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As I'd read about icebergs near Twillingate being a slight possibility in early July, I heavily research boat companies that left from Twillingate and one our first full day in Newfoundland, chose a small, family owned one for a 2-hour, afternoon ride, the Iceberg Man Tours.
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We met at the cute Iceberg Shop, and I pulled off my bog-damp socks for warmer ones before the anticipated winds on the water.
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The boat was small, and we had two couples from Austria along, who seemed not to care about the clime. Meanwhile,
I was sporting my waterproof/windproof pants on top of my hiking ones, and felt pretty cozy, all in all.
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The boat was quite bouncy, and because of the conditions, we were told we couldn't get far out to sea.
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So we skirted all the crannies and crevices along the coast, even catching a glimpse of the Long Point Lighthouse just near where our cabin was.
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The texture of rocks was a bit like Cinque Terre, minus the sun and color.
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I could tell the captain felt disappointed we didn't have a bigger boat (especially since he said some of the larger companies made it out to see the icebergs, which would've taken us 5 hours to get to), and was hoping we'd see something cool.
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And there I spotted him! Something cool!
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And cool thing #2: cormorant, which has the best bird name around!
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I had a bit of a migraine and the waves weren't letting up, so I spent a lot of the rest of the ride inside the cabin with the first mate, whose name escapes me, but was so friendly.
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As Walker took all these photos of the intricate and rough rock faces, I learned that the island's fate was fading, with very few full-time jobs left to sustain an economy, even of teachers and doctors.
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As we came alongside colonies of seabirds
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and sea stacks,
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I learned how much the islanders respected these waters and their way of life. Honestly, it was a bit heartbreaking and a strong contrast to what we'd find on Fogo Island.
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There were no whales, but the texture of the water, and the colors of the sky,
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and the rifts in the stone,
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truly were beautiful.
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The sky darkened and the sea lightened, and we charted home as the sun was dipping.
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Not our finest boat ride, without the flume of whale spout or the flash of an iceberg, but still subtly filling, in its own way.
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