Trips

Icebergs

Icebergs come in many different shapes and sizes. By definition, an iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. Small bits of disintegrating icebergs are called "growlers" or "bergy bits", depending on their size. We saw many quite large Tabular icebergs. These have flat tops, vertical sides and are the result of the ice breaking off from an ice shelf, such as the Ross Ice Shelf. In addition to being very large, icebergs are also beautiful. The blue color of the ice, especially below the water, is stunning.

The water was full of floating ice of all sizes
The Lemaire Channel - so full of ice we were unable to enter it. In 2012-13, we sailed through it.
Small "growler"	Sort of medium-sized "growler"
Large Dome-shaped icebergs
Large Tabular iceberg
An ice-arch	Icebergs bear the imprint of erosion, remnants of the dirt from moraines, and other stuff.
Layers of snow (striations) from when the iceberg was a vertical piece of a glacier.	Erosion channels in the ice
Remnants of a moraine	Remnants of a moraine
The grey spot to the left appears to be a rock or other dirt picked up by the glacier before the ice became an iceberg.	Penguins enjoying a flat place
The captain and his crew, with the help of all their sophisticated instruments, did a wonderful job of navigating through and around the ice in our path.	Ice to starboard
Big ice ahead, viewed through the windows in the Crow's Nest
	Very large, tabular iceberg
Fog descending
Looks as though this one is about to lose a big chunk
These are as big as our ship
Bird flying past the arch - perspective	The bird
Looks like a big fish

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