Iceberg faces

The Pen was lucky enough to be out on the water on a gloriously sunny Wednesday this week as a throng of people headed out to Little Brehat as part of the Great Brehat Come Home Year celebrations. This stunning example of an iceberg was grounded just off the shores of Great Brehat and we got up close and personal, circling around it to document the changing faces of an iceberg. Special thanks to Dwayne and Norm Cull, who skippered us there and back in their boats.

Approaching the iceberg as the boat rounds out of Great Brehat harbour, the giant ice formation looked a little like an angry old man. 1 width:500px;height:332px Steaming further around the iceberg, his face changes just a little. 2 width:500px;height:332px A wave formation comes into view as we circle around some more. 3 width:500px;height:332px The tunneled wave is more apparent again from this angle. 4 width:500px;height:332px What was a man’s face is now a tower shooting out of a platform around the back of the iceberg. 5 width:500px;height:332px
“It looks a little like a swan, don’t you think?” was one lady’s comment. 6 width:500px;height:332px Approaching the iceberg from the Little Brehat direction a few hours later, the giant ice shape almost seems to be mimicking the rocks around it. 7 width:500px;height:332px As was go further into open water, so too the view of the berg is less obscured by rocks and instead looks a little like a lion’s head. 8 width:500px;height:332px The angry old man is back. Or is it, as one of the locals commented, more like a giant presidential face carving? 9 width:500px;height:332px The craggy iceberg from another angle. 10 width:500px;height:332px
Through the shallow pools carved through the middle of the berg, another ice behemoth is visible further out to sea. 11 width:500px;height:332px The general consensus was that from this angle, the berg looked more like lion. 12 width:500px;height:375px The lion again, perhaps? 13 width:500px;height:375px I’m crrruuuushing the berg. 14 width:500px;height:375px We say farewell to the shape shifting iceberg as we steam back into Great Brehat harbour. 15 height:500px;width:375px
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Published on July 28, 2011

Approaching the iceberg as the boat rounds out of Great Brehat harbour, the giant ice formation looked a little like an angry old man.

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    o'brien
    - July 28, 2011 at 19:56:32

    looks more like a lizards face than a lion

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      MudderL
      - July 28, 2011 at 13:41:08

      HAhaha! Love it!

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