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Ice Ramp

This iceberg reminds me of a ramp in a skateboard park. An iceberg’s shape is constantly changing. This shape is unrecognizable from a slightly different angle of the same iceberg, afloat near St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador. This feature plus the fact that iceberg alley even exists is a huge boon to Newfoundland and Labrador these days. Icebergs were a major problem in the past:

 

“For centuries, this annual iceberg parade was the bane of Newfoundland and Labrador’s cod fishermen, as the hulking mammoths shredded fishing nets and split apart cod boxes while drifting along the coast on their southbound journey.

“Today, people call them majestic,” said Mayor Ernest Simms of St. Anthony…”

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Uploaded on April 5, 2023
Taken on June 22, 2022