Rare black iceberg spotted off Labrador coast could be 100,000 years old, prof says

Muzammil Hussain June 06, 2025

A pitch-black diamond shaped iceberg floats in the distance surrounded by other icebergs and chunks of floating ice.

A fish harvester from Carbonear, N.L., snapped a photo of a black iceberg while fishing for shrimp of the coast of Labrador in mid May. It caused a sensation on social media, and impressed a Memorial University professor who says it's likely a very old piece of ice dating back thousands of years.

A fish harvester from Carbonear, N.L., snapped a photo of a black iceberg while fishing for shrimp of the coast of Labrador in mid May. It caused a sensation on social media, and impressed a Memorial University professor who says it's likely a very old piece of ice dating back thousands of years. A pitch-black diamond shaped iceberg floats in the distance surrounded by other icebergs and chunks of floating ice.

A fish harvester from Carbonear, N.L., snapped a photo of a black iceberg while fishing for shrimp of the coast of Labrador in mid May. It caused a sensation on social media, and impressed a Memorial University professor who says it's likely a very old piece of ice dating back thousands of years.

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