{"id":364452,"date":"2018-06-07T20:12:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/picture-perfect-iceberg-dazzles-on-newfoundlands-bonavista-peninsula\/"},"modified":"2018-06-07T20:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:12:54","slug":"picture-perfect-iceberg-dazzles-on-newfoundlands-bonavista-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/picture-perfect-iceberg-dazzles-on-newfoundlands-bonavista-peninsula\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture-Perfect Iceberg Dazzles on Newfoundland&#8217;s Bonavista Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Many iceberg watchers got 15,000-year-old ice for their drinks along with a good photo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crowds are flocking to the beaches of Upper Amherst Cove, on Newfoundland&#8217;s Bonavista Peninsula this week to get a look at a majestic-looking iceberg floating offshore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a huge chunk of ice 300 feet [91.4 metres] offshore, and it&#8217;s absolutely beautiful,&#8221; said resident Harry Wareham, who can see the stunning scene from his kitchen window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a hole right through the centre of the iceberg and on top it&#8217;s in the shape of a horseshoe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTrinityEcoTours%2Fvideos%2F1998540640157446%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The iceberg is a welcome sight this year, given\u00a0there are generally fewer to see\u00a0than the previous couple of years\u00a0\u2014 which were extraordinary for people keen to see the mammoth pieces of prehistoric ice make their way along the Newfoundland coast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"926\" src=\"http:\/\/redice.tv\/a\/i\/c\/18\/06\/Iceberg3.jpg\" width=\"926\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Besides just looking at the spectacular &#8216;berg, those who went to\u00a0Upper Amherst Cove also got a chance to take\u00a0a piece of it home Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A large chunk cracked and small pieces floated closer to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday some ice broke off it and came ashore, and people just cleaned the beach right up,&#8221; said Wareham. &#8220;They took it for drinks, I guess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>Beautiful iceberg just 15 minutes away from us in Upper Amherst Cove!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iceberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iceberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/icebergsnl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#icebergsnl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nlwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nlwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shareyourweather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shareyourweather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cbcnl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cbcnl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/newfoundland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#newfoundland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gbX406pay9\">pic.twitter.com\/gbX406pay9<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 M. Gray (@MarkGray3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkGray3\/status\/1003760967983992832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>A close-up splash inside the beauty berg found in Upper Amherst Cove! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nlwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nlwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shareyourweather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shareyourweather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iceberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iceberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cbcnl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cbcnl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IcebergsNL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IcebergsNL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1w2rImq5r\">pic.twitter.com\/k1w2rImq5r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redice.tv\/news\/picture-perfect-iceberg-dazzles-on-newfoundlands-bonavista-peninsula\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many iceberg watchers got 15,000-year-old ice for their drinks along with a good photo Crowds are flocking to the beaches of Upper Amherst Cove, on Newfoundland&#8217;s Bonavista Peninsula this week to get a look at a majestic-looking iceberg floating offshore. &#8220;It&#8217;s a huge chunk of ice 300 feet [91.4 metres] offshore, and it&#8217;s absolutely beautiful,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-364452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}