By ship in rough water, we did a tour of all the icebergs passing by St Anthony NL today. Two people aboard got seasick. I was waiting for my turn but it never came. Yesterday's rain has stopped and it is 7 degrees warmer, which is only 46F. However, there are winds today and that is making it a really rough ride.
This iceberg has lots of dirt on it. It could be a couple years worth. This one has not turned over which will clean the dirt off.
There is a seacave here. In calmer water you might be able to kayak into it. Although, we heard the story of one fisherman who won't be doing that again. The story goes that a fellow in a boat entered the cave but the boat was damaged causing the poor fellow to spend 7 days in the cave stranded. A local fishman passed near the seacave opening and heard a ghostly voice inside. He mentioned this when he returned to shore. A rescue mission was launched and the shipwrecked fellow was saved. He said he survived on capelins.
Christened in the North Atlantic
The tiny community of Flowers Cove is home to these Thrombolite structures. I can't explain what these things are but maybe you can. Here is the google AI explanation: The thrombolites at Flower's Cove in Newfoundland, Canada, are ancient fossilized microbial structures estimated to be 650 million years old. They are extremely rare, making Flower's Cove one of only two places on Earth where you can see formations of this age and type (with the other location being in Western Australia).
These primitive, bun-shaped "living rocks" are fossilized remnants of bacteria and algae (cyanobacteria) that lived in shallow, ancient waters. As they grew, these organisms trapped and bound sediment together, building up the unique, clotted structures visible along the coastline today
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