Some are locals or travelers who happened to be nearby, but many are a special Canadian breed, the iceberg chaser — people who flock to the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland at this time of year hoping to see the huge frozen chunks of broken glacier<br />that drift by on a stretch of sea known as Iceberg Alley.<br />A Chunk of the Arctic Stops By for a Photo Shoot -<br />By DAN LEVINAPRIL 20, 2017<br />An iceberg ran aground over Easter weekend just off the small Newfoundland town of<br />Ferryland, population 465, drawing knots of tourists eager to catch a glimpse.<br />“A lot of our fisher folks are just tied onto the wharf, waiting for the ice to move offshore.”<br />The stunning view that is causing traffic jams of onlookers on the coast road is<br />actually a snapshot of the iceberg’s death throes, 15,000 years in the making.<br />“Sometimes it’s as loud as a cannon shot.”<br />A version of this article appears in print on April 21, 2017, on Page A10 of the New<br />York edition with the headline: A Chunk of the Arctic Heads South for a Photo Shoot.<br />“Most folks can’t wrap their heads around how big it is,” Barry Rogers, the owner of Iceberg<br />Quest Ocean Tours, a Newfoundland tour operator, said in an interview on Thursday.
