straight, as in Berg water, or in spirits like iceberg vodka, gin, and rum. There is even an Iceberg Beer. brewed by Quidi Vidi with pure 20,000 year-old iceberg water.

They might taste good, but icebergs can also be dangerous. Remember The Titanic?

See https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/things-to-do/iceberg-viewing

Image: Phil Raby