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Spectacular images of a "banner year for icebergs."

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'Just off the coast of Newfoundland float humongous slabs of bright, white ice -- almost close enough to touch.'

“Icebergs are so plentiful around these parts, we actually put them to good use,” says the Newfoundland and Labrador tourism website. Iceberg water, iceberg vodka and iceberg beer are all crafted using the water from the ocean’s natural ice cubes.'

'More icebergs than usual survived the trip down south, toward Newfoundland’s coast, this year.

“I think it has to do with the harshness of the winter,” the Memorial University associate professor told Canada AM earlier this week. “We had more sea ice around, and when we have more sea ice, there tends to be a preservation of the icebergs.”