Why Won't These Icebergs Leave Canada Alone? | Untold Earth

Icebergs can be found in the world’s remotest, coldest, most dangerous seas. But each spring, a unique phenomenon brings hundreds of them to communities along Newfoundland’s northeast coast, where they have become a staple of everyday life. What are these icebergs doing here? And why is it imperative that we keep our eyes on them?

Explore the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders in Untold Earth, a new series from Atlas Obscura, in partnership with Nature and PBS Digital Studios. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyards, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices of those who know them best.