iceberg – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com Travel stories with mild geo-flavor Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-logo-temp-01-1-2-32x32.png iceberg – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com 32 32 Ilulissat, the hometown of icebergs – gap year Arctic trips (VII) https://irreverentoutcrop.com/ilulissat-icefjord-en/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/ilulissat-icefjord-en/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:14:18 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=2771 Read more]]> Our third stop in Greenland: the Ilulissat Icefjord! Kangerlussuaq sits at 67°N while Ilulissat is roughly 69°N. Since both share the same longitude of 51°W, our flight path from Kangerlussuaq was essentially a straight shot north. The hop in the small propeller plane took less than an hour. Unlike the inland landscape of our previous stop, Ilulissat is a coastal town, tucked perfectly into a…

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]]> https://irreverentoutcrop.com/ilulissat-icefjord-en/feed/ 0 Newfoundland (part 1): Iceberg Alley https://irreverentoutcrop.com/newfoundland-part-1-iceberg-alley/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/newfoundland-part-1-iceberg-alley/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:27:34 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=967 Read more]]> The prime season for iceberg viewing in Newfoundland is in May and June. We joined in the excitement this year (2024). The sea ice in Baffin Bay on the west coast of Greenland melts in spring, and the resulting icebergs move southward with the Labrador Current, along the so-called “Iceberg Alley”. They cross the entire Labrador Sea and join the warm North Atlantic Current to the east of…

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