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Iceberg Alley, Newfoundland

IIP 20857 is an iceberg tracked in 2021 in “Iceberg Alley”, off Newfoundland, by the International Ice Patrol. Sighted 21 times between 2 June 2021 and 9 August 2021, it drifted about 772 km before melting away.

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Position
55.39° N · 56.24° W
Shape and size
Non-tabular · medium
Sightings
21
Drift
≈ 772 km
Period
2 June 2021 – 9 August 2021
Source
International Ice Patrol, via NSIDC (public data)

Why adopt an iceberg

Every iceberg is a reminder that polar ice is retreating. When you adopt it, you receive a certificate in your name and, if you wish, yearly news of your iceberg and of the sea ice.

Melting ice is one of the clearest signs of climate change, but it happens far from our eyes. Mon Iceberg makes it concrete: a real iceberg, with a name and a position, and every year news of it and of the sea ice.

What is Iceberg Alley?

Iceberg Alley is the stretch of sea off Labrador and Newfoundland, in Canada, where many icebergs drift every spring. Most were born from glaciers in western Greenland. The Labrador Current carries them slowly south, a journey that often takes more than a year, before they melt in the warmer Atlantic waters.

Why are they tracked?

After the Titanic struck an iceberg in this region in April 1912, seafaring nations created the International Ice Patrol in 1914. Run by the U.S. Coast Guard, it has watched for more than a century the icebergs that threaten North Atlantic shipping lanes, today mainly by aircraft and satellite, and publishes the positions it observes. The icebergs in this catalogue come from its 2021 records, distributed by NSIDC.

A complete journey, from birth to melting

Unlike the Antarctic giants, Iceberg Alley icebergs are modest in size and often last only a few weeks once they reach south of Newfoundland. Each one tells a complete story: born from a Greenland glacier, carried by the current, sighted several times, then gone. Their number varies widely from year to year with winds, currents and sea ice extent.

Why icebergs from 2021?

Iceberg Alley icebergs only live for a few months. Those in this catalogue were tracked during the 2021 season by the International Ice Patrol, sighted several times, and then melted. Adopting one means keeping the record of a complete journey, documented from the first to the last sighting, rather than following an iceberg still at sea.

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