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Proof: Icebergs arrive in New Zealand!

by Andrew Evans (RSS feed) on Dec 3rd 2009 at 11:00AM

Gallery: New Zealand Icebergs

  • Icebergs in New Zealand
Last week we followed up on AP reports here and here that hundreds of icebergs were headed straight for dear, sweet New Zealand. Well, come to find out, it's TRUE. Behold the following images that prove it, taken by myself from the port side of the good ship Orion this morning. I'm out at sea, several hundred miles south of South Island, but still very much in New Zealand.

The icebergs appeared on the horizon near 52º S and we steered as close as we could get (about a third of a mile) in order to catch a closer look safely. Smaller ice chunks were floating in the distance and there were seabirds roosting on top of them. Since that time I have seen several more groups of icebergs on the horizon. Don't you just love when the news comes true?

Filed under: Oceania, Antarctica, New Zealand, Ecotourism, News, Cruises

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