ICEBERG

"The iceberg's on the starboard bow, won't you dance with me?" - Harry Chapin, Dance Band on the Titanic

 The best part of a trip like this is often the unexpected. Today, we sailed between an ice sheet and a number of bergie bits (tiny iceberg pieces) off the port side, and a good-sized iceberg on the starboard. Fortunately, we hit none of them, but had a good chance to admire them. The ice sheet was too far away to get any photos, but we got a nice look at the iceberg:



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  1. UnknownJuly 2, 2018 at 8:20 PM

    love the Harry Chapin quote, very fitting -
    hadn't thought of that song in about 40 years!

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