SEA MONSTERS FROM GREENLAND - that sank Titanic

ICEBERGS OF NORTH ATLANTIC
Huge sometime monumental icebergs in this program are almost always coming from Ilulissat Glacier in Greenland.
They are huge, beautiful, each can be called piece of art – but they are dangerous. During my visit in Ilulissat I was told that almost certainly iceberg that sank Titanic came from very same Ilulissat Glacier sometimes called Jacobshaven Glacier.
Jakobshavn Glacier, also known as Ilulissat Glacier, is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland. It is located near the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat and ends at the sea in the Ilulissat Icefjord. Jakobshavn Glacier drains 6.5% of the Greenland ice sheet.
It takes 3 years for glacier from Greenland to reach Labrador Current that carry icebergs South all the way to Bermuda. Interesting on glacier is fact that they are virtually created from fresh water at least 10,000 years old – therefore absolutely clean.

This video was created in the end of May 2023 in “Iceberg’s Alley” between Newfoundland and Labrador which is part of Cold Arctic Labrador Current.

The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Canada near Nova Scotia.
Near Nova Scotia, this cold-water current meets the warm northward moving Gulf Stream. The combination of these two currents produces heavy fogs and has also created one of the richest fishing grounds in the world.

In spring and early summer, the Labrador Current transports icebergs from the glaciers of Greenland southwards into the trans-Atlantic shipping lanes. The waters of the current have a cooling effect on the Canadian Atlantic provinces, and on the United States' upper northeast coast from Maine south to Massachusetts. South of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Gulf Stream becomes the dominant ocean current.

The Labrador Current has a tendency to sometimes go farther south and/or east than normal. This can produce hazardous shipping conditions, for it can carry icebergs into an area of the Atlantic where they are not usually found. The current has been known to transport icebergs as far south as Bermuda and as far east as the Azores. After the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912, the International Ice Patrol was set up to track icebergs, including those found in areas of the ocean where they are rarely located.

Enjoy with me this amazing experience
Cheers
Jiri

Видео SEA MONSTERS FROM GREENLAND - that sank Titanic канала Jiri VonDrak