The vast majority of our icebergs, certainly all of the large ones, come from Groenland. Born in a place like Jacobshaven Fjord, they eventually drift north up the coast of Groenland, and then turn south down the coast of Ellesmere Island. Some find their way here, some keep winding their way south into the Atlantic and past Newfoundland. Newer ones have a squarish appearance, the flat top that was once the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet, still pointed up. Once they age, pieces fall off, the centre of gravity changes and smooth surfaces that were once under water make their appearance. The icebergs then take on their fantastic shapes.
Here then are more images of the icebergs in Victor Bay. But first some of the fantastic ice sculptures formed by water spraying on the shore of Dead Dog Lake.
In this photo you'll get a better idea of the size of the 'berg. It lies about 200 metres beyond that rocky penisula. The wall tent is probably 6 feet high and 10 or 12 feet square.
Icebergs in the summer are constantly shedding parts of themselves, and there is a lot of very old, very pure, water lying on shore now. It does make the best tea.
Here's a couple of closer views of the berg, from the water smoothed parts that were once submerged to the jagged edge of what was once the top.
A pair of general views.
A wide shot of both icebergs grounded at Victor Bay right now. The far iceberg, while not as large, is still a pretty large iceberg. The one that is drifting around Adam's Sound right now would dwarf them both.
I had thought that I would curtail some of my iceberg photos, unless some new idea or a fantastic scene came to me. They are a subject that just begs to be photographed, but there are other subjects to show. And then the close iceberg re-invented itself.
Some time, within the 12 hours from when I took the evening shot of the previous post and my next visit to Victor Bay, the iceberg shifted. Large pieces of ice (bergy bits and growlers are the proper terms) littered the shore and bay. Some pieces could be found well above the high tide mark.
I wish I had been there to see it, as it can be a spectacular event. I saw some small 'bergs shift in Antarctica (and you can send me back to Antarctica by voting here), and a video of huge waves generated by one off shore in Groenland that tossed fishing boats in the harbour around like they were bath toys.
You can compare this to the first iceberg photo above. This is the berg after it shifted, the same tent is in the photo.
And here is a general shot, and a wide one (again showing the two icebergs). The wide angle shot is taken from pretty much the same place as the one above.
By the way, very sharp eyed readers might be able to find one more iceberg in one of the photos in this post.