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I saw something cool today out my bedroom window...

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Jodi
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It was an iceberg. It was my very first Iceberg. You see, I recently moved to NEWFOUNDLAND on the north east coast of Canada. It's and island, and its very north. Ive been waiting for the bergs to come, and today, I saw my first one. While that may not be exciting to everyone......consider this....
here in Newfoundland, we make Vodka out of Icebergs. I expect a very drunk spring.

Apr 10 2008 1:37PM
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QuazBotch
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Did it crush anything?
Apr 10 2008 1:39PM
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skiminnesota
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you know what would have made that even cooler?    dolphins jumping and swimming with it.  now that would be a truly amazing site to see.

also, how big was it?





oooo i  can finally use this one too, "pics or it didnt happen" and "cool story Hansel"







but in all honesty that would be pretty cool to see.
Apr 10 2008 1:45PM
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Jodi
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I was waiting for "pics or it didnt' happen"....and while i dont have  a still photo for it, I can do one better......Im a television news reporter, so subsequently I did a story on it (first bergs of the year - big season expected).....but i suppose you'll need satellite to catch the atlantic CTV news broadcast......unless of course you live in alberta, barbados or florida, where strangely, we are on basic cable.
oh, and it wasn't really that big...maybe the size of a house....
Apr 10 2008 1:50PM
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skipimp_
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Was that a house above water? cause you know, they say something about the tip of one of those... something to do with it's size i think.








:P


Vodka? hmm? You mean theres frozen potatoes inside?





Apr 10 2008 1:54PM
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purplejumpsuit
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that actually does sound very cool.
id be stoked to see that as well haha.
Apr 10 2008 2:01PM
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Download-My-Apps
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can you explain how ice bergs make vodka?

I thought it was made from potatoes
Apr 10 2008 3:14PM
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Hannah.
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yes please explain this process
Apr 10 2008 3:16PM
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Dustin.
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They just use the water from the icebergs as a base for the vodka.  It's actually really good.  Right up there with Grey Goose.
Apr 10 2008 3:18PM
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PacificRimJob
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Vodka needs water for the alcohol to be distilled. You ferment the potatos or grain, or whatever else you decide upon to create the alcohol, but you use water to distill the alcohol. Iceberg Vodka, which is made in Newfoundland, claims it uses water from real icebergs...

all in all, whether you use water from icebergs or water from the tap, it still  has to then be filtered out and such, so it really doesnt matter.


regardless, iceberg vodka is bomb ass shit.
Apr 10 2008 3:22PM
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Mooose...
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just wait until you see someone set adrift.
Apr 10 2008 3:35PM
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mitchk
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ok so get a bunch of ski freinds to help you make some rails and what not. Then you find an iceberg that is really really big take a boat out to it, set up the rails and get some super sweet footy.

that would be an amazing site to see.
Apr 10 2008 3:56PM
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PacificRimJob
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yes, because we all love skiing on ice and ending up in a 20 degree ocean when we fall...
Apr 10 2008 3:58PM
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Hannah.
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hahaha
Apr 10 2008 4:03PM
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Jodi
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^^I can't say I haven't already thought of that........there are indeed some logistical hurdles.....like the fact that they break apart, without notice......but Im sure somewhere, somehow, there is a way...

I'm gonna kayak out to them in the next month when more show up....(to steal some ice for my drinks)
Apr 10 2008 4:10PM
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Aenigma
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At 20 degrees you'd be falling on to the ocean.

Apr 10 2008 4:21PM
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Jwalk
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could i catch it in bc
Apr 10 2008 4:31PM
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comeatmebro
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not necessarily.
Apr 10 2008 4:48PM
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BvK
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there is this magic thing called salt
Apr 10 2008 5:02PM
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titsLOL
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haha pwned. but the it is salt water and flowing so perhaps not... ?
Apr 10 2008 5:05PM
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Aenigma
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Ocean water freezes at about 28.4F, so you'd be falling into salty sludge if it was 20 degrees.

