For the second time in four years past the whole fleet of icebergs are coming alongside the coast of New Zealand - perhaps there are more than 100. While certainly dangerous to ocean-going vessels, icebergs, however, attract tourists to the country.
About 96 kilometers from Macquarie Island (about 900 kilometers south of New Zealand) was found 150 meters long iceberg. And in early November, Australian researchers examined a group of 20 icebergs drifting near the island.
The Antarctic ocean currents delivered icebergs to the shores of the archipelago. The question is whether the responsibility for the phenomenon of global warming, has become the subject of heated debate.
On the one hand, because of rising temperatures in recent years icebergs calve from the ice shelves faster than usual. On the other hand, in the waters of New Zealand "icebergs" for a long time do not melt because of the unusually cold weather in the region.
In 2006, a few fragments of ice fields came so nearly to New Zealand that they can be seen from the shore - this happened for the first time in 75 years. Helicopters even had tourists on sightseeing trips to the icebergs, which were inhabited by penguins.
The best place for observing icebergs from shore - this is the South Island. From the North Island, where is situated Auckland - the main air gate of the country, has regularly ferry to the South.
