Spotted some more moose on the way to St. Anthony. There are about 500,000 people in Newfoundland and approximately 125,000 moose. 1 moose per 4 people.
Moose are not native to Newfoundland, but were introduced here on two different occasions. In 1878 a bull and a cow were brought from Nova Scotia and
released at Gander Bay. In 1904 two bulls and two cows from New Brunswick were released near Howley. The rest is history.
A word about cemeteries; they are usually located in the most beautiful, serene places, preferably overlooking a beautiful bay or cove. This picture is not showing the actual cemetery, but rather the trail that leads from it to thew top of the mountain where you can watch the Atlantic Ocean. the local call this trail - due to the cemetery at the bottom - stairway to heaven...
Sitting at a restaurant, we spotted three Mennonite women, followed by three Mennonite men, exit a van. The entire population of St. Anthony stopped and stared. They ended up on our boat, so we chatted a bit. They drove from Waterloo area and are returning via Labrador. They sounded surprised when we told them that it's a gravel road for about 1000 km...I hope they make it.
Here is the boat we'll be getting on later.
we're on our way yo see some icebergs. First we go along the coast and look at some nesting birds. The iceberg is starting to be visible in the distance and our guide points out this boat, which is an iceberg chaser. These boats look for icebergs and 'harvest' them. They pick up 'bergy bits' - more about that later on - and sell them to companies that make beer, bottle water etc. The icebergs were formed 15,000 years ago and the water are considered the purest water, since they have no pollutant in them.
You can see the pile of ice in the boat.
Bergy bits are the small pieces that fall of the iceberg
Growlers are the bigger pieces that waves break over.
anything bigger is an iceberg.
A bergy bit is caught and hauled on deck...
...chopped to little pieces...
We get to taste some burgy bits. Pretty refreshing, even though it's cold out.
And now for some iceberg pictures. no need for words.
from different angles
And just in case you didn't have enough of icebergs, here is a video.
The best I could do with the puffins. You can click on the picture for a bit of a better view.
Minke whale!
Humpback Whale!
Terns.
We started the day with a moose sighting and we can close it with another moose sighting.
This is it. We are starting to make our way back down the Northern Peninsula. Destination: the ferry back to Nova Scotia.
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