Gold Harbour is so called because the sun’s rays make the cliffs yellow with their light in the morning and evening. It is a small bay with Bertrab Glacier at its head. During the early 1900s, the feature was variously called “Anna’s Bay”, “Gold-Hafen” or “Sandwich Bay”. The approved name appears to have taken root through common usage by sealers and whalers and is now well established.

When we arrived this afternoon, the surf was too high to allow for Zodiac landings, and the sky was cloud-covered. Instead, Zodiac cruises were offered. I opted to stay on board as everything photographed from the Zodiac would be backlit, and I was able to get some very nice shots of the location from the ship. Jeanine opted for the Zodiac, which allowed her to get very close to the X-rated wildlife action on the beach.

My decision to stay behind proved fortuitous. While photographing a nearby bergy bit (a small iceberg), I heard a loud gunshot-like sound. I noticed the iceberg start to rotate and quickly trained my camera on it. The video below compiles the sequence of frames I shot as it flipped upside down.