Thursday 30 July 2015

Western Brook Pond

The Western Brook Pond is a fjord or lake located in Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland.  It is surrounded by steep rock walls 600m high, having been carved from the surrounding plateau by glaciers which carved the this 1.2 billion-year old block of granite and gneiss.  After the glaciers melted the land rebounded and the fjord was cut off from the sea.  Salty water was eventually flushed from the fjord leaving it fresh.

As you can see, it was overcast with low hanging clouds at times and the sun did also manage to peek through.  Regardless, pictures absolutely don't do it justice, but is the boat trip on Western Brook Pond ever worth it!!










The Bonne Bay Marine Station is located in Norris Point, and allows people to take an interactive tour and observe some of the marine plants and animals that live in Bonne Bay.
An estimated one in 2 million lobsters are blue.  A genetic mutation causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein.  Yellow lobsters are the result of a rare genetic mutation and the odds of finding one are estimated to be 1 in 30 million.  Both can be found, alive and well, at the Bonne Bay Marine Station.


1 comment:

  1. yippee, you're there! Amazing photos, as always. ARen't blue lobsters among the coolest things you've seen? And you've gone us one better, and seen a yellow one as well. Looking forward to more adventures as the wi-fi allows.

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