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from the air traveling at 1500 ft ,

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Icebergs might not seem like much , but

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if you run into it , it's a different

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story . The Coast Guard's International

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Ice Patrol searches the atlantic ocean

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all around Newfoundland using radars

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and spotters . They hunt for icebergs

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camouflaged and high seas and hiding in

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sea ice . Icebergs aren't easy to find .

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It's a tricky business and the crews

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fly long missions , sometimes in bad

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weather to spot them . Uh The job is

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very tricky . Um We have the north

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atlantic current , the labrador current

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along with the gulf stream that all

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come together around the Grand banks of

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Newfoundland . When icebergs break off ,

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that can be in any shape or size from

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shore . On this day , in ST john's

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Newfoundland , three icebergs were

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visible and a massive flat one stuck in

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the main harbor . Icebergs are part of

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life in Newfoundland . For the

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International Ice Patrol , icebergs are

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their reason for being , They boast a

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record of zero iceberg collision since

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the Titanic sank . That is if the ships

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use the information , we want to honor

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the dead that were lost 100 years ago .

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That's a very important part of this of

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this period . But we also want to

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continue to refine the ice patrol

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mission This year promises to be a busy

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one . Last season , two icebergs were

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found in the shipping zones this year ,

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the ice patrol is tracking 90 known

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objects . ST John's Newfoundland is

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about 350 miles from where the Titanic

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sank . It's also where icebergs

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traditionally travel For the ice patrol ,

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they found 23 icebergs on this mission

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and launched a buoy to help predict

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drift patterns . Mhm . 100 years ago ,

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the Titanic sank . Since then , the

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International Ice Patrol make shipping

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lanes safer as they scan the seas and

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warn the Mariners about the dangers

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ahead . Scott , Williams ST

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john's Newfoundland .