150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada

[RandySF]

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[alwaysinasnit]

1. Holy Moly!

[sprinkleeninow]

2. Oy! 😯

[usedtobedemgurl]

3. My Home!

I am from Newfoundland. What an amazing place, with amazing people. I grew up in St. John's but we summer vacationed in Ferryland. If you Google 9/11 and Newfoundland, you will see all the good things my people did. The planes landed there and people were stranded. Everyone rose to the occasion. Great place to visit. More bars per square mile than any other place in North America!

[RandySF]

4. I remember the landings!

[lunatica]

5. I remember hearing something like that

There were hundreds of thousands of people left stranded because of 9/11.

The same thing happened because of COVID 19. My son’s half sister was visiting in Portugal but the Mexican Embassy managed to get an airplane to fly Mexican citizens back home.

[mitch96]

12. "Embassy managed to get an airplane". I follow this person riding a motorcycle around the world

The cyclist got stuck in South America and the Dutch government chartered a plane to take a bunch of people back to the Netherlands.. Quite dramatic. Don't make the plane? get stuck in another country..It got a bit dicy as the locals thought that the Europeans were spreading the virus... uff..
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[MineralMan]

16. Itchy Boots! I follow her on YouTube, as well.

A truly adventurous person, she is.

[mitch96]

20. Yes, Noraly... Since I can't ride anymore I live vicariously thru her adventures..

Wonderful stuff she does. Great easily driven laugh.
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[MineralMan]

22. Yes. I'm not riding any longer, either.

She seems like someone who I'd enjoy having a chat with. Quite brave, too.

[mahina]

13. I loved Newfoundland way before then

But it was a tremendous kindness actually Many tremendous kindnesses.

I rode on the Caribou reefer from Gloucester to Ramea one summer with a crew of Newfoundlanders. They sure have some colorful terms for types of poker games.

[ornotna]

14. My Mother was a Newfie

From Corner Brook. It's been a long time but I have fond memories of visiting NL as a child. It is a great place.

[Greybnk48]

17. I would love to go there some day!

We've been to Canada several times on vacation, lived in Alaska, and traveled to western Canada and the Yukon north of Scagway. We had a trip planned to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward when Covid hit, but we are hoping to renew a similar trip in the next couple of years, hopefully!

[jalan48]

18. I hitchhiked around Newfoundland back in the 70's. The people were really friendly and helpful.

I never realized Newfoundland had it's own time zone-very cool!

[Blue_true]

25. It is a massive province. The roads seem smallish though. On

my one visit there, I found the people to be reserved, but like you said, helpful. I vacationed in Nova Scotia in that one instance, but due to where I started, I travelled across the expanse of NewFoundland, a truly massive province, took a day and a half to cross it.

[usedtobedemgurl]

32. There was a girl called Dana Bradley.

She was a Newfoundlander. A Newfoundland singer did a song about her. She hitchhiked and disappeared. Seriously look up the song, maybe on YouTube? We have such great and talented singers. Glad you made it through okay. Most people there are salt of the earth.

[usedtobedemgurl]

33. Oops...

Song is called "Ghost of Dana Bradley."

[jalan48]

34. I will thank you. I remember camping overnight at an abandoned village that had been destroyed by

a tidal wave. It was south of St John.

[Happy Hoosier]

19. I lived in Argentia as a kid...

My Dad was stationed at the US Navy base there in the late 60’s/early 70’s

[usedtobedemgurl]

24. OMG! My Dad contracted with the military and we lived there for a while!

I still remember the club. When you first entered, there were slot machines. George was the bartender. He always put cherries in my Coke. The tables had candles inside colored glass, and each one had a plastic fishnet looking covering!!! Not sure if you experienced that stuff, but it was cool. I was probably there around '72.

[electric_blue68]

28. Re: 9-11...

Yes, I've heard the stories from back then!

Thank you, good folks! ❤️🥰


( I'm a born & bred NYC'r. I also worked 9/'80- 8/'81 on
the 73rd floor NE corner of the SouthTower (#2).
Extroidinary 💖 views! )

[joshdawg]

6. That is definitely a fair-sized chunk of ice.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Wow! That is really something to see.

How often does that happen? Quite incredible.

[Ford_Prefect]

8. And that is the part you can see...roughly 10 % of the whole thing.

The rest is hiding underwater.

[Duppers]

11. Zactly.

I look at pics like this & just think global warming.

[Ford_Prefect]

31. I did wonder just how much Gin and Tonic...But calculating the Lime slice was beyond math.

[electric_blue68]

29. I was just going to mention that. : )

[Celerity]

9. 04.21.2017

An Enormous Hunk of Ice Gets Stuck in Iceberg Alley

Tourists gawk at the glorious iceberg that appeared in Ferryland, Canada. The mayor remains unimpressed.

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/enormous-hunk-ice-gets-stuck-iceberg-alley/

[smirkymonkey]

10. Wow! That is really something to see.

How often does that happen? Quite incredible.

[OregonBlue]

15. Stunning.

[uponit7771]

21. It warmer in newfoundland Canada than it is in KC MO right now, freezing here

[North Shore Chicago]

23. Now THAT

would keep my whiskey chilled!

[Delphinus]

26. Oh my ...

Would love to see that in person - amazing!

[Takket]

27. imagine the size of the glass of scotch you would need for those rocks.......

[Raine]

30. WOW, just amazing! 😲 nt