Like a cruise ship trying to dock in port, a colossal iceberg has washed up on the Canadian coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.. The images have spread like wildfire on social networks due to their incredible size and the close proximity to homes on the coast.
The province where this phenomenon has taken place, located on the east coast of the country, is one of the best places in the world to see these huge ice glaciers, which are estimated to be 10,000 years old.
It is really common for glaciers to manifest in the spring and summer seasons, breaking off the ice fields of the Arctic (Greenland), and floating towards the Canadian coast along the so-called “iceberg alley”, the traditional way by which they are driven by the winds and currents; but his arrival never ceases to surprise the residents and tourists of the North American country.
Several Twitter users acknowledge that “Canadians have never seen an ice giant like this.” In this way, they associate the appearance of the iceberg with global warming and climate change: “This is not normal. This is not OK. This is the climate crisis happening before our eyes.”
The #ClimateCrisis has delivered an absolutely massive iceberg to Newfoundland. This isn’t normal. This isn’t fine. This is the #ClimateCrisis playing out right before our eyes yet our elected leaders continue to subsidize the oil and gas industry fueling the #ClimateCatastrophe pic.twitter.com/S57eMtJ28L
— The Perfidious SH (@perfidiousSH) August 2, 2023
At the moment, the alarm has not spread in the city, although the city authorities confirm that the iceberg, which they called Alley, measures between 45 and 70 meters high and is between 120 and 200 meters long. meters, a very considerable size if we compare it with those that have been previously seen in the area.