Apr 10 2008 5:05PM
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relytava
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did you find five dollars. haha no all i get to see are friggen neighbors or a perhaps a deer.
Apr 10 2008 6:24PM
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punkrock32
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just a little fyi, no biggie but most vodka isnt potato, its mostly a grain or wheat product.
Apr 10 2008 9:02PM
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CKpolicy
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was leonardo dicaprio there?
Apr 10 2008 11:06PM
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2+2=5
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wow what a really shitty joke. honestly
Apr 10 2008 11:29PM
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Ryno
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o snap
Apr 10 2008 11:39PM
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laurence^
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did u bang it like a hammer
Apr 11 2008 12:06AM
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spudz
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fag


why not have the dolphins body slide rainbows?
Apr 11 2008 12:31AM
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skithesprings
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bwahahahahaha! oh that might have just made my night.
Apr 11 2008 12:41AM
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chimp
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glaciers move 2cm a day
Apr 11 2008 2:03AM
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Silence
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Some pretty cool trivia in this thread!

Shame I can't get access of any footage - sounds like it would have been pretty cool to see.
Apr 11 2008 2:07AM
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freezed
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haha...I live in Vancouver, and for some reason we have an Atlanta TV station on our basic cable. Bizzare.
Apr 11 2008 2:11AM
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Hannah.
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sorta but considering that its the anniversary of the titanic sinking via iceberg in like 3 days it wasnt THAT bad
Apr 11 2008 8:11AM
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dave44
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i've seen you on tv in toronto before


never realized you were a skier.


Apr 11 2008 8:12AM
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Delphi
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hahhahaha sounds like my girlfriend....nice
Apr 11 2008 8:16AM
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Jodi
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yep - been a member on this site since 2001, and a skier long before i got old, grew up, and got a real job.....but still jib, as an old 28 year old lady.

Apr 11 2008 9:35AM
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uni-corn
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I thought you were gonna say you saw me outside your window.........

I thought you may have caught me this time!
Apr 11 2008 9:44AM
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freestyler540
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Thats pretty sweet, All I saw was a black squirrel
Apr 11 2008 9:59AM
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Boodje.
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lucky.
Apr 11 2008 10:26AM
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BMB
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the way you describe it, it sounds like an animal.
Apr 11 2008 10:44AM
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skipimp_
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RAWR Im AN ICEBERG
Apr 11 2008 12:06PM
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Dustin.
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Hmmmmm, back to ICEBERGS....
Apr 11 2008 12:20PM
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skiminnesota
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go check the batteries on your sarcasm meter.   its not functioning.
Apr 11 2008 1:02PM
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Ryno
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On a side note...how do you like newfoundland compared to ontario?  
Apr 11 2008 1:10PM
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Jodi
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figures that a thread on icebergs would wind up including flame sessions, topics about sex and more.
things sure have changed around here since 2001.
anyway - to answer your question ryno.....nfld is amazing, and ill never move back to ontario - at least not that i can see. this place is very cool.
Apr 11 2008 2:21PM
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skiP.E.I.
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coooool I'm in Corner Brook for college, but I haven't seen any icebergs. We're not close enough to the open water to see any. Maybe I should get someone to drive me to the beach....I didn't know about the vodka thing though, pretty cool. Have you been "screeched in" ? maybe this will be the time, except you would be iceberg vodka'd in instead...............
Apr 11 2008 2:55PM
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Delphi
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im looking to go skiing in the blomidons, how are they?
Apr 11 2008 3:46PM
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skiP.E.I.
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I haven't ever skied in the blomidons due to transportation issues, but I'm sure it would be sick, because there is no trees on them (you can see them clearly from high areas in Corner Brook andfrom marble.) Also when there is powder at Marble or in Gros Morne, it tends to be nice and light, so it would be the same there. I know there is cat skiing there and it is about $300 a person for a day. Also there is always a shitload of snow there. It gets extremely deep on the lee slopes.

Apr 11 2008 4:00PM
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Jodi
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yeah - its apparantly unreal!
Apr 11 2008 4:15PM
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DudeAbides
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you should like, climb it or something.

has anyone heard of that sport? theres these crazy ice climbers that will boat out to an iceberg, climb up and over it, then get back into the boat. sounds kinda crazy to me.
Apr 11 2008 4:56PM
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skipimp_
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Ya, prob is they roll over when ur on top, and the ice can just crumble away under you
Apr 13 2008 11:17AM
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